North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing - White Matter Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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STUDENT NuRsE A Between the nervous rnnotente ot entrante exams and a dozen red roses on an all white Lll'lll0I'H1 1 a student nurse Student Nurse patlents love her dottors tolerate her surgeons stream at her lnstruttors hu e trom her head nurses rgnore her boyfriends pray for her and heaven helps her Student Nurse No one Lan g1V9 nlne Lomplete bath tlve Fleets enemas one hundred twenty three IHIQLYIOHS lose seven But pens empty erghteen bedpans take twenty tnve A M TPR s and emo tronally support seventeen women patrent s rn one day and stlll get along wlth her roommate Student Nurse she rs so darlrng wlth Demerol rn her halr Solu B down her plnatore hot tottee on her shoes bathroom trssue rn her pmket trurtgum on her medlcrne tray and Betadlne nall polnsh No one on earth loves weekends more has such an enormous appetrte gets blamed tor so mann thlrlgs faces so many empty mallboxes and strll tolerate round pretes of meat for dmner She ls the prcture of love to our gerlatrle patlent wrsdom wlth plles ot worksheets our baby to mom and dad Sweetheart to her boyfrrend and the future wrth a new born rn her strll thrldrsh arms No one else can sleep through class pretend to enyoy a guest speaker tall so many poptests wrlte so many blbs on unread artrcles avond so many lrbrary fines vrew so many tramexes nor recerve so many hand outs She does all of thrs and then ends up IH Psychratrrc trarnmg where she talks Laretully lrves on Hardres hamburgers yells at cows lb the Queen at the patrent dance and thetks for her keys one hundred times She comes rn dead tired achrng feet weak hands vet stays up as late as posslble then she krssec everyone goodmght tnxes a clean unrtorm gxves her shoes a swab crawls into a half made bed full of stutted anlmals paper cllps and pop corn kernels says goodmght all only to add Don t torget theck on mem the mornmg' She came a glrl leaves a woman She came a teen leaves a young adult She came untrarned leaves a protessronal She came for herself she leaves for others She Came wrth love and she leaves A NURSE Q 1 . - 1 ' ' ' s, ' 5 5, - , ' ' , ' - ' , - 1, ' - g ' W A to

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For complete nevvs coverage every day of the year read the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel Newspapers Mornung Sunday Evening ,sfk lw g 5 4' Q .Q,.,.4,x'l. t -v' Q 2 ii 441 ,,,,b .,- ...,. . 1971 Pulitzer Prize Mnner For Public Service 3