Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine - Osteoblast Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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-1l.lll --- ea ik' ia - What Should a Professional Nurse Know and Be Able to Do? .l. All professional nurses, irrespective of the special field in which they have elected to practice, should be able to give expert bedside care. They should also have such knowledge of the household arts as will enable them to deal effectively with the domestic emergencies arising out of illness. 2. All professional nurses, irrespective of the special field in which they have elected to practice, should be able to observe and to interpret the physical manifestations of the patient's condition, and also the social and environmental factors which may hasten or delay his recovery. 3. All professional nurses should possess the special knowledge and skill which are required in dealing effectively with situations peculiar to certain common types of illness. 4. All professional nurses should be able to apply, in nursing situations, those principles of mental hygiene which make for a better understanding of the psychological factor of illness. 5. All professional nurses should be capable of taking part in the promo- tion of health and the prevention of disease. 6. All professional nurses should possess the essential knowledge and ability to teach measures to conserve health and to restore health. 7. All professional nurses should be able to cooperate effectively with the family, hospital personnel, and health and social agencies in the interest of patient and community. 8. Every nurse should be able, by means of the practice of her profession, to attain a measure of economic security and to provide for sickness and old age. It should be possible for her to conserve her physical resources, to seek mental stimulus by further study and experience, and to follow that way of life in which she finds those spiritual and cultural values which enrich and liberate human personality. ...........i...1111 -Q..-..1...-1-1

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MAUDIE ANDERSON RU'1'II BUTTS HILDA COUCII RUBY JOHNSTON LOUISE MARTIN KATIIIIYN MARTIN VIRGINIA BROCKMAN MILDRED DIETERICII ZICLLA GODTEI, MARGARET GUY LOIS JONES EVELYN CRANDALI, RUTH ELLIS GLADYS HARTWELI, LILLIAN KERN5 IQUTI-I MAIIRATI-I ELLA MII,I,EMON QC -4' J Students CLASS OI? 1938 SIDNEY MAYO MABIEL MURKEN FRANCES SIIRIVER HELEN SIMPSON MAURINE SLOCUM CLASS OF 1939 IELOISE NEWELI4 JOSEPIIINE ROUNER KARYNEAI4 TERRY MAUDIE WII4I.IAMS LOVINA WOODROW CLASS OF .1940 DOROTHY PATTERSON VIOLA ROBERTS SIIIRLEE SIEGENTIIALER MARION WAIT DOROTIIY WRIGI-IT STAFF NURSES RUTII ANN STORY, Director of School of A7urs1'11g FRANCES STANBROUGII, Night Sujzerinicnderrt MILDRED JONES, Day Supervisor SYBIL ELLIS, Day Supervisor

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wk-is Florence Nightingale Pledge I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to elevate the standard of my profession and will hold in confidence all personal matters coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. Q lkiwsfjkllfiflf i .l.11