Christ Hospital School of Nursing - Tower Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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CONCERNING NURSES H ERJ: iLFe certain characteristics. certain instincts that u nurse must have, or, a not having. mutt acquire, in order to make a success nf the life-work she has chosen. In the first place, she must have a practical mind. For example: when told by a surgeon that she must give V4 grain of morphine she must instantly know that this means to give the patient at lmst a grain or more of said drug. Surgeons and doctors rarely mean what they say. especially when ordering El. dose of medicine 01' mentioning the price of eggs. A nurse must IllSU hzwe intuition of the kind that czm sense when things ztl'e not us they should be. If you will pardon the reference. kind rezuler, I will here state an instance wherein a nurses intuitimt would have saved her and the Hospital where she at the time was stationed much distress. and where her lack 0f intuition played havoc with the authorities and the powers that be. 011 a certain night in tthe month I; feel obliged to umiU on the second Tuesr day of the fifth week of the above mentioned month. at the hour of t'pardon me, sweet reader, if I see tit to omit the houtj a man, who was afterwards found to be neither doctor, patient nor friend of patient. in other words, it crook 0f the vilest, meanest sort. entered above ttlentioned hospital. that at the time mentioned was stationed in a middle-sized town of the Middle XVest. Jardmt me, dear reader, if I pause here long enough to mention the fact that since the disgraceful episode I am about to recall. this middlc-sized town of the Middle West has changed its name and even gone so far as to pave some of the streets and paint some ofihthe houses, the better to change its entire aspect that those who might have heard of the occurrence could be fooled. In othereOIher words, bamboozled, gefuddled. The hospital itself was obliged to change its name, and even went so far as to plant shruhbery 011 the front lawn, in order to sink its former identity into the oblivion of the past. V 1 7 h To proceed. The man entered the hospital on some pretext or other at the time mentioned. He wore light-blue eyes, fair hair, of the usual amount, which is sometimes more and sometimes less, according to the age and occupation of the individual. Hi5 mustache, he evidently left outside, for he was not clothed in it when seen. His suit was blue, darker than his eyes. and most peculiar; SRIGHblult was composed of coat, trousers and vest. The next thing I shall mention is? by- fin- the most peculiar zmd signiftcant fact known to any one ever connected in any; way Page 50'0ng ty-m! c

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.mum n . u .. HBY THESE WORDS YE SHALL KNOW THEMH Misx ThafclzcrudNow ,111y dear young women. I want 10 speak to the family this morning? .U-ixs Silmr-J'Uh, are you having :1 bath again ? .U-rx. Sparlm-Wt's a beautiful day today, isnft it ? , n Dr. Lapslcyu'Stzmd up straight, Miss .141 in Palnz-WVhat are you drying? VVhaFS that? Why are you doing that ? Miss SilziHl-J'Aud 011 that I'm going to have u Roukwood vase, zuul I'll have the draperies in match the vase? M1733 Batmu'l'pou my soul, I thought Pd die. It made me so nervous? Meta Allillcr- Xow I'm just here to tell you? Mm H FrillaltuuuYon knowf' Miss Brmzhoff-WMy mistake? Miss Hamr'HuuSo I just trotted myself in there and told her to hurry mL'y Miss McPhcrmnu And by some Illistakef, K JIisx Hmn-psc'hmncyerw'r'an I ask you with tears in my eyes? Dr. ConncruWVell, well'! Is that a fact TW ' Mm .Uc-Dcrmalf- Szly, kids, let me tell you ! Dr. Falmmz-WVnii until I get my paper and pencil and V11 show you how it was 3 Dr. CampbcH- Vichy three hourlyu soda bicurb gr. xx 2 hrly and only zweiback and baked potatoes at 111621! time? Dr. Crixlcr- Hey, sport. u H! k a ?? u ?!!H u A H! Dr, Salarruulluy I borrow your watch. phase ?i, JrI-ixs DcatvcruWVell -3 Page 51?th

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with agencies dealing with crime, the Cal Crim agency excluded. The 1111111, 1101 Cal, but the subject of my narrative, at the time he was noticed by this nurse, was carrying a brown derby hat in his left hand, occasionally changing it to his right. Now, precious reader, that. 111 itself, 511011111 have thrust 1tse1f into the 11111111 and intuition of the nurse, that the 111:111 who carries. such a hat or would even g0 50 1111' as to occasionally wear :1 hat answering that description,1111111111 moat cer- tainly be instigator and perpetrator, even alligator and incineratm. of crime. The nurse had only been 111 training a Short time. two years, eleven 1110111115 and four weeks, 111 be exact; consequently her intuition 1 '21s 11111101-11eveloped. Not being able to detect the criminal 111 the 1111111 he made an easy gct-awav with one chart table one electric light bulb one footst1.1101 11'1ec forks and a spoon. a window pain, a kitchen stove, 11111111 steam table, 111.911 :1 111111 11111' 111 Ivory 5111111. 11111111 'which he evideut11 made his slick get- away. Because Of this monstrous Crime. which, 11r11'211e1y. 5111111111 have been sensed by the nurse, the hospital has been crippled 111 many ways. necessitating feeding the nurses chicken three times a week. 211111 only two kinds of cereal instead of three. at breakfast. Another trait the nurse 1111151 11eve10p is tact. Tact. taL'l. tact-always 111111111- tzmt, never essential:l mean always essential. if a patient should tell you-which is 1':1re:that he is siiHering grant 1111111. 110111 tell 111111 1165 :1 1111 111111111fz1c1n1'e1'. but just ignore 1115 remark and ealm1y mention the fact that the weather is fair or foul. and that the price of spaghetti is lower 111 Egypt than it is in Sweden, This is a tactful way of dealing with patients of the c0111plaining sort. and you will probably win their undyihg gratitude for ignoring their plea of pain. Another trait a nurse must possess is understanding. This, my gentle reader. is probably more essentia1 than the others; 1 have mentioned. W'hen families and dear friends. or even relativeri. express their fear 111111 11011111 for the recovery of loved ones, always be sympathetic. and tell them of the ease of a friend. or some one dear to you. who was 111 a like condition. 211111 tell them how sick your friend was. Even if you know of 1111 one to 111110111 you can c11111pare their case, you can use your imagination and comfort them a triHe. This brings me to another traitwthat of being truthful 211111 honest. i-Xlways have for your motto. HAlways be truthful. if any 01165 watching; always be honest. if any one sees. 11. for instance. you should drop 21 pet'coiator or six or seven ther111ometers 011 the Hour in front of :1 surgeon or head nurse. or even behind them, always be truthftil and say. 111 dropped that 01' those, as the case may be. Then proceed to put the 11111011111 of breakage 011 your bill. and thus earn the con- hdence of your supervisors. Dear reader, I have tried to put before you the characteristiLs' nurse should acquire If you decide to be a nurse and should aequire all the above mentioned traits to the intensity I have deIs-ctibed you W111 be a most unusual and rare 's'pecimen among nurses 1 A. NONY MOUS 'Page 5' 09971131111110