Many people have an eye-opening moment in their childhood that inspired a career in the medical field, whether they were influenced by a family member in that profession or clarity in high school. Oral histories involve conducting interviews with individuals to gather their personal accounts and insights regarding their life experiences or specific historical events. The proposed research question is: How are oral histories used to show patterns in nursing through time? Conducting an oral history requires audio and video equipment for the recording aspect of an interview. After an oral history is completed, time is spent transcribing the interview. Transcription is the process of converting spoken language into written words. All documentation will be preserved for future research within the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing has their own museum of nursing, which contains nursing tools used from WW1 to the different pins from graduated nurses. Understanding nursing history over hundreds of years allows people to better comprehend nursing. For oral histories in this project, a nurse within the Milwaukee community is asked to share their life (education and career) guided by an interview of questions. An example question could be, “How did technology change from the start to the end of your career?” Currently eight oral histories have been conducted and the aim for the following year (2025) is to conduct eight more. The overall significance of completing oral histories on nurses within the Milwaukee community is that it will give people the resources to connect nursing experiences over time, similarities or differences in nurses’ personal and work lives. Along with this, research will bring more attention to the UWM Center for Nursing History, publicizing nurses’ influence in health care.