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

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1972 volume:

Mass. General Hospital School of Nursing Palmer-Davis Library _ . MGH HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY H the class of 1972 “THE SUR VIVORS”. I Look to this day! For it is life, The very life of life. A In it ' s brief course 4 Lie all the varieties and Realities of your existence: 5 The bliss of growth; 6 The glory of action: A The splendor of beauty i ' -V And tomorrow Is only a vision 12 But today well-lived, Makes every yesterday A dream of happiness, 15 And every tomorrow 16 A Vision of Hope 17 Dedication V The teacher who walks in the shadow oj the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom hut rather of faith and his lovingness. 1 1 he is indeed wise he does not hid you enter the house of his wisdom, hut rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. Kahlil Gihran 18 You saw us as people, not as student nurses. You sided with us and listened to our gripes. You shared with us your wit and your good voice. You helped us to accept and understand the faults we found with so many things. You gave to us oj yourselj. Thank you for leading us to the threshold. 19 Natalie Petzold Director 20 Yolanda Mamone 21 Joyce Fricke 22 t Winifred Donald ' •A 23 Elizabeth Smith A uclrey Brady Joanne Hyde Helen S her win Barbara Rose Chosiad Elizabeth Bnnten Rita Lasse r The Fundamentalists Elke Llaas Patricia Simpson 26 Laura McCarthy Frances Gibbons Lyn Fleming Mildred Tamniinen Carolyn Kenney Patricia Mahoney Sandra Beckjord Joan Jones 27 arrived in a hurricaine — new faces — new friends -- new uniforms with stiff collars — stacks of hooks — early classes — 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, and 5 lumbar vertebrae — flaming the loop Treponema what ' — A and B vegetables — hath blankets - Mrs. D” - Shar- ifs - - black shoes — med cards — acid — base balance — fat metab- olism — guided tours of the north end - where do you send a CVS? She said mv unkown must have come off the floor!’’ RBC, WBC. Hct, Hgb — Will we ever make it?? i 4 28 30 31 Chrislmas parly - exam next day — proximal convoluted tub- ules — cow eyeballs and sheep lungs — Basic Four my cat’s named Lancelot — svncronized toilet flush — with bibs we look like Juniors — long treks to dinner - psych days off — study guides — my fetal pig had kittens! -- binocular vision thru a monocular microscope — injection lab: get even with your ene- mies — don’t sneeze into your agar plate — I incubated when should have refrigerated’’ - Nutrition conferences — A month vacation . JUNIOR S. 32 Jane Bo wer The Girls Behind The Scenes Bonnie Fisher Kathleen Schoene Winnie Willis Orlanna Frye Janice Baker 36 k Charlotte McCreary Thelma Powers Virginia Deforge Harriet Holbrook c I n i c s eight o’clock . . getting busy nine o’clock . . . in a tizzy ten o’clock . . . teaching foot care at eleven . . getting no where twelve o’clock . . . time for lunch one o’ clock . . . a brand new bunch two o’ clock . . . make an appointment three o’clock . . . try this ointment four o’clock . . - tired feet tread five o’clock . . . home to bed 38 In the clinics — hustle, hustle Lots oj noises — lots oj rustle S warms oJ people — waiting, sitting Ancient women — humming, knitting Doctors treating worn out hearts Nurses wheeling dressing carts Students wasting lots oj time Holy Cow! This thing will rhyme! 