Utah Nurse

Utah Nurse: The Official Publication of the Utah Nurses Association. Utah Nurse has been published quarterly since 1946 for the Utah Nurses Association, a constituent member of the American Nurses Association. Sent to RNs and LPNs throughout Utah, Utah Nurse provides a forum for members to express their opinions and become aware of healthcare issues in the state of Utah.

11 0 Unifor flCIAL l~; J1 J f I ~{ f ••••• •••N< 1· W: 1 l.+i .\ \ \ PUBLICATION In This Issue: f Iara Maass Forgotten Heroine ~:j, • History of Salt Lake neral Hospital • Supervisor USE YOU CREDIT ~~\ Purchases totaling~ ' ' \ more may be mo Sears Easy Paymenl R STATE AT STH SOUT PARK .m. to 6 p.m . - Fridays UTAH NURS • Personality etch -- Reports of Officers -itorial -- News ·· Highlights OF UTAH STATE NURSES ASSOCIATIO CY of th M front cover IS y y y y y ¥ ¥ y + y y + ¥ ¥ Ci)'(!) NE y y + y y y y y y y y y + y y y y y +· + ¥ y + y y y y y y y ¥ y ¥ y ¥ y y "Y"V of the fastest growing and most progressive hospitals in Utah today is the Utah Valley Hospital situated on the north side of Provo. Founded in 1939 with a capacity of 54 beds, the hospital has grown so rapidly that a new, modern addition to accommodate a total of 115 beds is now under construction and will be completed early this fall, according to John H . Zenger, superintendent. Housed in the new addition, besides room for 61 patients, will be a new x-ray department, quarters for physicians and interns, a doctor's library and lounge, a family retiring room, and the general offices. Cost of the nevv addition to the tah Valley Hospital will be $575,000, Mr. Zenger said. The hospital now employs 100 pers011s. There are 25 registered nurses, 32 nurses aids, as well as a large staff of physicians, office staff, and maintenance personnel. ···················••t"'••••••·••!••·············-- ········ Nur e, is 01 members of in Utah. S ha been n· ice at the Provo, co · ter thoroug experience i Mis Cur ville, Utah, grammar sq school stude years, and work at W Lake City, a College. But her r gan, Miss ( started trai1 reer at the~ eral Hospita she was gn lowing her tis worked i a short timE York City, graduate wo ing at the Institute. ( Mis Curtis City for fiv1 From 192 worked in I chusetts as and also dl veled wide Europe and Oddly en1 Lis first ma< enter nursi family was ever, they C< a try at it, a cess and int came so ma• they had do Nurses t chance for ever, Miss ( they take the wonder tunities tha1 so many otl she simply< ing any oth JULY- AUGUST, spitals north :al has rrodate ! com- ndent. ttients, s and roon1, vill be J reg- tcians, --!.....!'.. • • • • • • • • UTAH NURSE iss CYNTHIA CURTIS, subject of the photograph on the front cover of this number of Utah Nurse, is one of the outstanding OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF UTAH STATE NURSES members of the nursing profession Assoc1A 'l'IO in Utah. Since August, 1942, she Room 210, 158 East Second South .: Salt Lake City 1, Utah has been Director of Nursing Service at the Utah State Hospital in JULY-AUGUST, 1950 NUMBER 2 Provo, coming to that position af- VOLUME 1 ter thorough training and wide Editor, Luella" Hyatt experience in the East and abroad. Co-Editor, lone Broadhurst Miss Curtis was born in Burr134 W. 17th South 424 E. 3060 So. ville, Utah, where she attended Salt Lake City 4, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah grammar school. She was a high school student at Roosevelt for two years, and took supplementary CONTENTS FOR JULY-AUGUST work at West High School Salt Lake City, and the L.D.S. Business History of Salt Lake General Hospital 5 College. But her real interest in life be- In Our Opinion - Editorials 6 gan, Miss Curtis says, when she started training for a nursing ca- 1950 State Convention Notes 7 reer at the Salt Lake County Gen7 eral Hospital in 1926, from which In The News she was graduated in 1929. Fol- Clara Maass - Forgotten Heroine 8 lowing her graduation, Miss Curtis worked in a Heber hospital for Nursing Called Greatest Profession 9 a short time before going to New 10 York City, where she took post President's Message graduate work in psychiatric nurs- Only Nurses Can Help Nursing 10 ing at the famed Neurological Institute. Completing this course, Directory of Utah Nurses Association 11 ~liss Curtis worked in New York The New ANA President 11 City for five year . From 1936 to 1942 Mi s Curtis Reports from the Districts 13 \\'orked in New York and Massachusetts as d private duty nurse, Biennial Convention Reports 14 and also during these years tra- Briefs 17-18-20 veled widely with patients in Europe and Canada. Oddly enough, when Miss CurHAL CURTIS PAUL MELVYN tis first made known her wish to Ed itori a l Director Ad vertisi ng Ma nag er enter nursing as a career, her communications should be addressed to the Utah Nurse, P. 0. Box 614, family was opposed to it. How- Salt All Lake City. For rates and other advertising information phone 9-4360. The ever, they consented to let her take Utah Nurse is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs. a try at it, and then when her success and interest in her