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

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In the excitement of her first delivery, Connie forgot to turn the water off at the scrub sink. To her embarrassment the doctor stated, Miss Winters, your water f s running I Finish your bath , said Hayes. He did— »by washing his bald head! Livingston loves ice cream anytime and any place. However, there is one exception, namely the rendezvous with a certain supervisor on the self-service elevator. It is important to make the right connections, Kacyon! Especially when it ' s tidal and not Tydol. Now Maitland, let ' s clamp down. In the procedure for giving an enema, is it stated, When the bed becomes saturated with water, change it completely ? The cause of Epler ' s housemaid ' s knee was apparently quite a mystery. It wouldn ' t have been if the intern on service had known she practices wrestling on her off duty time. The great imitator! Horn, one day while imitating various doctors to the delight of her classmates, was highly embarrassed to have one walk in! Life would surely be dull, though, without these embarrassing moments! 4 JL ZU X r f - 7 • j y , f Constance Sutliff - Secretary Carl Sumo - Photographer Our yearbook would have been impossible without the help of these two wonderful people.

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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!

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THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PLEDGE I SOLEMNLY PLEDGE MYSELF BEFORE GOD AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THIS ASSEMBLY TO PASS MY LIFE IN PURITY AND TO PRACTICE MY PROFESSION FAITHFULLY. I WILL ABSTAIN FROM WHATEVER IS DELETERIOUS AND MIS- CHTE70US AND WILL NOT TAKE OR KNOWINGLY ADMI NISTER ANY HARMFUL DRUG. I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWER TO ELEVATE THE STANDARD OF MY PROFESSION, AND WILL HOLD IN CONFIDENCE ALL PERSONAL MATTERS COMMITTED TO MY KEEPING, AND ALL FAMILY AFFAIRS COMING TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE PRACTICE OF MY CALLING. WITH LOYALTY WILL I ENDEAVOR TO AID THE PHYSICIAN IN HIS WORK AND DEVOTE MYSELF TO THE WELFARE OF THOSE COMMITTED TO MY CARE. MOTTO Duty is ours, results are God ' s. FLOWER COLORS Red Rose Blue and Gold THOUGHTS AT GRADUATION Although we ' re told it isn ' t wise To look behind at days gone by, For old tines ' sake let ' s turn our eyes Toward raen ' ry lane, and breathe a sigh. Three years have come and gone, and now The tears and heartaches that we ' re known Don ' t seem important, and somehow We ' re reaping seeds of smiles we ' ve sown. We ' ve met with death - and new born lif e And we have marvelled at each one We ' ve shared with others in their strife, And tried to help them find the sun. Yes, much has happened - Good and Bad, And as we graduate tonight, It ' s plain to see we ' re proud and glad To wear our uniforms of iihite. Ruth Ann Murray Nancy Jane Hayes