Millard Fillmore Hospital School of Nursing - Arcanum Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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BONKRS LaDuca- Threw the fish net over the patient ' s face to restrain him. Dot Young- Fed raw eggs to all the diabetics on one-old. Johns stepped back into the kickbucket in OR. Mosier- Sent morse code via the bovie machine. Prell- Dropped a skin knife on her toe during a case. Dr. Kenwell ' s complexion when Elin dropped a bottle of Phenol. When Sesnie picked up the sterile instruments and handed them to the scrub nurse. When urinals were mistakenly used for water pitchers. Schustie- Calling Dr. Meitus- Dr. Meatus during rounds. Her embarrassment. When the kids took nourishments into Johnnie Ray ' s wife ' s room six times. When Janik dropped her purse into the commode at the Senior Dance. Blackman ' s upper bunk and her rapid fall to the lower bunk. The time Carver had three stitches taken when she bent over with a scalpel in her pocket. When Joan Brown set up a sterile table without rubber gloves. When Pino and Miller opened the door and the manioc escaped from Ward 27. Remember Joe hollering SOUP GIRLS on one-old. When Kay dropped the nourishment tray into a five gallon milk con. The greased doorknobs on fourth floor of 636- poor Miss Papke. When Reitkopp played basketball with the cottonballs and how upset Miss Lytle was. When Dickey almost threw a bucket of water at Miss Succop. Stoddard ' s first enema and then having to review her anatomy. Rosati ' s mania for misplacing surgical specimens. When Ellison turned the wrong knob on the autoclave and turned formulas into caramel. Kittle ' s first circulating case and the lost three sponges I ! I I Larson- Getting lost on V.N. A. and dining on the curb. Bodge- Making Chanel P. U. out of urine and Benedict and using it on Miller. The enema ' s Finlayson and Hartsell gave- all to the wrong people. When Recsny dropped the hidden gingerale In front of Miss Reynolds. Did Carol Rea kill the rodent in her bed, or was it dead when Schustie and Laurie put it there? Last but not least, Mrs. Hurlburt and the boys v Ith our well behaved class. 42

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THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PLEDGE I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly to pass my life in purity and to practice myprofession faithfully. I will abstainfrom whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and wil I not take nor knowingly adminis- ter any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the stand- ard of my profession and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. A PERFECT DAY When you come to the end of a perfect day- And sit alone with your thoughts- While the chimes ring out with a choral gay for the joy the day has brought- Do you think what the end of a perfect day can mean to a tired heart- When the sun goes down and the dear friends have to part- Now we come to the end of our student days- Which should long remain in our thoughts- And so we will go each our separate ways with the joy that these days hove brought- For nursing means sharing at work and play and friendships thot never fade- And we grasp at the end of our student days the hands of the friends we ' ve made- ' G D O BEWARE OF STUDENT NURSES Oh, why is fate so cruel to me To make me love like this A girl I never never kiss And always always miss. A nurse ' s life is hard to take. Especially for me ' Cause it ' s my heart that she will break If I let it be. It breaks my heart to hear her say With voice so soft and sweet-- I ' m sorry I can ' t get off tonight I ' m rushed right off my feet. You ' re a brave and noble girl, my dear To finish what you start. You have my blessing in your career But give me back my heart. To any man that reads my verse I ' ve only this to say-- Don ' t fall in love with a student nurse. She can never get away! 41

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