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

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OF L£ADER£MP MISS MARY-CHARLES SMITH, R.N., B.S., Instructor— Medical Surgical MRS. MILDRED GREENSFELDER, R.N., M.S., Instructor— Medical Surgical MISS HELEN SUTTERA, R.N., Instruc- tor—Operating Room MRS. ANELOI ENDY, B.S., Instructor —Nutrition MRS. ISABELLE MOSIG, R.N., B.S., Instructor — Pediatrics V RS. MARY A. STRAKAY DOELP, R.N., Stu- dent Health Nurse MISS REGINA SCHRODER, R.N., B.S., Instructor Obstetri cs JOHN DAVIE, M.D., Director of Stu- dent Health Service

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I MRS. BETTY MELNICK, R.N., B.S., Associate to the Director MRS. ROMA-MARY SEYFRIED, R.N., B.S., Instructor— Sciences MISS HELEN COOK, R.N., Instructor- Fundamentals of Nursing MRS. CALLIE HILLEGAS, R.N., B.S., In- structor Fundamentals of Nursing MISS ANNE GALLAGHER, R.N., B.S., Instructor Public Health THE BEACONS MISS CAROL HARACZ, R.N., B.S., Instruc tor— Sciences MISS MARGARET BARTLETT, R.N. Instructc — Fundamentals of Nursing MISS MARILYN MILLER, R.N., B.S., Instru tor— Fundamentals of Nursing MISS LIBBY WIGDOR, B.A., M.A., Librarian MISS LINDA FUHRMAN, R.N., B.S., li structor, Medical-Surgical

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iTTrrif iii lUIMIII ' IIWIIIillWlllMPllHIMMIIIIimi A UE££4 S£. FRWTWk R ESfDENT OP THE MEDICAL C0UE6E AND WOSPfPU, As the caduceus— the winged staff of Mercury— is the symbol of the physician, so is the lamp the symbol of the nurse. And most appropriately so, because the identification of light with life is a deep- rooted concept, and the nurse is dedicated to life— to its preservation and to its fulfillment. Jonathan Swift wrote of The two noblest things which are sweetness and light , and to the nurse is given the opportunity in fuller measure than is given to any other member of the medical enterprise, to bring sweetness and light to those who need them most— the sick and the sick at heart. The advances of modern medical science with its wonder drugs and its almost magical surgery have been so great that we tend to regard the technology of caring for sick people as supreme, and to attach less and less importance to the human relationships between the members of the medical team and the patient. It is this dehumanizing of medicine which is the chief, and probably the sole hazard of its future progress in which you will be so intimately involved. With all my heart I urge you to remember that, no matter what the diagnosis is, sick people are sick at heart, and that you can be, if you will, the most effective of all ministers to this vital human need— that of the spirit. It is your mission to keep the spirits of your patients lighted, which is, as the apostle-physician, Luke, put it, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death . Charles S. Camer on, M.D. President 10