St Anthonys School of Nursing - Acorn Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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parliamentary law, chartingg and, after all this, we were thinking we were pretty smart, were really nurses! but then, over night, we were Iuniors and found out we had only a beginning. , I 'As Iuniors we took up classes in materia medica fthis is the study of drugs and medicines that we administer as nursesj, pathology, the study of disease, orthopedics, the care of injured bones and joints, obstetrics, communicable diseases, more dietetics, phy- siotherapy and massage, surgical technique, and a very beneficial course in religion. The second year was a full one indeed, but now we are really getting somewhere-yes, we are Seniors. Before we go on with what we take as Seniors, we, as a class, want to thank the Doctors and others who so kindly give of their valuable time for the Part they play in, our education. They are the teachers for many of our classes and we all realize that they have a very difficult task trying to put a little knowledge in our brains that we can retain, but we truly appreciate it, even if sometimes our grades were not quite what they should be. As Senior nurses we take up the courses in oral hygiene, professional problems and ethics, first aid, diet therapy, eye, ear, nose, and throat, dermatology, urology, venereal diseases, jurisprudence, mental and nervous diseases, psychology, and sociology-a class which is supplemented by many interesting field trips. Having finished our classes we are all now impatiently waiting for graduation, hoping the future holds in store as much as the past. The time has come now for us to tell you of a little of the work wo do in the hospital. On the ground floor we have our modernly-equipped diet kitchen. Here the trays are served for all the patients in the entire hospital, and here under the supervision of Sister Margaret and Miss Haines we spend some of our time preparing baby formulas, diabetic trays, and special diets. Here also we have our colored ward, and emergency room supervised by Sister Madelain, pharmacy under Sister Teresa, and laboratory supervised by Sister Regina. We all spend equal portions of time in these departments, and I think we especially enjoy helping and working in the emergency rooms which just this year have been remodeled. Here we really have to use our initiative. We must not forget the central supply room, a very busy and interesting place where dressings and surgical supplies are prepared and sterilized for use in the different departments of the hospital. The first floor of the hospital contains the reception rooms, business office, and the record room where all hospital records are kept, and the chapel. Here, also, we have the men's ward supervised by Sister Bernadette. It contains both the medical and surgical patients, the beautiful south-end private rooms under Sister Francis,s supervision, the children's ward supervised by Sister Odelia, and a wing having private rooms for children supervised by Sister Celine. The times we have spent answering lights, carrying out doctors' orders, doing relief and senior duties in these different parts of the first floor is all a story in itself. The second floor is divided into three divisions known as second floor. two north, and two south, supervised by Sister Elizabeth, Sister Michelene, and Sister Patricia, respective- ly. On two south we get experience with all types of patients, on second we have the wards for women, and on two north is found most of our cases of brain surgery and neurology. Here, too, is found one of the most important places in a hospital, the surgical dressing room, supervised by Sister Maura. This department is responsible for all surgical dressings, blood transfusions, and many other treatments necessary in the care of patients. Now, on to the third floor-the place where life begins. Here we have our maternity ward under the watchful supervision of Miss Costello, Miss Kennedy, and Mrs. Klausmein. We have here a daily average of forty to fifty proud mothers, happy with their darling babies who take up their first residences in our clean, bright, airy nursery. This department requires about one-sixth of our nursing course, as we all get our experience in birth rooms, nursery, and care of mothers and infants here. Other departments on this floor are two surgeries, one in the south wing of the hospital supervised by Sister Cecelia and the other in the north wing supervised by Sister Alexia. Both of these are very modern and equipped with the necessary material. Here, as everywhere, the spirit of helpfulness prevails and animates the efforts used to aid the sick to recovery. The x-ray department, skillfully directed by Sister Beatrice, and a physical therapy department, supervised by Sister Mildred, contain the latest equipment. The former is for taking pictures of the hidden organs, and the latter for aiding immobile joints to become mobile with infra-red lights, violet ray lamps and diathermy machines, and has a very convenient fever cabinet for fever therapy treatment. And now for the best part of all-the heart and center of the entire institution-1 the chapel. Situated on the first floor, this beautiful structure of Roman architecture, with