40 i mail room I COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES medical records MEDICAL LIBRARY NEUROPHYSIOLOGY CODMAN HOIICF mg. PI To be free Means what? Running thru the wheat-filled fields naked in the daylight To lie down in the field at night and watch stars fall sleekfully down To have that wall of mine completely demolished To have that key that was in the glass pool confi- dently in my hand secure To have that spacey feeling of scaredness safely in mind knowing that you are going to carry on vour tasks without a doubt These are just a few thoughts Will you please whisper in my ear what its like to he free Becca 41 OB Up before I he rooster crows To learn about how a baby grows. All aboard the MTA How many babies will be born today? A t clinic, expectant mothers sat. Boy, to us did they look fat! There they sat, row by row. Waiting to be told how much longer to go. biine months later they reappear — That they ' re ready to deliver is certainly clearl A prep and enema, no one excused With fingers crossed they ' ll not be contused. Who wants a primip . . heaven forbid! Midnight will come before there’s a kid. Y ' ou think it ' s bad now. wait until later! That ' s the price you must pay to be a mater. Four fingerbreadths now — one more to go Transition’ s over, the end of your woe. The doctor checks and .says with glee. Let’s go girls. It’s a delivery!” BOSTOH 1 CITY hospital Onto the table — legs up and out No longer will there be any doubt. Whether boy or girl it soon will be clear. We hold our breath, the time is near. He presents himself from head to toe. Usually with a yelp to let us all know. The mystery is clear, the suspense is over — It’s a boy! Let’s hear it for good ole Doc Grover! M ummy is gleejul! Daddy is proud! And soon will arrive the grandparent crowd. ’’Such a pretty baby but he’ll be grown soon.” Dad says, “Pretty! He looks like a prune!” Mom gets some rest — exhausted completely, W Idle baby is dy-deed and tucked in bed sweetly. Because she was prim ip I missed dinner — Curse it! But Td have to admit it was certainly worth it. Back to the dorm, we pick up our texts. W e turn the pages and again we are vexed! From conception to birth, the theory’s been learned A nd maybe with luck an A will he learned. 43 44 V We know you ' re scared. You miss Mummy and Daddy and your bed. Nothing seems right and your little-big world is crumbling. So many new faces — young and old New smells and sounds, Machines, Everything ' s different — The food, the toys. 1 may hurt hut we will try to make it all be over soon so you can go hack home. With a kiss on the cheek and a hand on yours, we will hold you and show you that we care and love. OR They were new and seemed quite green. They looked like quite a collection. Most were frankly petrified. Black stockings their only protection. They scrubbed so much the skin came off Three minutes could not he neglected. But once their cuts were in the dip. They were sure to get infected! By wading thru the kits piled high. They learned about Schnidts and snaps. And with practice soon could tell. The difference ’tween liths and laps. From head to toe they saw the works. A P became so easy. Thru blood and guts they all survived. They were over being queasy. Standing still from eight to four. With every muscle aching. Shifting weight from side to side To keep their hacks from breaking. Their confidence had so improved The instructors were both gratified. Docs no longer posed a threat. Their egos had been sati.sfied. 46 47 48 The Perfectors Margaret Keeley Sarah Deignan Susan Larkin A 52 Linda Siller Sarah Robinson Barbara Ellsworth Dorothy McMahon i Medicine cardiac leaching — diabetic Jool care — T. G — every pacemak- er should have a rubber glove — bigem iny, trigeminy, winky- what ' TL — the liver produces Vil. K that’s all I know ! how to run a strip — oh God, the snow ’ Assessments and care plans — monitors, leads, charges — use me as reference person — The Finch - beep, beep, beep dump him on Mass. Rehab. a new one down from three — I can ' t make you check your assignment but 1 can make you wish you had! BULFINCH I WARD l-2-3 — ► : USE ELEVATOR NO. 1 | WARDS S - 6-7 ♦ IISF FI FVATr� D NO.Q 54 55 Ortho it ' s not glue, it ' s cement — total hips Moores — crutch w alking - “I finally got an ortho patient — spinal coni injured area - evenings — I Just got her out of bed and I think I broke her leg! — TGIF simple, compound, comminuted, oblique -- internal fixation - what need is a pair of roller skates! — name one hundred and Jour dij- Jerent types of nails! 