Swedish Covenant Hospital School of Nursing - Candle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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en for CEM I'0l9 ec? Miss Ida Wolf, certified inspector of the Admis- sion of New Hospitals to the List of the Approved, in Pertussis City, Nevada, passed through the revolv- ing loors of Last Lap Lodge. To her right a frosted glass window bore the inscription, Nursing Office, Lt. Thelma Ziegler, R.N., B.S., and A.C.T.H. Secre- tary. Betty Kolkman ushered her into the office. Betty received her experience as she wrote those 887 letters to Dick. Miss Wipf briskly stated that she wished to in- spect from bottom up. But there is no bottom and there is no top! You see Last Lap Lodge is a Very Page unique hospital in that it is a continuous ten block one-story building. We'll step right out here and catch the trolley for the Admitting Alley, stated Lt. Ziegler. Leona Bell, the able conductor, transported us up swiftly and safely to our destination. A slight rumble was heard and the building trembled just a bit. It was Swanson landing her Ambul-Rambler on the 8-block roof run- way. This land-aircraft is quite unusual in that it will settle on land, water, small space, large space or what have you, and is the means of saving many precious lives. No more X-ray films as we know them. Now Houroscopician Fran Anderson, sketches the pictures in their original colors for permanent records. As they entered the Dog Lab, Miss Wipf noticed Dr. Bland performing delicate surgery on Dr. Ger- non's diabetic cat. First scrub nurse was Ruth And- erson Bland. Joan Carlson, formerly interested in surgery, finds her new work as assistant to Dr. Berge, Chief Pathologist, rather intriguing. Peeking inside the occupational therapy depart- ment we see Betty Greider, and her able assistant, Carol Seal, giving post-polio exercises to the phalange. It 1S taught by removing peanut butter from the roof of the mouth. Hemstitched bedpan covers! Thanks to the tal- ents of Ethel Dyksterhouse, supervisor of sewing, and her equally able assistant, Betty Hedlund. june Carlson is supervisor of Smith-Peterson floor. Every four hours, moans and groans are heard throughout the ward . . . You see, Miss Carlson has an automatic control set at her desk which by merely pressing a button, turns each patient. Mary Malm- strom assists her with this difficult task. Suddenly soothing melodies are heard throughout the halls. It's Judy Foster, the Florence Nightingale of the Hospital. You remember Florence! She was a great Swedish singer. Since there is only one bed pan hopper at one end of the hospital, a conveyor is used to transport the bed pans to and fro. And who is the capable operator of this step-saving system? None other than Ozzie herself! Miss Wipf noticed the oxygen outlets in each room but she did not know the meaning of the second out- let. This was readily explained to be piped-in enemas. And fleets phospate soda at that! They are accurately computed by Mary Lou Russell. A flock of flustered, Hippant freshmen followed Vir- gie Olson to a clinic on Care of the Great Toe Nail! The education course is only 6 months long since nursing is so simple in a well equipped hospital. Clinical Instructor of Professional Adjustments VI is Edna Hamblin. P.A. is such a heavy course because there are so many adjustments to be made. Subjects studied are Barbering, Uniform Inspection. Edu- cation director, Gracie Dahlstrom is doing an excel- lent job. She does not require case studies to be done because of the emotional disturbance which they cause which tends to ulcers. Mrs. Winters, formerly Beth Tate, who has a 52

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Z' Being of confused minds and broken bodies the party of the first part Qthe seniorsj, hitherto, hence- forth, and thereto and evermore, will their most un- wanted and useless possessions to the party of the second part Cthe juniorsj, hoping that they will be used in the same manner and for as worthless causes as they were used by the party of the first part. The party of the first part wish the party of the second part and the party of the third part fthe nursing officej to hold no ill will and long remember the deceased first part. Witnessed this day by . . . Doreen Dungan, Kenny Torgen, and Shirley Ander- son . . . Miss Beth Tate wills her career to Miss Carol Johnson. She's postponed plans for Winter .... Ozzie Osbeck wills her Little Miss Personality of 195o-1953 to Carolyn Coleman, and all the privi- leges connected with the title. You can mall, punch, pinch and push your roommate at anytime you feel the needv. . . . Betty B.J. Johnson wills her happy-go-lucky, carefree attitude at exam time to Pete Peterson .... Edna Hamblin Chickenpox wills her chickens to Nancy Thomson. She nearly went tooky with them in the guest room .... To Virginia Johnson, Marianne Swannie Swan- son, wills the future remains of her Nash Rambler. Especially useful will be the hub-caps-they work better than knee caps--and the future is so close .... Alice VanderWeel wills all her homiletics, apolo- getics, Greek, and Biblical expositories to Nancy Kristoffersen and Barbara Thayer. There is also a volume in her collection, How to Win and Influence Preachers .... Mildred Butzer wills Clarence to Mildred Keller. Have fun at Kid, Millie Keller! . . . Betty Kolkman leaves her tranquillity to Marilyn Stark .... Mary Monstrass Minnie Daglish Malmstrom wills her cheese and trap to Vivian Anderson. They work especially well on hayrack rides-or should I say, bus rides. . . . Dorothy Hultberg, her Swedish Covenant ever the tomatoes-they're Alice Johnson leaves to beloved little sis, all the fish had, but . . . she'll keep stewed .... wills her