US Army School of Nursing - Taps Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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St. Elizabeth ' s Hospital, Washington, D. C.

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1 THE HARRIET LANE HOME May 31, 1928! That memorable day when the first group of Army student nurses began their affiliation for Pediatries at the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore! How we longed for that day to come, and yet really dreaded it because it meant leaving our Alma Mater for three long months. The day arrived, bright and cheery and we were off on a new conquest. We were greeted, on our arrival at our destmation, by the Supt. of the School of Nursing, Miss Lawler. Our duties were outlined to us, demonstration classes begun and assignment of wards made ! Our affiliation had begun. Day after day we fed, bathed and cared for the children, often feeling like the Old Lady who lived in the shoe. We learned what relief hours meant — 7-11 A. M. — 7-11 P. M. Relief was what we needed — for it was in the last four hours that the Intraperitoneals, Subcutaneous Infusions and Transfusions were accomplished. All was not work. In our leisure time we played tennis or watched the lively games between the doctors. Phipps garden, with its shady walks and cool breezes, afforded many pleasant off duty hours. Bay Shore and Sparrows Point beach were not far away and when the city ' s heat became unbearable we hied ourselves to one or the other or perhaps scurried to a refrigerated movie house down town to spend a few ' hours. And, of course, none of us will forget Leo ' s. After the three short months of pleasant work we bade farewell to our many new friends and our little patients whom we had loved and cared for and were off — some for vacations and others back to duty at Walter Reed, carrying with us a gift which cannot be taken from us, — Knowledge. And so each three months pass — a new group is prepared for this e.xperience and the old group returns, bringing back with them the fruits of their affiliation at the Harriet Lane Home. G. E. Y., ' 30. -: CHg- 57

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■ SAINT ELIZABETH ' S 1. W. R. G. H.— January. Jane (who goes to Lizzie ' s next month) — But will they really put us on the wards with the crazy patients ? Mar ' (Just back from Lizzie ' s) — Psychotic, my dear. Don ' t let them ever hear you say crazy out there. And it ' s a mental hospital, NOT an insane asylum. Jane — All right, psychotic. But will they try to hit us or anything? You know, I ' m scared to death to be going to Lizzie ' s. Mary — Don ' t say that when you get there, of all things. If ou ' re afraid of the patients, ou ' ll get psychoanalyzed. And the violent, I mean, disturbed ones are all in Q Building where Army nurses don ' t go. Jane — But somebod told me Q Building is ne. t to the Nurses ' Home! Mar — Well — it ' s not far away, and ta.xis may deposit you at Q. ' s front door, but don ' t let that hurt your feelings. Better not choose a room on that side, though. Those patients don ' t always observe quiet hours. ' I ' ou see, their inhibitions aren ' t so hot. But if you live in the back there ' s that boy witli the cornet; and the two Airedales; and the loud speaker; and the Ford that can ' t get started at five every morning. Take your choice. Jane — Well — just tell me one more thing. Is it true you can order steak and pie and ice cream any time ? Mar) — It is. And P. M. ' s begin at eleven! And the pa — vou ' ll be a rich woman when, that is, if, you leave. And one more word of advice — look out for mental mechanisms, take bath towels, and don ' t wear a red dress. 11. St. Elizabeth ' s — March. Jane (train of thought) — Well, I never knew before that amoebas have minds, and my own is just an iceberg. No, just like an iceberg. And I ' m a Sadist because I loved Operating Room, but then Doctor? and Army and Navy men are all Sadists too, so why worry? But I mustn ' t repress that or it ' ll be a complex. I wonder if I ' m properly sublimated and compensated? Gosh, if I ' m thinking about that 1 must be introverted. Guess I ' d better go to the movies this afternoon and get some of this psychiatry stuff off my mind, or is it my unconscious ? No, that ' s only rationalizing — what 1 really want to do is look at those new dresses on F. St. Heavens, I must be awfully narcissistic. These mental mechanism:! But one thing I must remember to tell the girls back at Walter Reed— don ' t bring out any red, blue, green, yellow, black, or white dresses. N. L. W., ' 29. [59