Rex Hospital School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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i U65 , Joyifsz acfaf HE medal which bears my name was established in 1928 for the purpose of stimu- lating the pupil nurses of the Rex Hospital Nursing School to excel in their studies and their practical work. It is awarded each year to that mem- ber of the senior class who during her three years of training makes the highest com- bined grade in scholarship and deportment. The degree of scholarship is indicated by marks obtained on recitations and examina- tionsg the proliciency in deportment in- cludes personal conduct and attention to pa- tients. During the twenty-five years that I was an instructor in the Nursing School I Dr- Hlllffff A- Hvustvr l1fPS0P1ff !l fhf' I?01fsff'r Mcflul realized that the value of a nurse in the to Sarah L ', Umm hospital and in her career after graduation depended upon a balanced union of the two qualities for which the medal is otfered. The resul.s seem to have justified the reason for its establish- ment and its continuance. Since my retirement from the active duties of teaching I have stressed in a special lecture each year the four attributes deemed essential in the make-up of the ideal nurse. They are: An unswerving char- acter, a working conscience, good health, and consummate tact. The possession of these in full flower and the required cultivation of head, heart and hand lead to 'perfect performance in the high calling of a truly trained nurse. Hl'BPIR'l' A. RUYSTICR, M.D., F.A.C.S. PRESENTATICDN QF ROYSTER MEDAL

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Zito 'ty of cbloifzifczf N 1839 John Rex, a native of Penn- sylvania and one of the earliest settlers of Raleigh, bequeathed his property for the establishment of a hospital for the sick and atllicted poor of the City of Raleighf' Dating from 1839, Rex Hospital is the oldest incorporated hospital in North Caro- lina, and the first to have a School of Nursing. On August 4, 1893, the trustees bought the old Manly Mansion. The building was repaired, and an annex of two stories for colored patients was erected. The Work was organized, nurses were engaged and the hospital opened for patients May 1, 1894. The Raleigh Academy of Medicine agreed to give their service to charity in rotation. In 1896, an eight-room annex was built for paying patients. A cornerstone for a new building was laid at a massive ce1'emony in 1908. The hospital continued to grow and on May 31, 1937, the hospital was moved in another new building on St. Marys St. It is now a two-hundred bed hospital that qualifies under the standard of the Ameri- can College of Surgeons as an accredited hospital, and is recognized by the American Medical Association for the training of internes. z 4 Ten