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

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Piecfe uca p dod, Our life as student nurses began on September 8, 1959, Registration Day, when with excited expectation we — all 27 of us — entered the nurses ' home, 245 North Fifteenth Street. That evening, our initiation began with a party given for us by our big sisters. We each received a tiny cap, symbolic of the real ones we were to receive at the end of six months. We spent a laughter-filled evening and returned tired but happy to our rooms: greasy door knobs, taped spigots, short-sheeted beds, and jumbled drawers! During our week of orientation we had our first good look at Phila- delphia through guided tours by the faculty. Then we settled down to our formal instructions. All week we studied — basic sciences, allied nursing arts, and social sciences. But on Friday at five began the mad dash to catch the bus or train home for the week-end. Our clinical experience began next; and how proud but more than a little scared we were as we invaded the hospital in our probie blues to fill water pitchers, clean utility rooms, straighten casters, and keep the shades even on the wards. Later, we don ' t know who was more anxious — us or the instructors as they supervised us on enemas, colos- tomy irrigations, tracheotomy aspirations, and medications. How happy we were at Christmas for we received two weeks vacation; but how apprehensive that evaluations to our parents were following us in the mail. After six months of classes and clinical instruction, the day finally arrived! Capping! How proudly and thankfully we walked down the aisle to be capped by our big sisters.

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VJmiu t iXoiv It is with sincere pleasure thai 1 extend to each of you congratulations for the completion of your training, to assume the responsibilities that will be entrusted to you by physicians and patients alike. You have within your power the ability to do more than any man maj ever de- clare. Let each experience of your ministrations, which gives you satisfaction, give you also the strength to meet the more perplexing and taxing situations which will be required of vou. In a world of tension and suspicion, you are now in a profession to which people turn with justified confidence in their most extreme hours. Justify this confidence, and you will truly earn the title of Angel of Mercy. CHARLES S. PAXSON, JR. Vice President and Administrator Tw New Wotat fti iut 1. New Nurses ' Residence. 2. New Outpatient Clinic. 3. New College Building. 4. Existing Klahr Building. 5. Clinical Research Institute. 6. Existing Hospital. 7. Operating Pavilion.

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