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

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THE £UPERVtSOR£ NURSING SERVICE Left to right: Mrs. M. R. Lynch, R.N., Assistant Director, Miss E. McCuen, R.N., Director, Miss E. Anderson, R.N., Associate Director EVENING SUPERVISORS Left to right: Miss N. Harper, R.N., Miss K. Dease R.N., Miss E. Thompson, R.N. NIGHT SUPERVISORS Left to right: Miss J. Blatherwick, R.N., Miss J. Taylor, R.N. II KM UMHH

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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

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■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■I UELPffJ£ MAPJDC Miss Lois Sands— Clerk-typist Mrs. Sally Sammon— Secretary SEATED: Miss Evelyn Sohst, House Director STANDING: Mrs. Virginia Harris; Mrs. Josephine Horner, Assistant House Director; Mrs. Marie Horn; and Mrs. Dorothy Ruster. HOUSEKEEPING STAFF SEATED: Carmella Arnold, Josephine Lehman, Nora Clans, Rose Smith. STANDING: Mr. Anderson, Julia Shynock, Blanche Jenkins, Willie James. 12