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

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The Spirit of ’66 A ladder, lightbulbs and lollipops: these are the tools of the trade of a devoted MGH employee, knowm affectionately by every student nurse simply as “Dave.” Dave is the official keeper of lightbulbs at the MGH and conscientiously replaces flickering bulbs in many areas of the hospital. But his real specialty is befriending student nurses. It is no secret that freshmen feel insecure and uncertain; even taking p.o. temperatures can seem an enormous task when you’ve never done it before. But somehow, just when a freshman’s confidence reaches its lowest ebb (and that can be pretty low) she encounters Dave (or is it perhaps the other way round ) . His eyes alight with a knowing twinkle, he pauses and offers his vote of confidence— a lollipop. Be it red, yellow or green, this extra bit of encouragement is often all that is needed to keep a tired freshman going; this, and the knowledge that Dave believes in her, and in all of us, and has accepted us as part of the “MGH family.” 24

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Junior year is fragments: our class, our year, our experiences, all broken into discrete parts. Obstetrics, pediatrics, public health and psychiatry- : each area touched off something dif- ferent in us; and each of us came away with her own special feelings about her experiences. Sharing the kaleidoscope of memories we had gathered during the year we found that, de- spite the variety of our individual feelings and experiences, we had grown togther. I WAM.,T r 26