Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Boston, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1957 volume:

THE CLASS OF SEPTEMBER, NINETEEN FIFTY-SEVEN AND MARCH, NINETEEN FIFTY-EIGHT School of Nursing Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts EDITH ANN BEAUCHAMP , OUR BOOK IS DEDICATED TO YOU,, FOR YOU HAVE BEEN TO US AN INSPIRATION AND A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE MUST BE IN ORDER TO BE A CREDIT TO OURSELVES AND OUR PROFESSION. WE CANNOT EXPRESS IN WORDS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE SERVICES YOU HAVE RENDERED TO US AND TO OUR SCHOOL YOU WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING QUALITIES AS A NURSE AND FRIEND. YOU HAVE LEFT US TO FOLLOW WOMAN ' S HIGHEST CALLING , ONE TO WHICH FEW ARE CHOSEN. SISTER EDITH ANNE , YOU HAVE TRULY ‘ SOUGHT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE. MAY ALL OF US BE AS FORTUNATE AS YOU IN FINDING OUR PLACE IN THIS VAST WORLD. Dear Alumnae: How differently it sounds to address you this way. Only a little over three short years ago you were new applicants in a very strange new world. Now the transformation is complete — from applicant to student to alumna. We shall all miss you in the School even as we welcome you to the new relationship. Have you given thought yet to the meaning of your new role as an alumna of the School? Just what does that title imply? Of course, you will be expected to fulfill the responsibilities of a graduate nurse. This is your primary role. But you will also now be in a new relationship to the public. This is your secondary role, a representative of the School and of Nursing. By your actions the School will be judged. By your readiness to accept professional responsibilities, Nursing will be judged. You will not be alone as you take this step. Or, I might say, you need not be alone, for both Alumnae Association and Professional Nursing Organizations wait your member- ship and stand ready to share your problems as you share in the purposes for which these organizations were founded. Should you join? Or, should you let others work out the future while you sit by? No one can make this decision for you. But the School needs you, as does Nursing. How can you really represent the School if you do not keep a contact with it? How can you communicate needed changes if you never hear about the School ' s programs? How can you interpret nursing education at your School if you lose touch with its evolving purpose? How can you grasp the accomplishments in nursing if you are not active in the organizations which are working to produce the changes needed? From all of the Faculty and members of the Nursing Service with whom you have studied and worked, congratulations and best wishes for success in whatever you do! Shall we be seeing you at Alumnae meetings or hearing about you in the Quarterly, or meeting you at a convention? Here ' s hoping! Director of the School of Nursing and Nursing Service EVA HICKS HELEN SHERWIN ANNA VIDEN JOSEPHINE HURLEY HELEN CHURCH PRECUNICAl PERIOD The pressure is on! High finance! Probie period — one big schedule! The evenings were spent in deep thought and meditation, while the days were spent in severe shakes and frustrations in the class- room and nursing lab. And those week- ends we looked forward to with such anticipation only to find we were too tired to move from a prone position, and alas, there are three exams on Monday morning! But our survival rate was high, and at the end of six months we had a great deal be- hind us, and the enthusiasm to tackle what still lay ahead. Charles Street lovelies. Square those corners. S — t-e-a-d — y-! Probie days. Did I read it right? Ah, good assignment! I ' ll take the p.o. ' s. Shorthand, anyone? Weighing in! Three busy secretaries. MEDICINE.... Medicine here at the General is a term that is almost synonymous with the Bul- finch Building, the famed Ether Dome, and . . . endless blood pressures, medications, and temperatures! Our classes in this subject certainly re- activated some of the study habits we acquired as probies. Even at that, the circulatory exam was a shock to us! Have I contaminated? Barbara Woodbury Bulfinch. Mrs. Virginia Johnsen I Read the label three times! Mrs. Marlene Woodruff SURGERY.... Surgical Nursing? . . . The trials and tribulations of I. V. ' s all stopping at the same time . . . people on 15 