career beAt the present time Miss Curtis rade, neat in appearance and procame so marked were pleased that has as one 0£ the main objectives fessional in manner, Miss Curtis they had done so. Nurses today have a better in her life the raising of psychia- is loved and respected by her assochance for advancement than tric nursing standards at Utah ciates at Utah State Hospital. All ever, Miss Curtis thinks, provided State Hospital so that graduates are agreed that she is a real they take full advantage of all from the institution will be ac- nurse's nurse. the wonderful educational oppor- cepted and recognized by the Utah The next number of Utah Nurse tunities that exist for them. Like State Nurses Association and sim- will feature a front cover picture so many others of her profession, ilar organizations throughout the and personality sketch of another 1he simply cannot imagine follow- country. of the State's outstanding nurses. Tall, erect as a soldier on pa- ·vv atch for it! ing any other career. M JULY-AUGUST, 1950 Page 3 Salt I Genet YOUR BLUE CROSS · HOSPIT Al SERVICE PLAN is made available through the cooperation of the following Utah member hospitals: AMERICAN FORK Community Hospital PANGUITCH L.D.S. Hospital BINGHAM Bingham Canyon Hospital PARK CITY M iners' Hospital BRIGHAM CITY Cooley Memorial Hos p ital PAYSON Payson City Hospital CEDAR CITY Iron County Hospital PRICE Price City Hospital COALVILLE ~ummit County Hospi t al FILLMORE L.D. S. Hospital GUNNISON Gunnison Valley Hospital HEBER CITY Heber Hospital RICHFIELD Se vier Vall e y Hospital ROOSEVELT L.D. S. Hospital SALT LAKE CITY Dr. Grove ' s L.D. S. Hospital Holy Cross Hospital St. Mark's Hospital LEH I Le h i City Hospital LOGAN L.D. S. Hospital MOUNT PLEASANT Sanpete L.D.S . Hospital SPANISH FORK Hughes' Memorial Hospital MURRAY Cottonwood Maternity Hom e TOOELE Tooele General Hospital OGDEN Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital St. Be nedict' s Hospital Members of the UTAH SALLY BERC STATE 0 FLORISTS TREMONTON Valley Hospita l VERNAL Uintah County Hospital ASSOCIATION WISH TO THANK THE NURSES For Their Cooperation In YOUR BLUE SHIELD SURGICAL SERVICE PLAN Taking Care is made available through the cooperation of more than 600 member physicians of the Utah State Medical Association . of Flowers FOR INFORMATION WRITE OR CAL L BLUE BLUE CROSS 24 '12 East 1st South Salt lake City SHIELD Phone 5-6261 PENNOCK PRECISION GRINDERS PEST CONTROL SERVICE MET ALLIZERS INC. DON'T TOLERATE-EXTERMINATE TERMITES and Salt Lake 's Most Complete Automotive Machine Shop Phone 3-2302 Phone [phone] Post Office Place Salt Lake City 722 South 2nd West Salt Lake City PALACE MEAT CO. Choice Graded U. S. Inspected Meats Serving INSTITUTIONS CLUBS AND RESTAURANTS MAY Simpki Church de< new Count1 situated at · Street, Salt Utah, to thE Lake Count care for the sick and ail medical at1 The Infirm mally opern Part of dedicatory p "Dear Lrn building to ' ization to i Thou woul< pirit use th ing of men. here find it May those affairs do sc of service. unbroken ai be witnessec humanity ti its years of ! which in th tion, it is to The Coun <ler whose struction of gun and co 1910 John C. PROVO Utah Valley Hospital SALINA Sa li na Hos pita l KANAB Kane County Hospital With The HOTELS PHONE [phone] South 2nd West Salt Lake City Water~ James 1 1911-1912 John C. Oscal vi Water: Contractot Architect: Superinter Jr. f'age 4 VTAH NVR JVLY·A UGUST, 1 Salt Lake General Grew With City By SALLY BERGSTROM JACOBS, R.N . Mn 12, 1912, Rev. P. A. Simpkins of the Unitarian Church dedicated the beautiful new County Infirmary Hospital, situated at 21st South and State Street, Salt Lake City, State of Utah, to the indigent poor of Salt Lake County who were unable to care for themselves, as well as the sick and ailing unable to pay for medical attention they needed. The Infirm'lrY Hospital was formally opened on May 12, 1912. Part of the very impressive dedicatory prayer reads as follows: "Dear Lord - As we bring this building to Thee, the gift of civilization to its neediest, we pray Thou wouldst bless and by thy spirit use this edifice for the blessing of men. May those who come here find it a true place of shelter. \.fay those who administer its affairs do so in the gentlest spirit of service. May it walls stand unbroken and within them never be witnessed aught of "Man's inhumanity to man," but through its years of service may it be that, which in the spirit of its dedication, it is to be." O N USTS IATION SH NK THE ~SES Their eration In 19 Care of MEAT CO. e Graded pected Meats )erving - CLUBS :EST AU RANTS HOTELS ~ E 4-5621 ut h 2 nd West Lake City VTAH NVRSE The County Commissioners under whose administration con,\ruction of the building was begun and completed were: 1910 John C. Mackay, Chairman Water J. Burton James D. Murdoch 1911-1912 John C. Mackay, Chairman Oscal W. Carlson Water J . Burton Contractor: Campbell Bldg. Co. Architect: J. S. Headlund uperintendent: James Sabine, Jr. . JUlY·AUGUST, 1950 SALT LAKE COUNTY HOSPITAL • • . County Physician: A. N. Hansen, M.D. The County Infirmary Hospital had a bed capacity for 25 