Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing - Oak Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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Barbara Webster—HBarb — Williarasport Hold fast to your dreams. Constance Winters-- Connie — Jersey Shore A combination of brightness, kindness, and sincerity, THE NURSE The world grows better year by year, Because some nurse in her little sphere, Puts on her apron and grins and sings And keeps on doing the same old things. Taking the temperatures, giving the pills To remedy mankind 8 numberless ills; Feeding the baby, answering the bells, Being polite with a heart that rebells. Longing for home and all the while Wearing the same old professional smile; Blessing the new-born babe s first breath Closing the eyes that are still in death. Taking the blame for the doctor ' s mistakes, Oh dear, what a lot of patience it takes ! Going off duty at seven o ' clock Tired, discouraged, and ready to drop. But called back on special at seven fifteen With woe in her heart, but it must not be seen, Morning and evening and noon and night, Just doing it over and hoping it ' s right. When we lay down our caps and cross the bar Oh Lord, will you give us just one little star, To wear in our crowns with our uniforms new In that City above, where the Head Nurse is Tou. Anonymous

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Ruth Ann Murray— Murray — Muncy I can resist all things except temptation. Mary Ellen Ohnmeiss— Mary Ellen — Willi amsport Wit is the salt of conversation. Eleanor Peters— Pete — Neskopeck Her voice was ever gentle and low, an excellent thing in a woman. Elaine Smead— Elaine — Williamsport The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness

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Embarrassing moments! They happen to the best of us! Will V. Eck ever forget the time Dr. Lehman, Jr. extended his hand for the temperature book and she, mistaking his motive, gave him a hearty handshake. What were you trying to do, Lee— shift the population? The mothers might not appreciate someone else ' s little darling, I ' ve heard of getting a hot foot, but did you ever hear of getting a hot hand? Hough is an expert at handing hot needle holders to doctors during an operation. If you aren ' t an advanced swimmer, think twice before being admitted on the floor where Felko works— you may drown during one of her special enemas. Miss Ohnmeiss attempt to cure her own illness put her out of circulation for another week. Oh, those hives! Is picking T U R specimen scrappings out of the basin with an allis forcep more tedious, Inns, than looking for a needle in a haystack? Will Belles ever forget the time in the Emergency Room when she tried to be helpful during surgical clinic by placing instruments from the autoclave onto the instrument tray— only to find they hadn ' t been autoclaved and she had contaminated the whole set-up. Do you always stop in the middle of a surgical prep , Harlan— or just when you discover it ' s on the wrong patient? Was it for get fulness, Murray, or didn ' t you want to wear your black tie when you were a probie ? If you recall, Webster, in order for the cautery to work it is important to have the switch turned on. How many people, while standing in a refreshing shower from a broken bedpan sterilizer on second south, would just stand there and cheerfully exclaim, Merry Christmas ? Peters, did you? Tou never miss the water until the well runs dry. At least Smead must think so because she takes baths in empty tubs. Perhaps she does this only when she hears someone coming and knows she should be in her room. Punk was questioned by fellow students as to who had come upstairs to disci- pline them for noise making. She answered that it was only the housekeeper. Does the housekeeper live in room 1 of the Louisa Street Home or across the hall in room 6? In (John ' s enthusiasm in setting up cases for surgery she waited until she was half finished before remembering to put on her gloves. Thumbs up or thumbs down? Sterile gloves or no gloves ? Puller, which is the proper way to hand a sterile basin to a doctor during an operation? Surely you know!