minute vital signs . . . preps. Preps, PREPS at bedtime and the midnight call from the front desk telling you there ' s one patient too many. Where ' s he sleeping? Thank goodness, boarded out! But we learned the need No help wanted—. of 9 ood observation in car- The , vory Tower ing for an acutely ill Extra-curricular activities. Is everything done? Go, darn it, go! GYN — Will we ever get checked off on all these special procedures? . . . Thank heavens, only one more to go! . . . Oh, dear! I contaminated again! ORTHOPEDICS — Which weight goes where? . . . Where do all the ropes go? . . . If I bump my head one more time! . . . Scrub, scrub, scrub with Phisohex! ... Do you suppose she has a fractured hip? Elizabeth Grogan Gertrude Parkhurst Irene O ' Leary SURGICAL SPECIALTIES.... South — North or All-American? Could this be it? Rx for Fx. a ' enti ne Don Boston Lying-In . . . . Happy about an Obs. final? Famil ' 0 other and child? UJk k fjkk. Nursery. Barbara Dunphy PEDIATRICS.... Why I loved Pedi! Read me a story? Diane Fiske Children ' s hour in the solarium. A State requirement! Anne Eby OPERATING ROOM.... Our days in the O.R. . . . how fast the time flew! The first few days crammed with many instructions from Lady . . . Learning how to scrub and gown. The hours spent practicing putting on rubber gloves for our debut! The difficulty of threading with : :8 gloves. Then we were first scrubs, setting up and waiting, waiting, WAITING for that chole- cystectomy to arrive. 38-39-40 . . . those endless cotton and silk boards . . . Berger ' s exercises every night. To be called, or not to be called . . . that was the question. ' A lap? . . . First scrub? ... Are you SURE? 3:00 P.M. lunch. First scrub. Internship Here we are at last — the big moment when we can finally wear our TALL caps . . . we ' re INTERNS! These last eight months seem to go so fast — so much to do. Our senior show was a tremendous success, and lots of fun for all concerned. The Senior Prom was really a night to remember! Then all our other activities such as the bazaar, and the strawberry festival kept us really on the go, besides keeping up with those yearbook meetings. With eyes to the future, the familiar cry seemed to be, Where are you working when you graduate? All this, and much more, went into those 244 days of internship. I GRADUATION GR A ( L euerLj Arc Anders nances yinderson The incuroble itch of writing possesses many. Ciciret Ann binder i tarcjarei yjnn yincier on True humor springs not more from the head than the heart. Jjudill Acl terlc ome “All men commend patience although few be willing to practice it. U AXES s. -Allen. SeelL lu Sauna If a thing is worth doing at al am it is worth doing wel (Catherine -Ann All Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.” Pat, icia y lnne 12)ionne Music is well said to be the speech of angels.” J ean Uborolhea !2)enni4on Love is the perfect sum of all delight. Above our life we love a steadfast friend. “Humor is et 2 ) urliii larijarei LJnrmn the harmony of the heart. AM fi r r • V anctj oLee v earm ' Infinite riches in a little room.” The mirr or of all courtesy . . —Louise Stephanie J aranJtj Little friends may prove great friends. (Christina J ' Carth ' She smileth away the cares of the day. Yjancy p ane J eifer Let gentleness my enforcement be. ' am oan lenci J ' Ce ewer ' It is when you come close to a man in conversation that you discover what his real abilities are. ' rjancy J ane J irl pal riel Let us then be up and doing with a heart for any fate. yjancij cJot ' niine 4 ancij o orraine cy ijons ' The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.” A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men. Judith f ucuih r v larcjcirel rviernx Merrily, merrily shall I live now. Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Jnn aJdouide iner r a f, j leanor H arcia v orai ' The secret of success is constancy of purpose.’’ Bar!, arci - An rnne hi or an Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. (Barbara 2 ), ' ean H nrJocl A hit, a very palatable hit. arcjca et ranees Q uinn The truly brave are soft of heart and eye.’ WaJ, r $utk Rossetti She doeth little kindnesses which most leave undone or despise. Then keep each passion down, however dear. 2 ) awn Cdarol dcienstroni But so fair, she takes the breath of men away who gaze upon her unaware. 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