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f' 'lf .in 'i 'f'i':'f-we-ef ff richly-stained glass windows and beautiful statuary, reflects the true Franciscan spirit that animates the work of the Sisters. It is here that they assemble in the early morning for prayer and meditation, to thus gain strength to carry on the great work of caring for Godls sick and suffering. To this chapel we students repair in a body to make our morning offering of prayers and hymns before going our various ways on duty. j U Here, too, we can come at any time to lay our problems and trials at the feet of the Divine Healer, present in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Peeping Through The Keyholes Starting in Room 156 we see Iulia Sims, that sophisticated, witty, young lady by day, demure and sleepy in a long-sleeved pink flannel nightie . . . Betty Ann Young, busily rolling her hair up on nbobbie pins and minus her glamour needs no further comments . . . Barbara Fennessey has produced one of her books of romance from a carefully hidden library under her bed and is reading herself to sleep . . . Betty Rhoades is taking a fling at her version of the La Conga . . . Mary Lee MCI-Iugh is describing to the minutest detail her new dress and shoes and hat . . . Snooping farther down the hall we hear Mildred McGinley relating the happenings of a thrilling evening to Helena Wotte, who, slightly bored is busily embroidering-could it be for a hope chest? Agnes Attaway and Grayce Kanne have completed the day with a feud and are burying the hatchet so they can retire with clear consciences . . . Frances Strecker is worrying over her cactus plants-they aren't thriving nearly as well as theyidid in Chickasha. Dorothy Timmons can produce the utensils and all the ingredients for anything from a waffle party to a spaghetti supper on a moment's notice . . . Antoinette Abeitai devotes half an hour to her calisthenics while Mary McDonald, who must get in her twelve hours of sleep, is unconscious of it all . . . Geraldean Richey is racking her brain designing a new hair-do . . . Marjorie Berney has just breezed in from home to find Mercedes Simon in the mood to argue any question from the evolution of man to tomorrow's class schedule . . . Lonia Gieb makes a solemn confession to an unspeaking confidant-her diary-every night . . . Louise Landrum soothes herself to sleep and keeps her vocal chords in tip-top condition by hitting high G . . . Frieda Lewis is pouring out her heart into one ofthose long letters home, disturbed by nothing but Annamarie Wai'nke,s incessant chatter . . . Lyda Mae Stark is perfecting a device strong enough to awaken her at 5:30 a. m.-these a'larm clocks just don't get the job done . . . Nell Braselton reads over and over a certain Professor,s viewpoints on the value of higher education . . J Cherrie Allen and Grace Smith possess the traits of true womanhood, their quiet evenings at home are spent crocheting and knitting-a homey room reflects their household spirit . . . The studious Ruth Williams makes great headway in her State Board Book and keeps her case studies and reports up to date . . . Esther McAuliffe gives those who come in to set a spelll' so many do's and don'ts on surgical technique that they leave saying, Shall I end it all now or after I go to Surgery? , Faye Lambert, Irene Cymbalisty, and Geraldine Giroux keep up on the newest recipes and latest methods of serving midnight suppers whenever the opportunity arises and the food is obtainable . . . Iuanita Bourbonnais gives Information Please concerning all the 'phone calls and mail coming into the Nurses' Home . . . Kathryn Walker practices the latest steps of the boogie-Woogie much to the disgust of the poor Freshmen who room directly below her . . . Florence Martin and Emma Weigand spend hours exchanging notes on their current romances . . . Doris, Baker gives her little sister pep-talks on the qualities and ethics of a good nurse, just to show her authority . . . Louise I-Ioward worries about everything imaginable, her classes in general and hours in particular'. . . Whenever the peace of second floor is disturbed by a sudden jar, it is only Verna Mae Wiemers warming up the piano . . . Helen Tarman crawls in bed and covers up her headhin horror of the waywardness of her roommate, Ethel Payne, whose habbits are too varied to mention in particular. 'A' Dr.: I'd like to have a quart of blood for l McHugh: I wonder who this telegram is a transfusion, can you give it? from? i Intern: No, Sir, I can only afford a Young: Western Union, I recognize the pint+I,ve got to shave yet this morning. handwritingf,