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

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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

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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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