57 L 58 r fef Suraicnl 1846 Surgery occlusive dressings great grades on the pre-test bottle I to the pt. 2 to the wall, no I to the wall 3 to suction, no . inflate what cuff? gas exchange — ethanolisni — south wing ap- nea button - hypercal and steroids, the I panacea — lollipops instead of cigarettes — NFO, UGI, BaE, GET — penrose drains — G tubes, J tubes, T tubes, A BCD tubes OOB on POD 1 post- op beds — chest PT. Neuro ■wBiiminitim nm 60 r Oft over Olympus ' towering tops ... — NVS - depression and frustration — the unit — “the middle cerebral artery is . . . ’ — how to do mouth care — S oriented x3 — evenings — skull caps with ribbons — “she’s aphasic you know — neuro parties — flashlights without batteries — yelling, pinching, shaking, slapping, quiting — accelerated or decelerated forces - “and ya know, girls . i 61 62 63 64 S.N.A.M. Leslie Le Blanc Pat Paulas S.N.C.A. President: Linda VanMarter Vice President: Lisa DeRosa Secretary: Debbie Shontz Treasurer: Nancy McKenzie 67 i 68 Yearbook Photography: Pal Morrill Karen Fallon Pat Tallnian Polly Zinili Chris Curtis Marilyn Stevens Business: Joanne Shelley Typing: Sylvia Bulyga Editor: Pickard Crosby Assistant Editor: Jeanne Campbell Layout: Tricia Freeman Chris Kozicz Maureen Cross Angela DelVecchio Joanne Shelley Mary Lowther Marie Dunn Cathy Fletcher Art: Paula Capuano 69 Capping of Seniors September 17, 1971 70 71 I 74 I Paula Jean Capuano Jeanne Marie Campbell L 75 Catherine Helene Chiulli Christine Chandler 76 77 Susan Pickard Crosby 78 Maureen Elizabeth Cross Christine Dorothy Curtis Susan Ann Demers 80 Marjorie Caroline Dill 81 I Deborah Caroline Donohue Barbara Jean Donnelly 82 F 4 Catherine Elizabeth Fletcher I 84 r i 85 .A- ' ' 86 87 88 I Anne Mary Kelley ■ . Kathleen Kearns 89 90 91 Mary Leslie LeBlanc 92 93 Ann M. McGillicudy Kathleen Marie McGee 94 95 Patricia Irene MacDonald Kathleen Mary Michaud 96 Jayne Lois Minsky Kathleen Jean Moore 97 98 99 100 101 Priscilla Standish Pierce Dorothy Louise Pinette 102 Judith Anne Predergast Margaret Mary Reddy 103 104 105 106 107 108 ' ■ ' -v } I Mary Constance Theroux Patricia Ann Tallman 109 110 i Ill Pauline Theresa Ziniti Dianne Bertha Zebniak 112 Sylvia Bulyga 4 1 4 J efferson A venue Salem, Massachusetts Susan Demers 1 Talbot Street Holden, Massachusetts Susan Cabral 317 Hillberg A venue Brockton, Massachusetts Lisa DeRosa 16 Ellis Street Walpole, Massachusetts Jeanne Campbell 105 North Street Randolph, Massachusetts Marjorie Dill 65 Elm Street North Andover, Massachusetts Paula Capuano 29 Swan Street Everett, Massachusetts Barbara Donnelly 93 Russell A venue Watertown, Massachusetts Christine Chandler 2 Charles Street Rockland, Massachusetts Deborah Donohue 90 Columbia Drive Marshfield, Massachusetts Catherine Chiulli 2704 Columbia Drive Endwell, New Y ork Marie Dunn 455 Highland A venue Malden, Massachusetts Barbara dayman 5 Palmer A venue Swampscott, Massachusetts Karen Fallon 31 Beaver Road Riverside, Rhode Island Kristine Cononi 9 Weld St. Apt. 12 Malden, Massachusetts Janice Farina 15 Off Putnam St. East Weymouth, Massachusetts John Countryman 85 Pond Street Waltham, Massachusetts Catherine Fletcher 21 Brook Road Milton, Massachusetts Patricia Cranney 33 Bujfum Street Salem, Massachusetts Richard Fowler 47 Narragansett Road Quincy, Massachusetts Susan Crosby Route I Box 42 Monkton, Maryland Patricia Freeman 14 Nightingale Way Lutherville, Maryland Maureen Cross 57 Myrtle Street Westbrook, Maine Janet Gallagher 16 Amory Street Lynn, Massachusetts Christine Curtis Bethlehem Road Littleton, New Hampshire Denise Gannon 128 Airlie Street Worcester, Massachusetts Angela