Harrisburg Hospital Training School for Nursing - Reflector Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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1944-THE REFLECTOR be a nurse. forget, and a and join the Unto Others A11 that experience and fun behind, friendships we will never future so full of things we will be even prouder to be a graduate nurse ranks to help wherever needed. And again we renew our vow. Do As Wfe VVould 1-lave Others Do Unto Those 1Ve Love. CLASS WILL 1179, the Class of 19-Hfrlo hereby lleqzfentlz the following parts of our training to tlze lrztermeclinte Class: 1. A little bit of our dignity. Gale must keep some of it.D 2. The privilege of having doors opened for you??? 3. Our seniors' duties on the wards 4. Our first row of chairs in chapel. 5. Our mail boxes and our mail. Chlay they always be full.D 6. All our many dates-and many more. 7. Our trials and tribulations. 8. Our empty napkin cubby holcs. 9. Our gripe sessions-provided they are over early. 10. Our concession bills-you lucl-cy girls!! 11. Our mending-for blue uniforms. 12. Our extra late passes-just in case you are sleepy in the mornings some month. 13. Our 2:30 sieges. 14. Our little kitchen in the 101 home-may the dishes you make be delicious and all successful. 15. Our cadet uniforms. 16. Our sociology trips. 17. Our eight-hour duty. 18. Cur class spirit. 19. Our lovely housemother- hlrs. Diclif' 20. Our ability to get in just at 11:30 P. M. 21. Qur prize possession, the piano in the 105 home. 22. Our ability to get up early??? 23. And our buttons and Shanks--lf we have any??? 24. Our big senior pay checks. 25. Our numerous moving days-may you have plenty of boxes saved to carry the things. 26. Our food boxes from home. 27. Cur midnight pinochle games-play fair, too. 28. Miss Thompsorrs ability to sing Stout Hearted Men. 29. Our little gatherings with 'Ma Dick during blackouts. 30. Last but not least, our efforts to raise money for the year book and the creative work which accompanies it. Prize these things highly-treat them gently. They are yours to have and to hold. '51

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THE REF-LECTOR-1944 time. Remember the awe and humbleness we felt when we first heard the crv of a small new born-remember. how happy the mothers were-but the fathers!-they could really pace the Hoor and worry. Diet Kitchen: The diabetics and their diets, remember? Between cooking, carrying trays, returns, and night feedings, we really had fun-remember those 'icoldsf' hots and specials :salt free. fat free, etcj And those junliets-Oh, to have captured the elusive power of junlqing!! Pediatrics: Noisy but nice! Colored by feedings, dryings, helping the children to learn new things in their new surroundings: what fun we had! Remember the ward with the sun filtering through the windows and the babies clean and well fed. These were all rare moments. Remember the brass plaque with the single inscrip- tion- This ward was founded by the childrens friend. idle loved this all. Dispensary: .-Xccidents, emergencies, fractures-people from all walks of life. They came every day. Remember surgical clinic and how we bandaged? YVe will never forget the Sunday cleaning routine!! Observation ward was another duty of ours when in this department. X-rays, blood pressures, making beds, admitting patients, discharging and transfering patients--XVe enjoyed every minute of it. Operating Room: The long white halls, litters, technics, rigid aseptic routines, efficiency, clockwork-coupled with the fear of contamination. This was surgery. VVatch. thats sterile, don't touch it! Uh. what a familiar expression! Remember the thrill we got when we saw sltilleld fingers at work and life pulsing warm and vital under their fingers. Remember how people were made healthy and clean again? Scalpels, hemostats. forcepsfremember those gleaming instruments and how we oiled them on week-ends? As we stood scrubbed and masked, ready to help the surgeon, we were thrilled and glad we had the privilege of serving. july-twenty-four of our class joined the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. The Army and Navy made ready for the senior students. And remember the day we were measured for the Cadet uniforms. Then the big day came for some of the girls-some of the seniors were called to Carlisle for their physical exam for the Army. Then waiting for the answer. September 2nd. Cur whole class joined the Red Cross Student Reserve. VVe were given our pins on the stage of the State Theater, after which we saw the motion picture, So Proudly VVe Hail. Remember that long march up Front Street, all of the nurses clean and starched ready to accept their new pledge. In September, our senior year really started, at last we were able to see our goal nearer in view. Senior duties on the wards. Remember how we relieved on the floors and did a rather good job of being in charge??? February 7th-Classes over, everyone had passed and accounted for'-What a wonderful feeling we had!!! No more worries about studies until State Boards come nearer. At last we are fulfilling our dearest wish-graduation. As we look out over the Forum and see proud faces eagerly watching us, we feel humble but proud to SO

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THE REFLECTOR-1944 A PROUD PRQFESSION In july. 1943, one hundred and one students signed their contracts with the United States Government making them of-licial members of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, of which twenty- four were seniors. The United States Cadet Nurse Corps was created by an act of Congress, passed unanimously in June, 1943, to provide for the training of nurses for the armed forces, government and civilian hospitals, health agencies, and war in- dustries. To furnish to students-without charge for tuition fee or other expenses, courses of study and training, uniforms, insignia, and maintenance in accordance with the regulation of the Surgeon General. All cadet nurses are assured that even though the war ends, before their educa- tion is completed, they may go on to graduation, provided they have been en- rolled ninety days prior to the end of hostilities. Then when a student enrolls as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, she is signing up for a complete course in a profession at which she can work for a lifetime if she wishes. With her heightened perception of humanity, her professional and scientihc training, the nurse is a priceless community asset, whether as a wife and mother or as a practicing nurse. In a very deep sense her rewards are spiritual as well as material. The Cadet course is divided into three periods which covers three years of training in a hospital as a student cadet nurse. The first period, Pre-Clinical, covers a six month period of fundamental work. The second period, twenty-four months, is the Junior period which is the longest, covering all the basic training and ward nursing besides the special branches of nursing as Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Operating Room, Dispensary, Dietetics and care of private patients. After the cadet nurse has Finished this she enters the hnal period, Senior period, in which she has the oppor- tunity to spend her last six months developing her skills and likes. If it can be so arranged, the cadet nurse will have the good fortune of alhliating to another hospital for more special training in the branch of nursing in which she is most interested. The Army has set up a course that the student can serve in a military hospital under supervision until time for her graduation. 52.