Robert Packer Hospital School of Nursing - Nucleus Yearbook (Sayre, PA)

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MARY KAY WATTS A Terrific gal-wiTh a well known wiggle, VVaTTsy raTes high vviTh her laugh and giggle. She may noT succeed vviTh her TalenTs as ShorTTellow BuT wiTh This kid ITS hard G U 0 U 6 A 5 .9 C7 To Te l-o! CHARLES VVROBEL Poor Chuck, we ThoughT aT TirsT, BuT now we're so proud, we nearly bursT. VVhere's my girl? , is a phrase we now hear, BoTh making nursing Their professional career. X ' . T an--f U 4 E xp 'ff 2' , ,, T .4 ffl gf 'f 'ljrl 'll 'lm' 6 I 1 ,W l ,T R5 f' W f 19x if

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O'fU9 O fr A 2 f 5 j r Q i 'Sf' Q i I . ,rx 1 N i is i Xl Dawn BradleY'SecreTary, Barbara Powell-Vice President, Earls-ff lf' ' f Advisor. A l Every class has someone special To whom They know They can Turn for advice and who will give encourage- menT when The going becomes rough. Miss Welty has been such a person To us, The Class of 'o3. We chose her as our advisor in The beginning of our freshman year so Thai' she would be able To help guide us on The paTh To becoming professional nurses, Everyone has To have someone To Turn To and we knew We could always go To Miss WelTy whenever we needed advice. As we leave RoberT Packer as graduaTe nurses, we will also leave wiTh Thanks To you, Miss WelTy, Tor all of your paTience, guidance, undersTanding and mosT oT all, your friendship.

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'X-ve Wluw EUw?? h I Id lose a bedpan down a laundry chute or drop her cap into a commode while emp- W o ese cou tying the bedpan? tu for class or even sleep right through her supper? Who else could lofgel to Qe F9 t break a fitty c.c. syringe, drop two irrigation basins, an emesis basin Wh l ould manage 0 . . . . andotrjpsivier a sphygmomanometer? All of this happened within llW f2C m'VlUl9Sf 'Vi 0 Special care unit, at that! Who else Could Strip a bed and unit, only to discover there was no clean linen to remake it? Who else Could manage to spill a full dinner tray all the way from sixth to ground floor, While removing it from a conveyo r belt? Look out Below!! Who else could misuse terms and end up with a statement on a charts Patient nauseated, Dr' Black came up? Who else could give a patient a urinal when he had a Foley catheter in place? Who else could chase a patient's family out ot the room, assemble all necessary equipment and prepare to help a doctor start a blood transfusion, only to discover he had already done if? Who else could manage to smash her finger in an aclclressograph machine? Who else could manage to put a doctor to bed? Who else could neglect to close an autoclave tightly, and end up looking like a drowned rat when it unexpectedly shot open? Who else could manage to send the wrong chart with the right patient to the operating room? Who else could take a visitor's temperature? Who else could - get so confused ff ,, ,, ,, Wrong knee? as to right and lett as to place warm compresses on the Who else could mana ' ge to re ' a T' i ,, . ,, , , one of her Own fingers? p p pa 'em for SUVQGVY Wllltout a nick, only to practically mutilate You've guessed it! Only a Student Nurse!! , Ji, . in