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

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1 otiss or '42 A Chief complaint: ndmirntion of stirched uniform and cap. Present Illness: For several yewrs we have been obsessed with this idmiration and in the late' summer of 39 tho condition became so acute that immediate treatment was imperetivei' 1' l Pest History: After seeing Hfho White Pnredeu end reading NThe 'lifi of Florence Nightinxnlen this desire was first noted. The on- set rms insidious, gradually nssuminn such magnitude that. on nuiust EO, ell sixty-one members came to St. Luko's to begin lives of student nurses. j' . 1 Physical Examination: :A group of' blondes,brunettes,end e redhead, hailing from north, south, east, and west is seen. fAppears to be n fell-nourished group of young girls. A Impression: ,Determination to mnho'goodr Recommended treatment: Anatomy--rubbed in well. ' f Bedpans--ns many as can be managed. Discipline--npply often. . .I - Lgfiterio, l.Ledi.ce--P.r.n. to keep oo1'hfort'nbloC?D Other subjects upon mdvice.' Occasional periods of lute nights. Eine-thirty's as Freshmen, Juniors, and Seniors,, Three months of NPed.H-1-therapy.. ' .' , Prejire for griduwtion. 5 ' , Graduation activities for duys before the.gredt step. To gridudte Ley 27, 1942. ' I A Diecherw, mt end of three years. ,, In return in September for final check-up.

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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' , - ' .

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