Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - White Caps Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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WHAT IS A URSE? She's sympathy with hope in her eyes. Knowledge with tomorrow in her hands . . . Love with her fingers on the pulse of life . . . She's a nurse. She's a cool hand in a fevered world . . . She's kindness in the dark of a lonely night . . . She comes in all sizes and temperament . . . Short, tall, blond, brunette . . . laughing, serious, happy, dedicated . . . She's young and old and in-between . . . She's a diplomat with a pill in her hand, a philosopher holding a water bottle, ambassador pushing a wheelchair . . . She is a mother, sister, girl next door . . . She has learned long ago to cry inside - and never let it show. , She's an optimist with a cheery Good Morning . . She's hope with a friendly Good Night. Men fall in love with her . . . women envy her usefulness . . . and little girls dream of growing up to be just like her. She's a Iill of all trades -- dietitian, handholder, flower arranger, chaplain, neighbor, love-lorn advisor, and friend. 'Hi ' Eff-at is-st gi -7 , 1- ' , , Ng' If 7- -1 , Y C .,.I- , E . ,Qt -1-Q 1.4. 7 4 1, sq, , .. ,,,,,,,,, V A T : W r -, I as M in I , W 'J -t rf MM Ns. J 1 , 1 V P A3157 5- 1? 'Nj mg 'iit ,.'T:'. , - W! . it it 'ff ' i f .I C . ' ,a , v ,ssflg 4-'mfr f. ,lf ' .1 i. -. , - 2-,fig f Pi- Nw qg V. il 'T . 7 av- J if - v L I iivfg., -. ' we-r .af , . 'f.jil'1m.5., at f , N L4 I' 'Y' . r .- ,cng ,,, . .L .- M. . -its -- A-,.1 ' avi.-,,,-, -, 1 . nf A ..- rv: WY' f f I . 14 'fm f X If gy' ,wwf .' 1 75, :bit W Xl XP'x U57- nf , L5 :ie Sai Qw .'-:s:':fv.11:ff':-.-H 'r

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THEN AND NUW GRADY MEMGRIAL HGSPITAL SCHUUL OF NURSING In this yearbook, you will see the School of Nursing as it is today and glimpses of how it was in the first forty years of existence. The history from 1940 to the present will be pre- sented in the 1982 edition of White Caps.

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She has the self control of an army general, the efficiency of a business executive . . . She likes: Prim white uniforms. . . patients getting well . . . healthy babies. . .new mothers, . . doctors . . . penicillin . . . the smell of antiseptic . . .well made beds . . . the aroma of fresh linen . . . and just being a nurse. A Nurse is made up of one part gentleness, two parts sympathy, three parts knowledge . . . with additional dashes of compassion, self-confidence and enthusiasm. She starts out each day with a heart full of hope and sprinkles it up and down the corridors of her own private world. f Her warm smile can fill a cold room . . . She can be found everywhereg holding babies, turning over patients, patting pillows, sticking arms, raising beds, measuring serums, holding hands, taking temperatures - and just standing someplace being pleasant to someone. She's a companion to the lonely . . . Heroine to the troubled . . . She's a member of the wor1d's most humane sorority . . . She's one of America's most cherished citizens. X A woman in white, with God in her hands. A She's a nurse, X AUTHOR UNKNOWN N .