Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DEDICATION L35 Q Each year has its highlights in the field of medicine and the past season was no exception. The chronicle keepers will undoubtedly give much consideration to the revolt of the nurses . Certainly, this was a well publicized series of events-their national upheaval, and their drive for a kind of hospital civil rights . One might naturally expect the medical man to be reasonably familiar with his constant companion and confidant. Yet, ignorance and still worse, lack of effective concern for the welfare of the nurse have been painfully brought before the tribunal as the doctor's contributory negligence. Any student of medicine would be naive in believing this isn't his problem. The first step he takes into a ward or a patient's room is the time to begin with the only proper attitude-to develop a capability for team work . Throwing that expression around today is a la mode , to the point where it's banal. Nevertheless, it is accurate and germane, since all too often the student is dreaming of his orders when he's the captain-forgetting he's still the water boy. lf one single fact stands out, it's that the nurses will be spending much more time with our patients than we will. The era of Florence Nightingale is long gone, and the legend of the woman who walked the hospital corridors-four miles each night-tending to the sick, strikes a discadent note in our ears. Now she is replaced by a girl with five times as much medical knowledge, and an endless number of ancillary instruments at her disposal. Moreover, the legacy of the Crimean Angel remains, for it is still the woman in white who can understand and handle the physician- tolerate his shortcomings, stand up to his tyranny, and celebrate his successes. To these devoted women-all the nurses at Jeff-we proudly dedicate the 1967 Clinic. Let us honor them for their past service. . . support them in their present efforts . . . and work for their future goals. 19