patients and 100 inmates and was built by the taxpayers of Salt Lake County at a cost of $200,000.00. Prior to this time the poor of Salt Lake County who needed medical attention were taken under contract arrangements to St. Marks Hospital, Salt Lake City, for treatment. Shortly after the institution was opened, Dr. C. C. Snyder was appointed Superintendent and County Physician. Under his direction a school for nurses was opened and the education of nurses for a profesional career started in 1913. The first class of nurses was graduated in 1916. This initial class numbered six. During 1914 it was necessary to provide space for tubercular patients. This was called the "Roof Sanitarium." These tents were securely anchored and provided . A Monu ment t o Ente rp rise with flaps which were tied down during the night to protect the patient from inclement weather. Before these tents were erected, tuberculous patients were housed in the main hospital. During the fall of 1914 the tents were boarded up half-way at a cost of $200.00 to serve as winter quarters for the patients. Dr. C. N . Ray served as County Physician during the years 1915 to 1917. The policies of Dr. Snyder were continued by Dr. Ray in his period as County Physician. Dr. T. J. Howells succeeded Dr. Ray as County Physician. During his administration the elevator was extended from the third floor to the roof. Before this, patients were transported from the roof to the third bv means of an inside fire escape. Due to the increased growth of the hospital proper, and the necesity for additional hospitalization for patients, the County Commissioners felt the necessity for the (Co ntinued on page 12) County H·o spital has rendered service to thousands and stands today as a monument to civic enterprise. ••• Community Nursing Service AN You answer people when they ask you how to obtain a private duty nurse? Do you know what services are available to your patient if he still needs nursing care after his discharge from the hospital? The Salt Lake Community Nursing Service, a Red Feather Agency of the Community Chest, offers a dual nursing service to the community. It maintains an hourly visiting nurse service and a Registry for the placement of private duty nurses. There is available a part-time or hourly nursing service in the home by graduate registered nurses to give nursing care and/or treatment as ordered by the physician to all age groups-elderly invalids, mothers with new babies, convalescents returning from hospitals, sick or injured children,-in fact, all who require skilled treatment or care in the home. The amount charged for each nursing visit depends upon family income. In many cases payment is waived, being made possible through funds received from the Community Chest. Some patients are able to pay for the visiting nurse service and pay the fee which i set up for such care. The Registry service of the agency is for the placement of private duty nurses for acutely ill patients needing more intensive care than is available on an hourly basis in the home or at the hospital from hospital staff. We place graduate registered nurses and licensed practical nurses in the hospitals or homes. A series of mothers' classes are offered during the winter months by the Community Nursing Service to expectant mothers, which include anatomy and physiology of reproduction, hygiene of pregnancy, nutrition, and birth pro- C Pas• 6 cess, and demonstrations on baby care. Through a contract agreement with Rowland Hall School for Girls, an hourly school nursing service is furnished. A nurse is at the school each morning to consult with teachers and see any child referred to her with health problems. Follow-up on such problems is done through parent and teacher conferences. Statistics for 1948: 1648 patients called for visiting nurse care with a total of 5646 visits. 2613 calls came to the Registry for private duty nurses-registered graduate nurses and licensed practical nurses. 19 classes for expectant mothers were held with a total attendance of 99. 181 children were admitted to school nursing service at Rowland Hall. - MAXINE ANDERSON .. The "New Look" A " NEw LooK" has been given the nursing world today. The rapid changes that are taking place is often bewildering and frequently presents problems that add greatly to this bewilderment. Probably those most bewildered are the nurses who have been out of training so long they are not completely aware of what is taking place and find the "New Look" difficult to accept because they do not have an understanding, or at least a complete understanding, of the conditions which made these changes necessary. Instead of fighting these changes, one should accept them as a challenge, a challenge to find out the whys and to keep up with the yoµnger graduate. What we do not understand, we are very prone to criticize. A quotation from William Ellery Channing puts into words much more aptly than we could, that which we would like to express: • Editorials "I call that mind free ... which resists the bondage of habit, which does not mechanically repeat it· self and copy the ·p ast, which does not