Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing - Gleanings Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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a r Nov. 2 -Thermometer falls 20 degrees. Nov. 1 Sr. Emma tells us to don the flannels. 1 -Armistice Day. Nov. 24 hThanksgiving. Nov. 25 hAnd was it creamed necks on toast 7 Nov. 26 -Mallie and Honey enjoy half- day with Hazel Voss at Lake Geneva. Nov. 27 -Advent season begins. Wasn't the dining-room pretty? Dec. 2 hI-Ieuer sets sail for Emergenby Hospital. Good luck! The Big Dave Schooler night. Dec. 24 hNursesh partyhdonht forget the donkeyhexcuse, I mean deer. Dec. 25 -Christmas holidays and Home! ! Jan. 1 Jan. 23 hNew Year's eve at Kochs. Swell time! , -Sixteen more nurses enter train- ing. Feb. 10 hWhat is Lutz going to do? Where? How? And Why? Feb. 3 -Basketball game. Seniors vs. Juniors. Gernand's class is beginning to worry about State Board exams. Mibs returns to the O.Rr- Happy and Lucky. Eleonore leaves the nursery babies to care for the others. Aren't they all the same? Ask her. Feb. 17 tMore basketball plans in the air. Feb. 20 -When's the' annual coming out? Mar. 1 -It goes to press. Hurrah! ! ! 9E . . I h ; , . - h t W h A t I I - x t v V t, t h ...-..,. ,, t h9 x t I ' tr... . .m N t t J ,r - . 't uv m H3 t t .!'4 Wu. am: I ! ,H I. 4 A . a t - V V I L h. ' r - AMT A u M Ma

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june 29 -Mock Wedding. July 1 $ld Internes go, new ones come. July 4 -Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. July 14 -Class of '28 frolics at beach party in Koch's backyard. July 17 -T. Werner leaves to enter into matrimony. July 26 -Pediatric Department enjoy self at beach party. Aug. 1 -For the 999th time-rubber burning in the nursery. Someone's off call. Aug. 20 -Lindbergh visits in Milwaukee, yes, Stromer was there. Aug. 21 9January class '30 receive caps and bibs. Morrey won first place in sailboat races at Cedar Lake. Aug. 22 -Shower for T. Werner in 134. Aug. 25 -Thrills and ripples! Seniors move into single rooms. Aug. 29 -Thirty-two would-be nurses enter training school. Aug. 30 9Seniors welcome probationers. Sept. 5 9Kleine 82 Weine find that Bal- sam of Peru spills better without a funnel. Sept. 10 -F. Werner married. Thanks for the wedding cake. We all slept on it for a week. Oct. 3 -F. SchifHer leads at Missionary meeting. Oct. 10-149Theater party at Tower-bene- fit for seniors. In Memoriam Eva Mapes, Class '27 Died Oct. 10 1927 Oct. 29 -I-Iallowe'en Party. Oct.3l HSleigh bells, church bells, whistles. Basketball practice starts. 50

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5 7 VARIETIES tAs Voiced by the Workersl INSTITUTIONAL NURSING Institutional nursing has many advantages for a young graduate. A great many responsibilities are thrust upon a young graduate's shoulders which enable her to become much more efficient and con- fident in her life work. She is usually placed in a position in the wards, directing and supervising others. As she is daily thrown in contact with many doctors and patients she soon becomes acquainted with a variety of treatments, characteristics, and personalities. Thus she naturally has the advantage of a wider range to work in, and the oppor- tunity of keeping up with the newest methods of medicine and nursing procedure. By attending classes she can also View demonstrations of present-day theory and practice. a Institutional nursing teaches the young graduate self-sacrifice, giving up her time for the many others, and it encourages her to expend her energy and effort in teaching younger nurses. By having so many responsibilities thrust upon her she becomes alert and awake to surrounding conditions, developes executiveness, and is able to become a leader in carrying on her profession as she is usually looked upon as an ideal. -R. Schlei, R. N. PRIVATE NURSING The private-duty nurse also has a great many advantages. She is l sent into the homes of the poor, middle-class, and rich, where she must be able to cope with conditions found. She thus learns to stand on her own feet, as the hospital aid and equipment are no longer there to sup- 6 port her. Her work is also usually rather difficult as patients, on the l l whole, are quite sick before they will resort to being cared for by a special nurse. Thus the experience gained is valuable. The private-duty nurse is perhaps brought in closer relation with the outside world than many other types of nurses, due to her contact 52