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

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ky a r J V.. r+ V+ '51 o I HV. 1' u 0 .1 . fi! I v 'Ode to the Class of '42 w,cApO10QiOS to Kiplingl If you can please-the supervisors and the doctors, The superintendent and the patients too, The patients families and your senior nurses 1 'Tvould seem that you'd have quite enough to do If you can please the Czarines of the pantry and the Napoleon's who massage and bathe the hall And yell at you for not walking on the ceiling, Or-smile when you have lost your beau's phone call If you can please the internes and the house doctors and hold your tongue when the buck they try to pass Or when ohambermaids and elevator workers Think the dey is lost without their sass. tears when in the drug room If you can stay your They ask for whom and Why you want their Wares, Send you back pronto for prescriptions And make you climb shot seems 2 million stairs. If you can survive four in the operwtinvfroom With nTie my rownn and Hhand me this of'thatW, The wild excitement of the doetor's scoldings Still don't give up and leave your training flat-- If you don't svenr the night you've get a heavy And are informed it's your turn to relieveg end if you still stick when lyinr toneues are rampant And those in charge seem disposed to believe. If you Sign If you When If you can the can you CQI1 slide pastf?J it nearly day break book and make it look like HTen o'eloekH fool the superintendents and the nurses go hatless for a walk around the block, keep your head when bells around you Are ringinc till you don't know what to do If you can keep your heart when handsome internes are losing theirs ond blaminf it on you. If, now that you have finished training You can look buck upon this life as mild Yours is the earth, but I'm here to tell you You'll not be a nurse--you'll be a saint, my child. - 1 'W

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- 4 INTERNITIS Internitis is possibly the most prevalent nnd persistent disesse oc- currine in s group of student nurses. For Freshmen it is inevitable end unfortunately is apt to rcoccur st ony moment in the Junior year, but rarely is seen in the Senior year. It may spread with greet rs- pidity, csusinf irreparable damage to normal, henlthy inclinations. The two stares of thissmnlady are: first, an acute period, the onset is rapid but soon nbntes after n month or so, becomes quiescent run- nin: into the second or chronic stgte. The acute stare may be recovnized by s tendency to self-consciousness --3 curious rinxlinn of hot and cold sensations in the vertebral re- r-e:. A sliwht rise in blood pressure and also nn inclination to pull Cifxi ibdcmon taut and to elevate one's chin in sn sttempt to oblit- FT te sny snecinr of the tissues when Walking by the interns' table. In rare cases n desire to out-shine and out-study each fellow-worker seizes tha victim with the hope that exoollinr will elevate ones food nunlities in the eyes of the internes. This reaction is most denser- ous, uno may drive the sufferer to insanity. The chronic stave in time produces n flushed complexion for the vic- tim due to continusl rise in blood pressure snd the rapidity of the heart beat. There has been known to develop e distinct lenninw toward Chgyne-Stokes respir A'-. tion in presence of his majesty, the Interns. Treatment: Once the pstient is nwsre of her condition she should en- deiuor to cure all illusions and glamorous idens from her tortured mind by observntion. Notice the intern's tendency to obesity, his gvidcnt lnck of heir, his rnnner of advising Staff Doctors,his horn rimmed specticles, his noble effort: or attempts nt jovinlities. In gost cosee this simple remedy is all that is necessary for n com- plete and immediate recovery. However, if the symptoms continue for qny lan th of tire, more severe messures must be employed. ni effective second step is to scrub for one of the nwesome crentures ccntinuzlly hen ing him the wrong instruments, nsking naive questions with 1 r piiity that will entirely divert his mind from whatever he f tryin: to Fo. Ccntnminnte every sterile field in siqht nnd ns n 'igsl touch, nz? him to scratch the right side of your nose. Cases ff Int:rnitis are rare indeed what won't sive wny before this treat- Fyt oeruncs ns Q suitnble ondine this drastic notion will be necess- xrv, ---- have i dnt: with one--I dare you to! Ig nfagmry: Int rnitis nicht have rnth,r idealistic effects. We 'Al f r?at r'-, soho l of nursing would be Without end intern? There is ii :':bt as to thg vnlue of the interns plncc upon this evidence of 1 ei? diuresblenoss. They .- ometincs need their ego inflnted byls pair cf lucid eyes :nd m wcrcnipinc mttitude plus very flattering attention M' 'gy rite, it's s lot of fun, isn't it, girls? N 1