Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing - Hahnoscope Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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President JOAN CHAMBERLIN i Vice-President PHYLLIS MACCARONE Secretary JUNE TRUITT Treasurer VIRGINIA JUSTICE

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PRE-CLINICALS KNEELING: M. Fegley, M. Watts, D. Bosch, L. Betz, M. Allmond. SITTING: C. Fisher, S. Newquist, J, Wilson. B. Weirman, H. Schwartz, R, Ilissoo, L. Brunson. STANDING: K. Horning, D. Rippel, I. Gallagher, D. Gerber, P. Welsh, S. Baumgardner, S. Borowitz, E. Wysoxzauski, M. Marcantonio, C. Karowski. JUNIORS 22 SI I TING: P. Hilborn, A. Thompson, N. Fukuyama, J. Schovisky, M. Grubb. STANDING: R White. M, Dunlap, B, Englert, J. Johnson. C. Claypatch, E. Johnson,

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CLASS HISTORY Congratulations is the magic word! Now you ' re a graduate nurse of Hahnemann Hos- pital. Lots in the future and lots in the past. You ' re looking for the position in nursing you want most of all. All this and more in the future, along with all the wonderful memories of the past three years. These are times never to be forgotten. As we congregate in groups, after shift or stay up until 3-4 a.m. after day duty, we spend much time talking over the events that took place in our eight hour tour of duty. Before the group retires, many times we find ourselves talking over our firsts. Starting with that familiar date, September 6, 1955 — the day we entered training. Re- member how scared you were? It wasn ' t quite so bad once you found there were thirty- three others feeling the exact same way. We had the shakes and shed the tears and then the jolt, and was that a jolt, when you first saw your room in the third house — Probie Hall. It wasn ' t bad at all after we made it homey with pictures, stuffed animals, and all the unimportant things that we just couldn ' t do without. In fact, looking back we spent our happiest days there; making new friends, going new places, staying up until 1-2 a.m. talking about hometowns and friends (mostly boyfriends). Our first classes really scared us! We couldn ' t take enough notes or stay up late enough to study. Although we say we couldn ' t go through that again, we all feel deep down it was the greatest. How about those times you wanted to pack up and go home — or maybe you even got as far as packing? Thank Goodness for our friends and families and the trouble they went to in order to keep us here. We came to dread i the sound of an alarm at 6:15 a.m., the wait for the bathroom, the rush to chapel and onward to a long day of continuous lectures. Wasn ' t it hard to become accustomed to being called Miss ? It was even fun getting our preclinical blues as now we felt more a part of nursing. Onward, duty is calling, and now is your first time on the ward and taking care of an actual patient. This time the patient was not your roommate, but a sick person. You knew right well you felt sicker than that patient; but you told yourself that if you were going to be a nurse, this was a big step forward and you tried your best to do a good job. As you and your classmate part and wish each other good luck — you receive your assignment and go to work. Remember that first patient? You cheerfully, but nervously, wish him a good morn- ing and proceed to ex plain that you are going to give him a bedbath. Oh, happy day! Out of the room you go for linen, water, and all the trimmings. Of course, you forgot the mouthwash and have to go back to that unfamiliar utility room. You start the bath — face, hands, etc., then leave the room until he completes the bath and return to make the bed. You ' re embarrassed when the patient offers helpful hints and humbly thanks you as you leave because if nothing else, he was glad for someone to talk to. A sigh of relief and off you go to lunch where you talk noisily to your friends about my patient. But then you realize that your assignment was kind of easy — why so and so ' s patient had two tubes and was unconscious. It was a day of learning and a day you were glad was over. As you continue in preclinical class block, you work only a few hours a week on the floor to help you become acquainted with daily routines. During this time in class you learn chem- istry, anatomy, nursing arts, etc. Mentioning nursing arts, that ' s the class that teaches you nursing procedures, enemas, douches, medicines, and hypodermics. Speaking of hypodermics, remember your first on your classmate? Finally, the most exciting day approaches when you are to be capped. It ' s so hard to believe that you ' ll be wearing a white bib, apron, and a cap. This is your reward for working so hard in those first six months, and everyone is so glad that the time has come. Remember how you were shaking when you walked up the aisle in Klahr Audi- torium. Knowing your parents are watching and feeling proud- — goodness knows they probably went through more than we did. You ' ll never feel the same again as you did when your big sister placed the cap on your head. Finally the whole class recited The Florence Nightingale Pledge. 24