live on its old virtues. which does not enslave itself to precise rules, but which forgets what is behind, listens for ne\\ and higher monitions of conscience and rejoice to pour itself in fresh and higher exertions." WHY? EADQUARTER has been asked H why the ANA tabled the quest of the American Medical re· Association, that the ANA go on record at the Biennial, as opposing compulsory health insurance. A lively discussion following the proposal left no doubt as to the ability of the nurses to form and hold "independance of thought." Nurses refused to take a stand on any matter which could be interpreted as "politics." (The same stand was taken on a plea to endorce Hawaii for statehood. ) Nurses felt that they should remain free to serve, unprejudiced. any form of insurance adopted by the American people. They also felt that the delegates present could not represent the nurse) throughout the country on such a matter without first polling the nurses as to their opinions. The matter was not endorsed or re· jected-it was tabled. Ellen McDonald Wright, • graduate of the William Budge Memorial Hospital in Ogden, and now living in Chicago, recent!) gave birth to triplets, two boy, and a girl. Congratulations, Mr1 Wright. Ada Vivian Miller of Logan received a certificate in public health, June 10 at the Universit) of Colorado. llTAlt t-lllR'' 1950 State Co T HE A NU of th Association ''" I akc City, Oc ''"ilh headqua Ptah. Gener1 held in the Lal Thursday and lC'rlainmcnt is Friday evenin1 for the public lion, general d cluty section, league section nurse group se for Saturdavn a luncheon me all, which will ing. The stt plans a lunch{ ber on Saturd TIO , Registration and adrni sion be limited to ti their registrat have been r es1 for out-of-town Yations ma v with the hotel. The prograr lion is being p: C'ral Duty S1 Roxana Hase a committees for .\1rs. Carol B. I Luella H y att, ' committee ; M resolutions. G Chairman is co-chairman, mon, a ssisted b hurst, Mrs. Be \Irs. Hazel Ge: Section chai1 own meetings Kidneigh, pub and Mrs. Rut duty section. JULY-AUGUST, 1951 1950 Annual State Nurses ials nd free ... which ge of habit, which nically repeat itthe 'past, which n its old virtues, enslave itself to ut which forgets listens for new 1 onitions of conices to pour itself ~her exertions." s has been asked NA tabled the re- lmerican Medical l the ANA go on lnnial, as opposing .th insurance. cussion following 't no doubt as to 1e nurses to form .dependance of ies refused to take 1atter which could s "politics." (The taken on a plea to for statehood.) l at they should rerve, unprejudiced, urance adopted by leople. They also delegates present ·esent the nurses country on such a first polling the •ir opinions. The ~ endorsed or reabled. fald Wright, a e William Budge ltal in Ogden, and Chicago, recently triplets, two boys tgratulations, Mrs. lliller of Logan reificate in public at the University IJTAll Mllll!:~ Convention AN UAL STATE CoNVENof the tah State Nurses \ssociation " ·ill be held in Salt Lake City, October 5, 6, 7, 1950, 11ith headquarters at the Hotel l'tah. General sessions will be held in the LaFayette Ballroom on Thursday and Friday. Special entertainmen L is being planned for Friday evening. Section meetings for the public health nursing section. general duty section, private duty section, administration and league section, and the student nurse group section are scheduled for Saturday morning, after which a luncheon meeting is planned for a!L which will wind up the meetmg. The student nurse group plans a luncheon for their members on Saturday, also. T HE TIO ' Registration fee will be $1.50, and admission to the meetings will be limited to those who have paid their registration. Fifty rooms haYe been reserved at the Hotel for out-of-town nurses, and reserrntions mav be made directly 11ith the hotel. The program for the Convention is being planned by the General Duty Section, with Mrs. Roxana Hase as chairman. Other committees for the Convention are "\lrs. Carol B. Raile, exhibits; Miss Luella Hyatt, welfare and service committee; Mr . Lois Romney, resolutions. General Convention Chairman is Maxine Anderson; co-chairman, Mrs. Hattie Solomon, assisted by Mrs. Ione Broadhurst, Mrs. Bertha Pedersen, and "\!rs. Hazel Galligan. Section chairmen planning 1heir meetings are Miss Evelyn Kidneigh, public health nursing, and Mrs. Ruth Stalling, private duty section. 