Charlotte Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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ing to bring a new life into the world, and soothing the feverish brow of one who leaves this world to join the Heavenly Father above. And our hands are a main feature in the big moments of our lives when we light our lamps or place a stripe on our caps. Dusk succumbs to darkness, the day has end- ed, and a hand reaches out to set an alarm and then folds in prayer for ourselves, our patients, and our loved ones. As your hand reaches up to turn the pages of this annual and recall the life of a student nurse, pause to remember that as a nurse your hands are vour verv life.

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The dawn of a new day quietly conquers the sleepy blackness of night, and a new day begins as a hand reaches out to silence the awakening roar of an alarm clock. And as the hands on the clock are in constant movement marking off the minutes of a passing day, so are the hands of a nurse in con- tinuous motion throughout the day. They are con- stantly in the limelight— straightening the wrinkles from a draw sheet, feeding those who are unable to feed themselves, skillfully administering medi- cations, giving the backrubs which make a patient purr with delight, doing the little things which make a hospital stay a more pleasant one, assisting the doctor with some complicated procedure, help-

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H wSBSMSk 01 DEDICATION With their hands they gave us courage eternally to strive untiringly for our goal. With their hearts they directed us from a childhood of selfishness to an adult position of responsibility- With their minds they taught us of the goodness of giving. Their willing hands are our hands. Thus a dedication of small value but great love we give to our parents, in hope that our minds might grow to be as wise as their minds, our hearts as loving, and our hands a tribute always to God in His temple.