Watts School of Nursing - White Cap Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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FRESHMAN EXPERIENGE You are going to teach me, what? f ?? That’s supposed to be discharge?? Do you understand what I’m trying to say? Patty, it’s PROSTATE, not prostrate! Clinical. Four and one half hours of nervous ten- sion. Wondering if what we do is right. Trembling hands watched by experienced eyes. Will we ever be experienced? Thinking things through in clean hold. Asking Juniors and Seniors for help. Wonder- ing what to chart. Talking things out with our in- structor. A glimmer of hope felt after a successful procedure, a touch of pride. Talking with our patients, smiling because they smile and wondering if it’s okay to cry, too. Sitting patiently through post- clinical conference. Finally leaving the hospital, but with heads held high because of an underlying 26 sense of accomplishment.

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... AND AT PLAY Tery, you just got here. Calling the party store already! What's to celebrate? Was the first day that bad? Bill, they said dissect not digest the fetal pig. Is this one of the educational T.V. shows we've been hearing about?! Do you really think Burt Reynolds’ gluteus maximus is shaped better than John Travolta’s?

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My patient is doing what!? Freshmen with the diagnosis of “fanny fatique”’. You don’t understand? Let me draw it for you. CLASSROOM BLUES Those long classroom hours that we freshmen have to bear. What would it be like if we really didn’t care. The in- structors lecture and lecture while our pants lose their texture.