01rn JULY·AUGUST, 1950 A ley, Provo; Dan Mam1ing, Hich field hospital, and V. L . yland, L.D.S. hospital, Logan . A recommended schedule submitted by Mrs. Roxzana F. Hase, state chairman of the general duty section, Utah State urses Assn. , calls for a 40-hour week instead of the present 44-hour week, and an increase in the beginning salary of general duty registered nurses from $185 to $200 a month, and of assistant head nurses from $ZOO to $210. The nurses also are asking for more liberal vacation, sick leave and holiday allowances, annual physical examinations and written notice of termination of employment. The salary schedule also calls for a $5 raise each six months for three years, or to $230 for general duty nurses and $240 for assistant headnurses. It was brought out duriHg thC' discussion that hospital rates in Utah are considerably lower than on the Pacific coast. Ward rates in Salt Lake City, for instance, arc $7 a day, compared with $9.50 in California . Mr. Wonnacott said if the increases requested by the nurses were granted to all employees in his institution, it would be necessary to raise ward rates to the California level. A similar view was expressed by Sister Mary l\1argaret. Mr. Wonnacott told the association that with hospital costs continuing to climb it will be necessary to look to sources of increased revenue. The association feels that industrial cases do not pay adequate fees, and more than a year ago requested the state industrial commission to allow an increase in operating room, X-ray and physiotherapy rates. Mr. Wonnacott said it is hoped the request soon will be acted on. REQUEST for higher pay and shorter working hours for general duty nurses was presented to the Utah State Hospital Assn. at its quarterly meeting in Hotel Utah. The proposal applies only to nurses employed by the hospitals, and not to private duty nurses employed directly by the patients themselves. After a brief discussion, in which two hospital administrators said granting of increased wages would likely mean higher hospital rates, it was decided that negotiations would be carried on by committees representing the two groups. AWRENCE H . EvANS, Ogden, president of the hospital association, announced the committee from this group would consist of following hospital administrators: C. E. Wonnacott, L.D.S.; Sister M. Hilary, Holy Cross; Mrs. Olive V. Wardrop, St. Mark's, and Lawrence G. Trousdale, Salt Lake General, all of Salt Lake City; Mr. Evans, Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital, and Sister Mary Mar~ garet, St. Benedict's, both of Ogden; John H. Zenger, Utah Val- L ALTER A. HEATH, Tacoma , Wash., president of the Association of Western Hospitals, urged hospitals to grant wage increases whenever possible in cases where conditions seem to justify such action. It is better for the hospitals to take the lead in granting such increases than to wait until the employes have presented demands. W Blue Cross Spends $1 53,730 on Service NTERMOUNTAIN Hospital service paid $153,730 for hospital services rendered its members during the first quarter of 1950, according to a report issued by Lewis G. Her.sey, executive director. Paid out under Utah's Blue Cross plan, the hospital payments I (Co ntinued on page 17 ) Page 7 CLARA MAASS - forgotten Heroine "Q~.Po.u.ee:J/ailtNoMan. •• T story of Clara Louise Maass, a young and beautiful nurse who sacrificed her life to help find a method for combating yellow fever, is one of the most inspiring in all the annals of nursing history. Forgotten for many years, the world is only now beginning to pay the homage due her for her great service to mankind. HE Clam Louise Maass was born in East Orange, N.J., June 26, 1876. She graduated from the Luthern Memorial Hospital in Newark (then known as the German Hospital) in 1895, at the age of 19. At age 22, when the call for nurses went out for Spanish-American war service, she quickly volunteered. At first she worked in the disease-ridden camps of 1898, beginning at Jacksonville, Florida, later at Savannah, Georgia, then at Santiago, Cuba. On February 5, 1899, she received an honorable discharge and returned home only to answer another appeal on November 20, when the government ca lled for nurses to go to the Philippines. After eight months unremitting work there she was sent home to recover from dengue or " breakbone" fever. In October 1900, having recovered from her attack of dengue, she again started out buoyantly and fearlessly for Cuba, where the fight to exterminate yellow fever was in progress, but as yet the cause for this disease was not known. A spotles -town sanitation had not topped the courge. "Here'', wrote Medical Director John W. Ros , U.S.N., "she unflinchingly nursed malignant cases of the disease, staying by those who died to the very last, her clothing, hands, and sometimes her face, smeared with blood and black vomit. She showed heroism and devotion to duty equal to that of any soldier in battle. She was Pogc 8 N UR SE CLARA MAASS . . • Gave up Her Life one of the best and most faithful nurses of the hospital. " Clara Maass saw what happened to people bitten by infected mosquitos. She saw, too, that scientific knowledge was pitifully inadequate. She asked to be bitten by an infected misquito in order to add to men's knowledge of the disease and "to be a more useful nurse." She was bitten on the hand and, when the attack that followed was not considered sufficiently immunizing, several times again. From these infections she perished, "establishing the fact that yellow fever was carried by mosquitos. Many human lives have been saved through all coming time, to the United States and to many other nations, by this discovery of the manner of propagation of yellow fever. " Thus poke Major Gorgas, who afterwards made it possible for men to build the Panama Canal by