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

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September 8, 1952 Dear Diary, My training has begun! All my hopes and dreams are starting to un- told as I receive my textbooks, assignments, and meet my instruetors. The hospital, with its long corridors and wards, presents a challenge which will be met as the days fly by. Soon each department will be revealed to me, as I complete each specialty. Can you imagine me as a cook in special diet kitchen, a new parent in obstetrics, and a mother in pediatrics? First things first in this profession. Many classes must be attended, with a completely new life and language realized. Will I ever be able to make a bed occupied by Susie Chase during a Nursing Arts Class at the hospital, or unravel those long Chemistry equations at Lycoming Colleger My schedule is planned to include all the basic fundamentals of nursing that 1 must master, plus my college courses. Study is going to be a strict necessity. During our study periods each night, closer bonds will be tied with my classmates as new horizons are opened. Each new discovery and ac- complishment will give a secret satisfaction, but I just know it ' s beginning to show. We all are growing up in our chosen profession, and in our new- adult life— we are almost completely responsible for ourselves. 1 can hardly wait to wear my new uniforms. The probie tie is going to baffle me, 1 know, but what rejoicing there will be when this is discard- ed for our bibs and caps. My school cap— always will I be proud to wear this distinctive mark of a nurse. Black stripes will be added with precision to my collar as 1 progress through each year of training. Each a trophy of situations met and ex- periences gained, making the wearer a more competent nurse. I have tarried long enough, it ' s time tor lights out , so 1 will say good night . This has been a perfect lust day, as will be main more, as 1 wing my way through three years of training.

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Published bv THE GRADUATING CLASS of tke Williamsport Hospital Scbool or Nursing

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FOREWORD tm Tlie 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. 1 will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. 1 will do all in my power to maintain and 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 profession. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and de- yote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. In this, the third edition of The Oak, we, the seventy-second grad- uating class, have endeavored to bring you a treasure chest with a legacy, not of silver or of gold, but of friendships, memo ries, and events during our three years of training in the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing. If in the editing of this 1955 Yearbook, we seem to tend toward the sentimental side, we ask that the readers overlook this, for it has been our highest aim to present a true picture of our professional growth. We have set no definite theme, finding it difficult to arrive at a more suitable one than actual school life itself. Occasionally, we will want to relax to unlock this chest, and to behold the countless memories accumulated in the past three years.