La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (La Junta, CO)

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Relation ofthe Qhurch TZCYVKQA .221a'52TgQgg. .Difllen Qt tgirl, Superintendent of Mennonite Hospital and Sanitarium Minister and Evangelist THE NIGHTINGALE 1938 lt is generally believed that the Church is in conflict with science. lt seems men think it is faith or knowledge, piet5 er cn- liglitment. But careful analysis will prove this position false. The Church is Cliristls body, a group of men united in fellowship on the platform of simple faith and obedience to God through Jesus Christ the Savior. It is an organization built by Christ. Science is a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and processes of nature. God is the creator of all nature and the laws and facts about nature. Since God is the creator of both the Church and nature they cannot be in conflict with each other. ln rnedieal science the laws of nature are applied in the art of healing. The principles of the Church create compassion and kindness toward the sick. Medical science provides the Church with knowledge for a more helpful ininistry to the sick. A conflict between the Church and science is only possible when each is falsely so called. If either departs from the knowledge of the Creator, a harmonious relation is impossible. Since, however, our knowledge of science is limited by our mental limitations, med- ical science is not an absolutely accurate science. But the Church by her compassion encourages study, investigation, and experi- mentation which will make possible the nearest possible approach to perfection in the art of healing. The Church recognizes the eternal value of the soul. Since the body is the temple of the soul, this attitude of the Church puts soberness into the program of ministering to the body. 'Under the influence of the Church medical science is elevated to the greatest possible degree of careful effort. WVith the aid of medical science the Church is able to more effectively minister to the body. Niles Qt. cgi, 1918-38

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THE NIGHTINGALE 1938 J. A. Heatwolc ..... E. E. Miller ......... Clarence Ebersole ...... A. XV. Rhodes ...... E. E. Showalter S. C. Yoder Allen H. Erb IJl'GSidI'H'f i.OCCli BOClI'Ci of MGHO3emeNt .....Vice President .......Scc1'cta1'y .......1iI'f?0,Sl!I'PI' The liiocal Board of Management of the Mennonite Hospital and Sanitarium holds regular monthly ineetings at which time the administrative problems are presented and decisions made. The members of the board are appointed by the Mis- souri-Kansas Conference and the executive committee of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. The Super- intendent ot' the Hospital is a member by virtue of his office and one member is a representative of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. Mary Frey, H. N ....,... Grace Brunk, R. N. ..,................. .. Maude Swartzendruber, B. N ..,. Ada Burkhart, H. N ..............,.................................... ' Y S. C. H oder ................., Allen H. E rb .....,. D'tl'L'CflJI' of AYlll'St'Il.Ij Sclvficc ..I'lZfSZil HC't01' of lV'Zll'81i7'Z'Cj A1-is ...........,.IlISfl'lIf'f0I' UfSf'tf'l1f'f' S'11pc1'fUf1f.ww' President of Goslzcn Cfollctqfr .Supm'1f1f1.tcndmfzt of 110.9725 mt The Nursing' School Committee is a recent organiz- ation and considers problems directly related with nursing education. ursing Sciwooi Committee

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-1 ..... THE NIGHTINGALE 1938 Tl1e rising of 1'1L11'Sl11g' as a profession has paralleled soniewliat tl1e development of niedicine as a science 211111 profession. In the days of p1'1n11t1Ve and 1HS1L111C171VG eare of 1il1Q sick, little or no distiiiction was inade between nursing and 1110111011161 As inedieal lniowledge advanced, the care of the sick was lifted to a nobler plane and today the Work of cariiig' for the ill, aged, or disabled is classed with 1nedici11e as a11 honorable profession. The knowledge of tl1c nurse may he tliought of, 11ot as different from the pl1ysieian's, but applied with definite liniitations. Tl1e tieelinics 11sed i11 nursing' 211111 inedieine are niutualg which 111111 to positive health. Neither prevent a11d cure disease Elllfl proniote profession can sec11re the H1OSt coveted results without the other, for tl1e1r 1I1fll1011CC-3 is reciprocal. T11e i11fl11ence of niedicine on nursing' l1as been Very noticable th1'ougl1011t tl1e years. The standards of niedical ethies have been shared to a large degree by both professioiis. As one 1l1'l1'SG writer has said, Some of tl1e fi11est things which niedicine stands for, are its high se11se of respoiisihility for llulllall life, its scorn of quackery 3,1161 self advertisiiig, its serupulousness i11 g'l1il1't1l11g.L' the personal confidence of patients, and its 11s11al, SO111Cfll110S perliaps exaggerated, se11se of loyalty to professional colleagues. These saine principles are a part of the 111118675 code of ethics. Nursing' is a factor in niedieine which ea1111ot be over-estiniated. No country can ineasure up to its inedieal respo11si11ility unless it has at its disposal a11 intelligent well-trained body of nurses. At one time tl1e idea was held that the nurse was the servant of tl1e physi- cia11. This is soniewhat inisleadingl She is rather 'tthird eye to the physician, endeayoringi to aid 111111 with the spirit of loyalty to alleviate huinan sufferiiig and to a1111i11ilate disease. -i-he Relation of Nursing to thefvleciiccil Profession Mary Frey, '27, '35 Mary Frey, 728, Direetoi' of N1I1'Sl11Q.L' Service Horn at Sterling. Illinois, g.El'2ll1llil1i' lI2'r4Sl1211 Al'2ll1l'1l1Y, 12123 f1v0SlN'll Uollegre 11132-335 pi-ivate duty. Sle1'li11g. Illinois. 113251-S21 geiieral duty, XYl'SfGl'1l 1il'S0l'VQ 1'11i1'e1'sit5'. f11l'Vl'l2l1lll, Ohio, 1931 siipere visor in f1Ill'1'1lilllj.f 111111111 :11111 Olislm-tl'if-s, WIN offical nurse, 151351 seieiice l1lSf1'l1C' ter. 12135-HT ll11'm'Io1' of Nursing Service. 11137-ISN l1lS11'11l'1'lEl' in I'1'llfl'NSlUllill Adjust- 11101118 1 and 11 and Psyeliology. 12137-38, Me-11111:11ite Ilespital School of Nursing.