Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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a n ' 9. caaeea junior capping-feels better than a crown, loo. months in psychiatric training at NIcLean Hos- pital. After this basic training, the nurses, now depend- able individuals, return to the college building for a final half-year of special courses in public health nursing, in afiiliation with the Boston Visiting Nurse Association. Lyndon McCarroll, director of the School of Nursing, announced two new practices: Nlnljanu- ary, the juniors received their caps before beginning their two-year hospital afiiliationg and a Senior Tea was given in May at which the seniors were pre- sented with the pin of the Simmons College School of Nursing to complete the graduate uniforms. For the February '48 semester, Nursing Educa- tion 27', Qward administrationj was initiated. In the next school year, a survey of the nursing field will be given for the benefit of graduate nurses studying at Simmons. Nursing students are united by the Anne Strong Nursing Club. Each month this club sponsors meet- ings featuring speakers from the many Eelds of nursing. During social hours, girls get together to Compare Unursing notes. Nursing School Anne Strong officers: Katherine Cavoures, Smith, pres.: ,lean Fuller. Madeline QT

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XX H Wmwnmwhdedddwhcapdfm l 1 SL-M xM...1- Lyndon M. Mellarroll, Director Through the looking-glass A. 'f Neat, efHcient, and well-trained-that's a Sim- mons nurse! Students who enter the Simmons Col- lege School of Nursing acquire the knowledge and skills requisite for high quality performance in the various fields of professional nursing. Freshmen enroll in N-1, a Five-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree, a diploma in nursing, and eligibility for state examinations to become registered nurses. The School of Nursing offers a highly diversified program that combines scientific, liberal, and pro- fessional courses. During the summer sessions ofthe first two years, prospective nurses spend six weeks at Nlassachu- setts General Hospital and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, attending classes on the principles and history of nursing. The middle of the junior year finds the nurses ready for their two full years of hospital experience. Here Simmons girls get a taste of all phases of the nursing world. This hospital training is divided into specific fields, three months are spent in pediatric nursing at the Children's Hospital, three months in obstetric work at the Boston Lying-In, and three Nancy Ryder nurses at Peter Bent .E S. ' X I' fi

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J Backgaamwlfaa4 ' Some professions are entered into only after the Bachelor of Science degree has been received and graduate work in the field has been done. The stu- dent who realizes her professional interest may be exercised only after more than four years of college enrolls in the School of Preprofessional Studies. The School of Preprofessional Studies offers a basic four-year program which is designed to pre- pare the prepro girl for graduate work. This basic undergraduate program lays a hrni founda- tion for the student's future professional training, and while it emphasizes a study of cultural sub- jects, it also allows the student to place emphasis on subjects in her chosen field. There are three programs within the preprofes- sional school which lead to advanced work. The student who wishes to prepare for a school of library science concentrates on subjects which give a broad general background of liberal arts subjects, such as economics, English, psychology, and sociology. A specified number ofelectives in the library science field are chosen by the student under the direction of Dr. Harrison L. Harley, director of the school. J Harrison L. Harley, Director Sociology and psych are special interests of the prepro girl Q8