DelVecchio 26 Penn Street Quincy, Massachusetts Christine Frost Green 54 Newman Road Malden, Massachusetts 113 Carol Healey 68 Spruce Street Water to wn , M assach iisetts Claire Jackson 6 Perry Road Ed ison , I e w Jersey Kathleen Joyce 43 Brooks Street Brighton, Massachusetts Kathleen Kearns 205 Pauline Street Winthrop, Massachusetts A nne Mary Kelley 55 Mill Street Huntington, Connecticut Patricia Kirkham 17 Peachtree Road Lexington, Massachusetts Marcia Klys 519 South Main Street Webster, Massachusetts Christine Kozicz 26 Spring Street Webster, Massachusetts Judith Kunsman 589 Somerville A venue Somerville, Massachusetts Nancy Larson 91 Hull Street Warwick, Rhode Island Wendy Lawrence Route 3 Concord, S ew Hampshire Mary Leslie LeBlanc 152 Sayles Street Southbridge, Massachusetts Carol Lenehan 7 Little Bay Lane Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Mary Low the r Epping Road Exeter, New Hampshire Kathleen McGee 20 Cotton Street Roslindale, Massachusetts Ann McGillicudy 885 East Broadway South Boston, Massachusetts Mary Frances McGonagle 28 Washusett Street Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Margaret McQuaid Route I Manchester, New Hampshire Patricia MacDonald 1963 Massacusetts A venue Lexington, Massachusetts Kathleen Michaud 40 Cushing A venue Nashua, New Hampshire Jayne M insky 278 Hovenden Avenue Brockton, Massachusetts Kathleen Moore 117 Winthrop Street Holliston, Massachusetts Patricia Morrill Rural Route I Thompson, Connecticut Elizabeth Morris 17 Thompson Avenue Hingham, Massachusetts Janice Mulcahy 32 Villa Street Waltham, Massachusetts Kathleen Murphy 46 Clark Road South Weymouth, Massachusetts Paula O’Brien 3 Webb Park South Boston, Massachusetts Maria Paluccio 33 Lancaster Street Quincy, Massachusetts 114 Linda Patchett 431 Lafayette Avenue Wyckoff New Jersey Marilyn Stevens Post Ojfice Box 338 Chestertown, Maryland Patricia Paulhus 5 Edward A venue Rum ford, Rhode Island Noe mi Stewart 47 Revere Street Boston, Massachusetts Priscilla Pierce 28 Foreside Road Cumberland Foreside, Maine Carol Sullivan 83 Anne Marie Drive Brockton, Massachusetts Dorothy Pinette 57 West Street Malden, Massachusetts Patricia Tallman 7 Scenic View Drive Smithfield, Rhode Island Judith Prendergast 46 Upton Street Brockton, Massachusetts Sandra Tennyson 19 North Andersen Street Boston, Massachusetts Margaret Reddy 899 Cedarcliff Road Braintree, Massachusetts Mary Theroux 1 1 Belle A venue Medford, Massachusetts Mary Rice 1079 East I9th A venue Eugene, Oregon Susan Tully 50 Fairbanks Road Milton, Massachusetts Louise Rosenthall 51 Highland Avenue Randolph, Massachusetts Linda Van Mar ter 4608 Upland Drive Erie, Pennsylvania Janice Rush 16 Sheldon Avenue East Hampton, Massachusetts Donna Wills Oakridge A venue North Attleboro, Massachusetts Suzette Santerre 1326 Gardners N.K. Road Swansea, Massachusetts Fredda Zacks 1 00 Mar bury A venue Pawtucket, Rhode Island Lorelei Severski 3642 Watson Boulevard End well. New York Diane Zebniak 23 Gibben Street Somerville, Massachusetts Donna Sicuso 177 Palmer Street Arlington, Massachusetts Joanne Skelley 34 Hilltop Street Dorchester, Massachusetts Miriam Sonn 147-28 78 A venue Flushing, New York Pauline Ziniti 113 Harvard Street North Quincy, Massachusetts 115 WE PROUDLY ACKNOWLED6E.WITH THANKS, YOUR SELECTION OF US AS YOUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR fine disimciive photography 105 Newbury St. Boston, Massachusetts COplty 7-8765 for oil f afore phofography, including wedding and family phofographs remember oar gi-ff to yoa Melvin F. Hookallo Boston ' s Only Master o Photography 117 118 Time it was And what a time it was It was . . . A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago ... it must be have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you Paul Simon 119 i f I i Mass. General Hospital School of Nursing Palmer-Davis Library