Regina Grey Nuns Hospital School of Nursing - Memorare Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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THE NURSERY The nursery is the place to work, ' Cause the experience you obtain, May come in handy some fine day. Unless a spinster you remain. You wash the babies with phisohex, Then dry them with a towel, Then Desiten, then diaper, Boy listen to them howl. You feed them, you burp them, Then lay them down to sleep, And if your luck is with you, There will not be a peep. Usually though they like to scream, They look a little blue, You quickly pick them up again, And they begin to coo. When feeding time rolls around, You place them in a cart, Then out we go to mother, To let her do her part. Now ' s the time they go to sleep, Won’t budge when spanked or shaken, And just return them to their cribs, And sure as guns they ' ll waken. You weigh them in and weigh them out, To be sure that they ' ve had plenty, And out of thirty babies, You have to sup just twenty! When newborns are carried in, We clean them, weigh and measure, Then over to the window, Where father waits with pleasure. When we left the nursery, There were teardrops in our eyes, Those babies - we sure will miss Their gurgles and their cries. McDonald and Bailey SENIOR BLOCK Senior block is finally here. Our final classes, our final year, To class with books in hand we trot, Last nights studying we have all forgot. They are teaching us urology, Its symptoms and pathology, The nursing care must be on top, Or the operation will be a flop. Neurosurgery is next in line, This includes brain, nerves and spine, With interest we listen with open ears, To results of research these past few years. To do or not to do that is the question, Ethics steps in to hand a suggestion, Ethics, our guide, our helping hand, To do what is expected of a black band. Orthopedics now has its turn, So diseases of bone, joints we learn, Care of traction, splints and casts, How to set a bone so that it lasts. Civil defense we must master, So panic won ' t follow a disaster, We as nurses can assist, An opportunity we won ' t resist. Many are cared for through Public Health, Those who are poor, those who have wealth, In case this field we care to choose, Interest in these classes we do not lose. As a nurse we have a profession, How to adjust that is the question, Professional adjustments shows us the road. So we will be prepared to carry the load. McDonald and Bailey

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NIGHTS We all enjoy working at night, From when it is dark until it is light. We have our duties to perform, So we never have time to feel forlorn. We arrive on the floor and have report, Then everyone leaves and we hold the fort. We check the patients to see they are sleeping, And talk to the ones who at us are peeping. We check to see that I. V ' s are running. And take B. P ' s with lots of cunning. When we know all ' s at its best, We then begin our work at the desk. First to the Pharmacy to check the drugs, Then I usually fill water jugs. Make our requisitions for all a. m. tests, Then clean up the place with lots of zest. Q4H temps must all be taken, To wake them up, patients must be shaken. When these are finished and all on the chart. We feel we have made a pretty good start. Everyone then gets a coffee break. Not all at once for the patients sake. A little something to eat for lunch, Then we all return to our floors in a bunch. Then we make the rounds to see all are there, And cover the ones who are lying bare. Pass out hypos when they are needed, Glaring lights are always heeded. Sneaking around in the dark of the night, Tripping over things that are not in sight. Waking the patients to see if they ' re sleeping, At their dressings we are often found peeking. Doing our charts at the break of dawn, One chart done and three lights on. Don’t forget in the Kardex to scribble, Or report will be given dribble by dribble. Finally the morning sun peeps in the shade, Night report at the switchboard is laid. Pharmacy trays are put in their places, And patients awake with smiling faces. Day staff arrive one at a time, If we miss breakfast it will be a crime. We give report and answer all questions, We try our best to remember suggestions. Then off we go buzzing like bees, Get to the cafeteria and remember the keys. There goes the phone, I wonder who for, Would McDonald and Bailey return to the floor? Half an hour later the keys are returned, After today our lesson we ' ve learned. We return to the Res. , feeling half dead, And are most delighted to crawl into bed.

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Last Will and Testament We the graduates of 1961, declared of sound mind and body, do hereby give our last will and testament this year nineteen hundred and sixty-one to our followers: To Sister Superior, a sincere thank you for all your charitable works at the Grey Nuns. To Sister Brodeur, our devoted directress, restful nights, peaceful dreams, and fewer problems concern¬ ing student nurses. Also a deep appreciation for molding us into the ideal Christian nurses you want- ed us to be. To Father Andries, our beloved chaplain, our many thanks. We will you a larger thoracic cavity to hold your big heart. To the Faculty, our earnest desire to see all future classes conducted like retreats - lounge chairs and no questions asked. To the Clinical Instructors, tremendous patience, understanding, and roller skates for they are always on the go. To the Chase Dolls in the Nursing Arts Lab., we offer old age pensions. To the Night Supervisors, a cowbell for obvious reasons. To the Hospital Administration, a million dollar budget. To the Telephone Operators, a couple of aspirins and an ice cap. To the Canteen, several policemen to direct traffic. To the Cafeteria, we offer to unwobble all the tables which need it. To the Laundry room, we bequeath a monument for the torture it withstood due to our unfamiliarity with a complex mechanism popularly known as a washing machine. To the Kitchenette, we donate several bottles of airwick and a cupboard full of unbreakable cups. To the Annex, ultra modern plumbing to eliminate all drainage bottles. To 3C, automatic bedpan carriers, lifters, and nurses with six arms. To the Nursery, one night of complete silence. To the O.R. , sterile high chairs for long operations. To the Case Room, automatic contraction timers. To the Pediatric Department, waterproof uniforms for all nurses. To the Diet Kitchen, pop-up toasters and replaceable bottoms for all burned pans. To the Emergency Dressing Room, double decker beds to avoid congestion in the corridor and as oscillometer for double confusion. To the Pharmacy, numerous ampules of Dexedrine for self administration for faster efficient service. To the Internes, robots to make your calls while you ' re attending parties, money for trips to the moon, and musical radiators to wake you up in the morning and heat your coffee. To all the Doctors, special nurses to calculate I 0 ' s accurately. To all the Nurses, three months vacation with pay. To our Housemothers, a geiger counter to find all misplaced students after ten-thirty. Anchors for all night float students. Care packages to all students on Tuberculosis affiliation. We will our ability to cause pandemonium to any group with the ability to develope it further. Intermediates: mgnt nurse pallor, senior privileges too well understood to be detailed, senior dignity and our ambition to graduate and pass R.N. ' s. Preliminaries: a class below at last! We leave you our love of study, of the classroom, night duty, and our ambition to graduate and pass R. N. ' s. New Probies: Welcome! Our determined will and ceaseless energy to persevere until the end .... three years. We leave the steps of the Grey Nuns’ with many fond memories.