Calgary General Hospital - In Cap and Uniform Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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14 IN CAP AND UNIFORM TO THE GRADUATING CLASS The trained nurse as a member of society may be regarded from many points of view, but there is one quality that is displayed by her so consistently that I want to single it out. It is Loyalty— loyalty to her patients, loyalty to the doctors under whose direction she works, loyalt 3 r to her hospital and training school, and loj alty to her fellow nurses. While the nurse may not have poured out to her all the secrets of life, as does the minister and doctor, she is often in homes, the miseries of which cannot be hidden, and becomes the involuntary possessor of sacred confidences. Under these circumstances, it will be well for her to recall that verse in the Bible that says, “If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee, and be bold, it will not burst thee.” Loyalty of the nurse to the doctor is one of the most important factors in securing the recovery of the patient since it is only through co-operation between these two that the patient receives the full benefit of the doctor’s knowledge and the nurse’s skill in carrying out treatments. Loj ' alty to one’s hospital and training school is part of a class spirit that benefits the individual who experiences it more than the institution toward which it is directed. Loyalty to each other is almost a matter of instinct as is loyalty to one’s family. Nurses are members of a sisterhood proud of its record of service, famed for its readiness to make sacrifices, untir¬ ing in its efforts to ease the suffering. —CLARA CHRISTIE.

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IN CAP AND UNIFORM 13 IN APPRECIATION We greatly appreciate the interest extended to our School in many ways by the Calgary Hospital Board. With grateful thanks we wish to acknowledge the contributions made for our social functions from time to time. Members of the Calgary Hospital Board - 1940 Mr. S. H. Adams (Chairman). Mrs. J. B. Corbet. Aid. F. R. Freeze. Mayor A. Davison. Mr. V. B. Graveley. Mrs. A. Gunn. Aid. G. C. L. Lancaster. Mr. W. Little. Mr. J. E. Worsley. Retiring Member - 1939 Col. Cunnington.

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