Mercy School of Nursing - Mercilite Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Aaf 1:3 cz CSfUOQI2f urself Between the innocence of an entrance exam and an R.N. comes a lovable creature called a Student Nurse. They come in assorted sizes, heights and shapes, but they have the same creed, to enjoy every second of every hour of every day off duty. Student Nurses are found everywhere: underneath, jumping from, swimming to, and running through. Patients love them, the R.N.'s boss them, orderlies ignore them, doctors tol- erate them, and Heaven protects them. A Student Nurse is truth with blood on her uniform, beauty with gloves on her hands, wisdom with penicillin in her hair, and the future with a newborn baby in her hands. ,, To doctors, a Student Nurse is an inconsiderate, questioning, and intruding bundle of noise. When you want her to make a good impression, she becomes a giggling creature, bent on wasting as much time as possible and sleeping through class. A Student Nurse has an appetite of a horse, the digestion of a disposal unit, the energy of a soapsuds enema, the lungs of a switchboard operator, the imagi- nation of a Vanderbilt Graduate, the enthusiasm of ,Central Supply, the sharpness of a scapel, the audacity of a Nurses' Aide, and when she gives pills she has five thumbs on each hand. She likes food, vacation, and Christmas. You can put her on study hours, but you cannot make her study. She is your aide, your maid, your porter, your friend: She is a freckled faced, pint sized, fun loving bundle of noise. But when she gets off duty with her tiredfeet, and her aching back, she has a funny way of drop- ping off into bed and saying Good Night , but not without thosefamous last words, Check on me in the A.M. ! Copied IO

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7jf'dyQff6f' d iXRUfSQ Oh, my God: I am about to begin the day's work. Teach me to receive the sick in Thy name. Give to my efforts success, sweet Jesus, for the glory of Thy Holy Name. It is Thy workg Without Thee I can- not succeed. Grant that the sick Thou has placed in my care may be abundantly blessed, and not one of them be lost because of anything that is lacking in me. Help Thou me to overcome every temporal weakness and strengthen in me what- ever may enable me to bring the sun- shine of joy to the lives gathered round me day by day. Make me beautiful Within for the sake of Thy sick ones and those lives which will be in- fluenced by them. Amen.

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