saddening ex- Carol Sourpuss Seal Babe pressions to Connie Johnson .... Shirl Anderson wills her four Ccount 'emj sutures topher little sis, Helen Carlson. Maybe, they'd make good violin strings, or something . . . Cjust don't play with needles or glasslu. . . . Hiro Chtsuka wills her expressive hands to Irene Arnell--with a warning to keep at a safe distance .... Kenny Toren leaves her questionable abilities in D.K. to Dot Mulholland. Remember, that you beat eggnog, not heat it, and that custards don't have to be left overnite, and last of all, don't trip the juice- 'Y aaf 'IM ww! jedfamenf of ite Cfw 0 1953 man! But . . . Kenny won't part with dog. . . . Virge Olson wills her blind dates to Eileen Mc- Keever. It helps to keep your glasses off, Eileen .... Betty Hedlund leaves her blonde rinse to Dorothy Dobbs .... Elsie Hanson gladly leaves her surgical instru- ments to Evie Engblom-except for the chuck - can't get her to part with that, even for Dr. Sigmond! Joy Sunstedt will her much short-sheeted bed to Margie Clum. Clum ought to know what to do with it .... Joan Carlson wills her M.I.S.S. to Audrey Mouth- aan and Carolyn Swalin. She's working on a future M.D. . . . Adelle Magnuson will her frugal techniques to Phyllis Bender. Man alive-really?? . . . June Carlson wills her world-shaking, hair-raising, and hysterical giggle to Edna Francis .... Marian Carlson wills her horse laugh, jabber-gab, and pot of coffee to the night duty nurses .... Gracie Dahlstrom wills her shy reserve to Ruth Balog .... , Mary Lou Russell, whose greatest surgical feat was an exploratory lap .... Shirl Anderson in 1950, will her license from the American College of Surgeons to Elsie Halla . . . Now you can handle your own troubles, Elsie .... Maude Thelma Ziegler leaves her wavy hair and crooning voice to Elsa Knudsen. She'll even teach you- I Hear Music and There's No One There. ... Yaw, Matilda Viens, Katrin Videen vills you a few pointers- Dat Chadborne poik don't belong to the Svedish race. . . . Ethel Dyksterhouse wills her' student uniforms to Miriam Klint. Watch your step, Mim! . . . Mary Jane Sension wills her semi-truck to Ilse Pulins. She'll take her Van with her. Thought you might need transportation to Indiana, Ilse .... Frances Anderson, senior call girl, wills her bloody past to Joyce Nystrom ..., Ruthie Anderson wills her ability to stay on a diet to Dot VanderVeer. After all, hasn't Ruthie kept a strict Bland diet for a long time .... Louise Palmquist wills her excitement as night fioat to Lynnsky Rohrbach. Maybe she won't be so camera-shp! Aren't reporters fascinating, Louise? Ida Wipf, super, stupendous, student stupidvisor, wills her lofty position to Mary Lou Corum: 2 North never had it so good! Leona Bell and Doreen Dungan will their even- ings spent at Riverview to Joyce Parker-but, take it easy on the Bobs, . . . Judy Foster wills her torrid tonsils to Verlyn Hult- man and Goldie Fooy. It takes two people to handle them . . . warning--use asbestos gloves, girls. . . . Betty Greider wills 3 North to Elna Peterson. After all, she practically has a controlling interest in the place. Page 51

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uw 2 ay .1 '1 eww CMB sr . dn 1 , F 0 fur ,ff -f DMM ,Z MJ f ' lol: ckjowe -2 7 O brood of nine, comes faithfully day in and day out to the nursery to temp and feed the premies. Eigh- teen weeks of nursery experience is a very good recommendation for any nursery nurse. Alice VanderWeel Garver was the proud mother of quadruplets, Ennie, Meenie, Minnie and Joe. WhenWhen asked where Moe was, she said they didn't want no moe. Coming into Pediatrics department we see a bird! A plane? No! It's Adelle Magnuson trying to get Dennis the Menace off the chandelier. Doreen Dun- gan was found running in the opposite direction. Ahead of her was Leo. These two ungrudgingly per- form the duties as chairmen of the cherubs. Suture Center keeps rolling along because of the expert headship of Betty Johnson. Pleasant dreams are insured all their patients by Head Anesthetist, Kay Videen. Instead of snowing them under, she buoys them up with helium, which is her latest anes- thetic. Turning the corner we got a whiff of . . . of . . . an unpleasant odor which came from Nausea Nook. It's the recovery room under the calm and cool direc- tion of Shirley Anderson. Palmquist's Pantry is much in demand. She now supervises Diet Kitchen with the theme, Eat more or die at it. Since you never can really treat disease unless you've experienced it yourself, Joy has gone into the wide field of Dermatology, assisting Dr. McCraney. Mary jane Sension has given up her operatic career to become the wife of the Chief of Staff, Dr. Van Benschoten. Communcable Disease wards are regulated accord- ing to the laws of the Anti-Spit Rules. These rules are originated by Marian Carlson. The EENT department is also well taken care of. Audiograms are done routinely. This is by the sud- den blast of the trombone by expert, Alice Johnson. Usually a hearing aid is recommended immediately following tests-at least until the child can hear once more. Co-partner in the division is Kenny Toren with her seeing-eye Dog. Back to Ziegler's office, Miss Wipf is thrilled over the hospital set-up and the progress which her class- mates are making. But she misses some and asks anxiously after them. One is Elsie Hanson who is married to her Sailor and is now using her nursing on a navy carrier of wounded men. Mildred Butzer is in India supervising a 75-bed hospital. Hiro has returned to Japan to become con- sultant in nursing education. As Miss Wipf left Last Lap Lodge, she knew there would be no delay in putting this wonder hospital with its greater wonder of a staff on the List of the Approved. Page ss