St Boniface School of Nursing - Estole Fideles Yearbook (St Boniface, Manitoba Canada)

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IN A HOSPITAL On a white bed I learned to pray For things I had not counted much, I grew to love the white of sheets, A little nurse’s quiet touch. How pain can make the hours long. How suffering tends to make us strong. On a white bed I learned how strong The tides of Life can draw and pull Old tired bodies back to earth, (How kind is God . . . how merciful). I learned new values as I lay Where I had time to think . . . and pray. “May I wish the nurses of St. Boniface Hospital all that is good and kindly and true. A happy year and a “busy” one, joy in their work, peace in their hearts.” —Edna Jaques. ★ General Proficiency Presented by St. Boniface Nurses’ Alumnae Awarded to MAE CREELMAN Charting Presented by Dr. M. Rady Awarded to DOROTHY BINGHAM Bedside Nursing Presented by Dr. C. R. Rice Awarded to HELEN LINN Highest Standing in Theory Presented by Dr. J. D. Adamson Awarded to SUSIE DERKSEN Obstetrical Nursing Presented by the Obstetrical Staff Awarded to JEAN LYLYK Executive Ability Presented by Birks-Dingwall Ltd. Awarded to ELVA TAYLOR 27

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' WUene. 2 a JUe4f, Qa cMefte. ? G raduation is a milestone and an important one, but only a milestone in life’s journey. Some times we think of it as an end in itself, but it is not. Many universities speak of the Graduation Exercises as the “Commencement Exercises” and that indeed is what they really are. A nursing training, such as this year’s graduates have had, is a liberal education, lifting them into the professional class, and thus opening the door to a life of exceptional usefulness in many spheres of human endeavor. It would be interesting to make a survey of what has become of the past graduates from St. Boniface Nursing School or to speculate on the future of those who receive their diplomas this spring. The members of the class of 1942 are fortunate in that they are able to step out into life at a time when there is employment for all and it is for them to choose now what their life work is to be. Most of them sooner or later will fulfil their destiny and become homemakers and mothers. When they do the three years of discipline and liberal education, not to- mention the special knowledge they have acquired, will prove to be of inestimable value. In the meantime some will carry on as private nurses, putting into practice all the bedside training they have received during the last three years. Some will prefer to remain in positions of responsibility in the wards or operat¬ ing room of their Alma Mater where they will be able to pass on to a new group of students what they have learned. Some, and they will be envied by their sisters, will secure positions as nurses in the Forces and add to the lustre that has come to St. Boniface Nursing School from the activities of past graduates who have served or are serving with such distinction in Military Hospitals. A position in a doctor’s office will appeal to some after they have become accomplished stenographers. There will be opportunities for those who like such a life to join the Public Health Service, and at this time when doctors are scarce in many rural communities, the opportunities to serve as Public Health nurses will be great. Others will learn the special knowledge that will make them efficient laboratory, x-ray, or physio¬ therapy technicians. Perhaps one or more will find that the experi¬ ences they have had on the wards, or in making contributions to this Year Book will open the door to a literary career. Many of these lines of endeavor call for a special post-graduate training which in these busy times may be hard to arrange. However, no matter what life holds in store for them, we may be sure that they will always be a credit to the St. Boniface Nursing School and that it will be the pride of each to say in the years that lie ahead of them, “I am a graduate of St. Boniface Hospital.” Dr. a. P. MacKinnon, M.D. Ch.M., F.R.C.S. 26

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0i4A 9 tit u4cin e4 e6, T)ORN at Rocanville, Sask., Miss Goodman received her High School training there and then entered the Regina General Hospital, graduating in 1932. From there she went to McGill School for Graduate Nurses, McGill University, to take post-graduate work. After one year at McGill, Miss Goodman went to Lamont, Alta., where she was both Instructor and Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at Lamont Missionary Hospital for three years. Upon leaving there she went East to Oshawa, Ontario, and was Instructor and Superintendent of Nurses at Oshawa General Hospital for two years. With the completion of her duties at Oshawa she decided to take a year’s rest, and then in November, 1941, came to St. Boniface as our Science Instructor. Miss N. Goodman Miss Ida Troendle lyriSS Troendle was born at Windthorst, Sask., attended High School there and then went to Regina Normal School, graduating in 1930. She taught for two and a half years at Macklin, Sask., and then went to Lampman, Sask., where she taught for three years. However, teaching in Saskatchewan became very discouraging, due to the depression caused by repeated crop failures, so Miss Troendle decided to train for a nurse. She graduated from St. Boniface School of Nursing in the summer of 1940 and left that September to take a course in teaching Nursing Arts at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. Upon the completion of her course. Miss Troendle came back to St. Boniface Hospital and in January, 1941, accepted the position of Practical Instructor at St. Boniface School of Nursing, which posi¬ tion she still holds. Her ambition is to someday complete her B.Sc. in nursing. 28