wiping out fever and malaria in the Canal Zone. The life of urse Clara Maass, sacrificially lived, was consistent IJ in its straight, true adherence t her Christian faith. Her sen of responsibility for the well-beiru of others was stronger than h sense of preservation of elf. . room in the Lutheran Memoria Hospital is set apart in her men. ory. The example of this beaut. ful and consecrated young woma:. will ever be a constant inspiratio to every girl that enters the Lutl eran Memorial Hospital School ursing. In Fairmount Cemetar in Newark a stately memorial pink MilforJ granite, with bronze plaque bearing her lih ness, marks the resting place this martyr to mankind. The 19+ Christmas seal of Lutheran Meru orial Hospital depicts the bas-relie medallion surmounting this plc que. She died August 24, 1901, the age of 25 years, having give all she had for science and hu manity. Her epitaph read1 "Greater love hath no man tha: this, that a man lay down his Iii for his friends."-St. John 15, 1 The following excerpt is from featured article in the America Weekly, by Charles Renshaw, Jr Nursi Of Al "I EVER wan1i to keep rig! the day I die." These are the old Mrs. Henry Yer Street, Sal1 has been a Re~ H) years and h~ of having been tC'ndent of nu~ County General Mr. Klenke, \lary H. Hanse superintendent Hospital from i until 1917, whe specidlize in xshe first went to were only five p filled up t~ a s('rvices of seve1 <1uired. "In those day. and the hours Klenke recalled. 11sual for us to and 14 hours a "In the year that followed, ye low fever was virtually wip« from the face of the earth. A Born in Rio was fitting, the doctors responsibl t 887, Mrs. Kle, for directing this epic medic in 1923, and ha triumph became world famou· of Salt Lake Git} But Clara Maass, the only woma who offered her life to aid the ei wanted to be a periments, suffered a much differ time she was a tails, Mrs. Klen ent fate. Buried where she di in Havana, Cuba, her body w just about the b returned to the United States it I he world when 1902 and laid to rest with fu training at St. D military honors in Newark, N.J 1910. After that, however, Clara Maas• "I think good name faded from the public ey not made," Mrs Most accounts of the conquest "I think a per yellow fever failed even to men knack- a natur; tion her name. She became on the work-to bee of the lost heroine of Americat nurse." history. Forgotten for years aft~ As far as M11 her death, she ~eems about tor cerned, nursing ceive the honor and fame that all possible car her due." Indeed, she seen UTAH NUI( JULY-AUGUST, 1950 r;hl ,,~ ... ,, true adherence to Her sense aith. for the well-being stronger than her tvation of self. A , theran Memorial apart in her memhple of this beautiated young woman ·onstant inspiration <1t enters the LulhHospital School of iirmount Cemetary lately memorial of granite, with a bearing her likee resting place of mankind. The 1948 of Lutheran Memepicts the bas-relief nounting this plaAugust 24, 1901, .at rears, having given Ir science and huepitaph reads: hath no man than n lay down his life 1'-St. John 15, 13. lg excerpt is from a e in the American larles Renshaw, Jr.: that followed, yells virtually wiped of the earth. As doctors responsible this epic medical e world famous. s, the only woman life to aid the exred a much differ.ed where she died. 6ba, her body was e United States in l to rest with full rs in Newark, N.J. ~ever, Clara Maass' ·om the public eye. of the conquest of 'ailed even to men.. She became one roines of American )tten for years after $eems about to re>r and fame that is ~ UTAH NURSr Nursing Called Greatest Of All Professions Mrs. Henry Klenke, first "Super" at Salt Lake General, looks back on 40 years of real Career Happiness. "J ' EVER want to retire. I want to keep right on nursing until the day I die." These are the words of 64-vearold Mrs. Henry Klenke, 1050 Denwr Street, Salt Lake City, who has been a Registered Nurse for +o years an<l holds the distinction of having been the first superintendent of nurses at Salt Lake County General Hospital. '.\1rs. Klenke, the former Miss \lary H. Hansen, served as nurse 1uperintendent at the General Hospital from its opening in 1913, until 1917, when sh e rPsigned to 'pecialize in x-ray work. When she first went to the hospital there were only five patients, but it soon filled up t~ a point where the services of SE'ven nurses were required. "In those days we worked hard, mid the hours were long," Mrs. Klenke recalled. "It was not unthual for us to stay on duty 12 and 14 hours a day." Born in Richfield, Utah, in 1887. Mrs. Klenke was married in 1923, and has been a resident of alt Lake Gity for 47 years. She 11anted to be a nurse from the time she was a little girl in pig tails, Mrs. Klenke said, and was ]Usl about the happiest person in the world when she completed her training at St. Marks Hospital in 1910. "I think good nurses are born, not made," Mrs. Klenke declared. ··r think a person must have a knack-a natural inclination for the work-to become a really good nur e." As far as Mrs. Klenke is concerned, nursing is the best of all possible careers