Warren Hospital School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Warren, PA)

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Ninvlef' Compensation By Elsie Janis YV' When my luck seems all out And I'm down in the mouth When Ilm stuck in the North And I want to go South When the world seems a blank W And there's no one I love, And it seems even God's Not in heaven above I've a cure for my grouch And it works like a shot- I just think of the things that I'm glad Ilm not: A bird in a cage A fish in a bowl A pig in a pen A fox in a hole A bear in a pit A wolf in a trap A fowl on a spit A rug on a lap A horse in a stable A cow in a shed A plate on a table The sheet on a bed The case on a pillow A bell on a door A branch on a willow A mat on the floor E VVhen I think of the hundred of things I might be I get down on my knees and thank God that l'm me. Then my blues disappear, when I think what I've got And quite soon I've forgotten the things I have not.

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7, ,, , Twenty Graduation or Commencement? S a group who are approaching the climax of three long years of intensive training, you are no doubt jubilant that your examinatfons are over. However, l purpose to give you one last formal examination. This is to be conducted on the honor system. You may grade your own papers. i To-morrow you will receive your diplomas. XVhat will the event signify? You may think of it as either the end of your period of formal study or as the beginning of your career. VVhich is it to you - the end or the beginning, graduation or commence- ment? You must answer the question for yourself. Here is your examination: l. How does your ward look? The appearance of your ward bears the same relation to your work that your mode of dress does to you. An individual who is sloyenly in one respect is usually sloyenly in all. 2. VVhat do you do when you complete your routine ward work? Do you fold your hands and sit idly in a chair? Does this week mean to you a housekeeper's grad- uation or a nursels commencement? 3. How do your patients spend their time on the wards? Do they sit in rows along the wall? Uo you know what this means? Do your realize that psychotherapy means re-education, re-socialization and finding new interests? VVhat is your attitude toward the patient who causes you no trouble ? Apathy means inversion and regres- sion. He is not standing still. He is slipping backward. When in doubt do you ask for advice? How do you regard physicians and supervisors? Are they persons from whom you conceal your inadequacies or do they mean to you some one who may be a source of helpful suggestions? 4. Do you take a personal interest in your patients? Do you know each one's likes and dislikes? Are you as considerate as possible of such? Do you show the same courtesy to your patients as would be essential in private duty nursing in which your position more obviously depends on the patientys reaction to you? Nursing is essentially a personal relationship. This is especially true in the nursing care of mental patients. You can sell nails without any personal feeling in the matter, but you cannot help a patient recover from a psychosis without displaying a personal interest and sympathetic understanding. 5. How do your patients like you? Do they confide in you? Do they bring their big and little troubles to you? Do they share their pleasures with you? Do they tell you the news from home and that the baby has sprouted a new tooth? If not, why not? Or do they merely complain to you? Or still worse, are they actively antagoinistic toward you? And again why? Do you always try to be tactful? Do you request and suggest or do you invariably order? Do you appreciate the difference between laughing at and laughing with individuals? How do you carry out a doctor's orders? Is a pack to you a method of treatment or a threat? Some time ago I requested