Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing - Pledge Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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A TIME FOR HELLO, A TIME FOR GOODBYE

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i Fall is usually the time at WRAIN for saying llhellolt as faculty members, staff, and students come together for the start of another school year and meet new friends, instructors, and colleagues. For one individual however, fall was a time for saying stgood-byell to the people and the work she had been involved in over the past year. In September, CPT Kath- leen OlBrien, WRAIle educational coordinator, left her position to take on a new assignment as head nurse of the Walter Reed Army Hospitalts cardiac care unit. A farewell party was given in her honor in appreciation of the work she had performed during her brief time as part of the WRAIN educational team. CPT OtBrients role while at WRAIN originally involved acting as a corre- spondent with the freshmen and sophomore students who were complet- ing their course requirements ltin the fieldll before coming to Walter Reed for the completion of their nursesl training. At CPT OlBrienis request, this role was expanded to allow her to work in the hospital with senior students a a job which she ttthoroughly enjoyed? A linal element of her work here involved lending moral support to any student who needed it. As a former WRAIN student herself, CPT OiBrien was able to offer a very sym- pathetic ear. To all students of the classes of 1977 and 1978, she offers these words of advice as they begin their Army nursing careers: 37 ltAll of you will be apprehensive in regards to your nursing ability, whether you know enough and can handle a ward. Give yourself time, at least two months, to get used to nurs- ing. I think youlll begin to feel more confident each day. e skk