St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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K ql iff! ' y vdnsiro I 'Q ' u un - , 1 , - - I - - . A.. . Do you like nursing?. ere you glad you're a nurse? Indeed we ire!' we say it with emphasis. ' - As students v'e ?1'iv'e'had'ifnany sorrows on duty--misunderstand- ingse-reprimands-fjust and unjust criticism--shift of blame- things that make us eryf-things that make us burn with an- -80r', --q','.. 7i i, 'Z ' ' ' N - - we remember 'patients who have been so cooperative--so con- siderate--se congenial--they have meant so much in' the -struggle,m We remember patients who have been gruff, hard to pleasee-uneoeperative44they too, haveg aided mueh to make nurses of'us:' -,- 1 . Mf'g f 1. .- We have seen things that made our hearts ery--long hopeless struggles--sufferingF44pain+f-relapse-g-disabilities--disap- pointments. To eounteraot this we remember the fights to gain health, remarkable recoveries--pains and griefs allayed by nursing care--the smiles of relief and gratitude--the praise of head nurses and doctors. 1' y , ' ., ., ' .. , There are those things you osn't:take away-Qthe last breath of the patient as'they ended theirg part in .this strife-- the first ory of a baby--lifez These things are indelible in our lives as student nurses. W ...,, '.' -- . vi' We have shivered and'shook, shed.tears and have felt so low that at times we may have laughed in the faee of Nightingak: and packed and left the'profession.- It wasn't only that the trunk was full of discarded- thinrs in the basement that we stayed on. Something- held us.' It was those trillions of joys, yes, sorrows' toe, that the nurse knows in her daily associations with patients, Doeters, Nurses, and fellow workers. It was the sisterly attitude amonst classmates and fellow students. It is the nice things in trainin: that stir in memory. a E 3 We have hid three years of work, sorrow, laughter, and play. We love nursing and hope we may be worthy of sharing the joys 1 reil nurse enn know. E.W. ':fTb:W' W. l me ' UW s- I ' Q' , - ' .