Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing - Blue and White Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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•Bear dradwaies of ’63 Each year, after your Yearbook representa¬ tive calls, I begin a search for a sentence or a thought, to serve as a text for this message. This year it comes from a long way back, but it is just as pertinent now as it was in the legendary past. On sending his son off to the Olympic Games, the father of Achilles admonished him “to strive always for excellence and to surpass all others.” While nursing is not a competitive affair, it calls for excellence at every moment of its application - as an art and as a science. For every patient, each action and relation¬ ship is a matter of importance because it has bearing on the outcome of his incapacity. Practically, it is not always possible to know which of the many activities of a nurse are effective or important. But we know that in dealing with the very complex human being, every interaction has its effect. The very nature of nursing requires that each nursing activity for every patient has the mark of excellence - not good or adequate or sufficient, but excellence. The under¬ standing and acceptance of this standard means the finest service for the patient and the ultimate satisfaction for the nurse. It costs very little more for the nurse, and it promises much more for nursing. Think on this simple admonition, and you may expect a fine career in nursing. My best wishes, L.O. Bradley, M.D. 4

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jflorence J tgfjttngale $lebge 3 solemnly plebge myself before ob anb in tfje presence of this assembly to pass my life in purity anb to practice my profession faithfully, 3 toill abstain from tohateber is beleterious anb miscbiebous anb toill not take or bnotoingly abminister any harmful brug. 3 toill bo all in my potoer to maintain anb elebate the stanbarb of my profession, anb holb in confibence all per= sonal matters committeb to my beeping anb all family affairs coming to my bnotolebge in the prac= tice of my calling, Witt) loyalty toill 3 enbeabor to aib the physician in his toorb, anb bebote my= Self to the toelfare of those committeb to my care.

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®0 (Ulass of 1963 My very best wishes, to each and every one of you, for happiness in the future. Yours sincerely, Margaret E. Cameron 5