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

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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

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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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with the home, family, and their consequent interests. We can readily See then why this calling prefers a cultured woman, one who is tactful and able to deal intelligently with many people and on many subjects. OFFICE NURSING Office nursing comprises a not common branch of work in this wonder- ful profession. The office nurse usually works under a skilled specialist. She has to assist him with patients during office hours, and always have ready, at a moment's notice, anything he may ask for. Her work entails much laboratory work and often includes the office bookkeeping too. The laboratory work is very interesting, more so if one is so inclined. It includes complete urinalysis and kidney functional tests, complete blood examinations, and differential stains. Also the preparing of various drugs and solutions. Of course there are always several rooms that one must keep spic and span. Gradually more doctors are realizing the value in having a trained nurse at the office. Thus a comparatively new field of work has been opened for the new graduate registered nurse. e5. C. Mueller, R. N. VISITING NURSING The qualifications of a Visiting Nurse are: a good general and nursing education, a good physique, and more than average intelligence and sympathy for people. The service that the Visiting Nurse gives is alleviative, curative, and preventive. Her service is not confined to the sick member of the family, but she endeavors to discover and remedy physical defects and habits as well as unsanitary conditions. Her opportunities for service and for health education are unlimited. HE. Kowalke, R; N. NAVY NURSING There is variety in the work which a Navy Nurse may be assigned to do. She may be a nurse in charge of a ward from thirty to ninety beds. 53