for women. Indeed. she seemed to speak with JUlY·AUGUST, 1950 office work," she asserted, "but in nursing there is nearly always a place, no matter how old one is. " Mrs. Klenke is a good example for her own argument. Today, at 63, she is nearly as active and as productive in her profession as she was 30 years ago. "I think it's a pity more girls don't take up nursing for a career,., Mrs. Klenke said. "Today it isn't nearly as hard as it w~s when I was a girl-and just think of the immense rewards! " As far as Mrs. Klenke knows, she is the only nurse of the original staff at General Hospital who still resides in Salt Lake City. Dr. C. C. Snyder, superintendent of the Hospital in 1913, now lives and practices his profession in Pasedena, California. A widow for seven years, Mrs. Klenke lives alone with Pud<lin', her 12-year-old Boston bull terrier, in a neat, well-kept brick cottage. The green lawn, pretty flowers, and garden in the back yard attest to her love of beauty and order. MRS . HENRY KLENKE • .• A Nurse for 40 Years a slight condescension for any other career, and to have something akin to pity for those engaged in any other profession. "There absolutely is no calling that is higher than nursing," Mrs. Klenke asserted. "It not only affords an opportunity to earn a good living, but what is more important, it opens the way to render service ~o others. That, after all, is the greatest reward in this life. " Every girl, regardless of whether or not she intends to practice professionally ,.should take a course in nursing, Mrs. Klenke maintains. Such a course would be of value to her in every phase of life, she said. "One may grow too old to do "Working in the soil," she said, "is one of the best tonics in the world." Did Mrs. Klenke ever grow weary of her profession, regret being a nurs2, and think of taking up something else? "Heavens no! I have enjoyed every minute of my career-even the bad ones. I have enjoyed not only nursing, but everything connected with nursing." Tall, straight and strong, Mr . Klenke has a youthful face and snow white hair. Her pink complexion wouid be the envy of almost any school girl. She is active in every phase of life. The sparkle in her blue eyes, and the natural smile upon her lips are enough to convince anyone that nursing is precisely what she says it is: "The greatest profession in the world." "Highest Calling" Should Attract More Young Women Page 9 President's Message ow do you feel personally about individual membership? Have you ever given it much thought? Inasmuch as we in Utah are not faced with the problem, we can sit back calmly and say, " It is too bad to make a problem of it. Of course all nurses who graduate from accredited schools of nursing and pass Lheir state board examinations are entitled to belong to their district, state, and national organizations." Because there are states where colored nurses cannot belong to their state nurses' associations, ac- H only a stopgap until full membership is offered by all states. Since thi action was taken in 1946, eight states have removed restrictions and have admitted egro nurses of their states to membership in the state nurses' organizations. These states are Florida, Maryland, Oklahoma, Mississippi, West Virgi"1ia, Kentucky, Alabama, and Louisiana. However, there are still four states ( Georgia. South Carolina, Texas, Virginia ) and the District of Columbia where nurses are not allowed to join A.N.A. through their state associations. Last January while I was in New York City attending the Advisory Counol Meetings, I met an intelligent, well-qualified Negro psychiatric JJurse. I invited her to come to Utah to work inasmuch RACIAL DISCRIMINATION - = What are the True Conditions In the State of Utah? ti on was taken at the 1946 A. N .A. Biennial Convention which resulted in: 1. A recommendation to all state nurses' associations that racial barriers to membership be eliminated 3S soon as possible. 2. The inauguration of an individual membership program whereby all qualified nurses not eligible on i he basis of race for membership in a state nurses' association can be admitted to na tional membership in A.N.A. This action was designed to allow all eligible registered professional nurses the right to belong to their recognized professional organizations. T h e individual membership project was not meant lo be a long-term program, but as we have a great need for psychiatric nurses here. She smiled and declined the offer. ''I'd like nothing better," she said, " but our people are 11ot accepted too well in your state." Then I remembered that the talented Marian Anderson had had to sleep on a train at the station when she sang at Kingsbury Hall and so delightfully entertained the people of Utah, because no respectable hotel accommodations could be obtained for her. Eating places in Provo prohibit colored patrons. What are the true conditions in Utah? How do we as professional nurses really feel about this? If we had to f~ce the problem, what would we do? Are we an emotionally mature, tolerant, welladjusted, educated group of professional people? I hope so! THE SAFETY PI The