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

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THE CHRIST HOSPITAL Summon. Room: Outside. No. 36890. Xamv: Mr. junior Bee. Rmidmvv: Christ Hospital. Dam 11-13-20. I N U1 Prmprrafi-z'c Dihglnnxfx: Suspected burr in distal end of left ear. P05! Opa'mffm Diaynmix: Burr embedded in blood clot in distal and of left ear. Complican'ous at Hmv 0f oprrafion: Disturbance in mucous membrane of thmnl -difEculty in breathing. Wi1d growth of hair over parts. Incision Hypv ur Invariant I'muginary-just off the end of ear, Findings Mroxxj . Hurr-r-r-r-r-r-recmmy. Many small sections of burr removed. Head 5011de in normal szllt UJrcak in ascpsik-patient put foot to ear' Field of operation trimmed by H. Hempschemeyer. Area looked over carefully for splinters 01' other foreign bodies. vaommcudatiou for fumrc freafmmf: Ham bone or chicken p, r. 11. Dress- ings changed t. i. d. Page .S'wanty-erce

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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

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