next time yuu use a safety pin, give this a thought. A man by the name of Walter Hunt invented that thing in 1849. He got the idea, made a model of it from a scrap of wire, and sold his rights to it for $400, all in three hours. Now that's fast work. What a gold mine he sold for $400! Bet his heirs wished he hadn't been so hasty. Think of all those millions of safety pins that have been sold since 1849. What a royalty! Pogo 10 OHLY NURSES CAN HELP NURSING the relationship of the Ithereuate nurse to the student nur lies - largely untapped- grad potential source of help an strength for the nursing profe;: sion. Opportunities for under standing and teaching are man in this relationship, yet they a often completely obscured by th graduate's failure to recognize an accept her responsibilities to th younger members of her profe< Cynthia Ct SlOn. Having finished her own "trai1 ing," the average graduate d~ not feel she owes anything to th education of others in her fie! Unle s actively engaged in teac ing, she frequently assumes th attitude that she and her examp are of little value in the develo ment of other nurses. If we a tempt to point out to her the fa that her example is of importanc she may refuse to accept the rt sponsibility which is entailed. Ye tacitly, she should have accept this responsibility when she a cepted the tap and pin of h school of nursing. Example is and will always more potent than precept. Eac graduate rtur e is personally r sponsible for the molding and d velopment of students, and throu them of the graduates of· tomo row. It is not the faculty men hers who form students as mu as it is the attitudes, demean and examp le of the gradua nurses with whom .these stu<len come in contact. Students a usually too inexperienced to <l criminate between types of gra uate nurses. The graduate i a individual who has attained t goal toward which the stude strives. Having attained this gOi the graduate becomes a symbol all the perfection the goal itse represents. This identification the person with the goal is wron. of course, but it exists, and mw guide our thinking regarding th (Co ntinued on page 22) UTAH NU Olga Falls, \ reronica Jc ;.\ Iiriam M< Louise Scm Elfrn Andcrs1 f\1arjoric Seit Carol Il. Rail Pri,·atc Duty- Standing Constitution & Am. Journal 1 Finance & Bw V\' elfa re & Se1 Convention P1 1950 Com·enti1 Public Relatio '1minationsM Jmbcr hipLcgislation-K Clzairmai Re Cynthia Utah Stat, Lncille Bruertc Kather ine Brir Coba Rasmusse Luella Hyatt- JULY-AUGUST, 1 RSES CAN SING MEW ANA PRESIDENT nship of the grado the student nurse gely untapped- a e of help and e nursing profesmities for undereaching are many ship, yet they are y obscured bv the ' e to recogniz~ and onsibilities to the ers of her profes- ns. ELIZABETH K. PORTER of Cincinnati, Ohio, Professor of Nursing and Director of Advanced Programs in Nursing Education at the Frances Payne Bolton, Western Reserve University was elected president of the American Nurses Association at the Biennial in San Francisco. ied her own "train age graduate does res anything to the thers in her field. engaged in teachently assumes the e and her example ue in the developnurses. If we atout to her the fact le is of importance, ! to accept the rech is entailed. Yet, 1uld have accepted ity when she ac1 and pin of her rrg. l.nd will always be an precept. Each is personally re e molding and dc~dents, and through aduates of tomorthe faculty memstudents as much titudes, demeanor. of the graduate 1om these stu<lents ct. Student arr xperienced to dis~en types of grad'he graduate is a11 has attained the hich the student ~ attained this goal. comes a symbol of on the goal itself is identification of the goal is wrong. t exists, and must •ing regarding the i on page 22) UTAH NURS~ M E:recutive Secretary, Mrs. E. G. Richards State 0 fficers Cynthia Curlis, Ifox 270, Provo, Utah __________ :_________________________ President Director of Nursing, State Hospital , Provo, Utah Olga Falls, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, ULah _____ ---· 1st Vice-President Director of Nursing, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, Uta h \'eronica Johannes en, 60 Pinehurst, Tooele, Utah __ 2nd Vice-President Western Chemical Center Nurse '.\liriam Marvin, 468 7th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah -------- Secretary Private Duty, Salt Lake Ci1y, Utah Louise Scoville, 831 22nd Street, Ogden, Utah ------------------------ Treasurer Assistant Director of urses, Dee Hospital, Ogden, Utah Board Members Cath ryn Mainwaring Sister l\fary Margaret Phyllis Pehrson Harritt Ellen Anderson Marjorie Seim Carol Il. Raile Section Chairmen Prirntc Duty- Ruth Stalling General Duty Public Health-E,-clyh Kidneigh urses-Roxana Hase Standing Committee Chairmen Special Committee Chairmen Constitution & By-Laws-Ellen Anderson A.m. Journal of Nursing-Imoge.ne H~ll Finance & Budget-Cathryn Mamwarmg \Yelfare & Service-Luella Hvatt Convention Program- Roxana- Hase 1950 Com·ention-Maxine Anderson Public Relations- Marilyn Hansen N~minations-Hattie Solomon M~mbership-Ion e Broadhurst ugislation-Kathcrine Brim RPcruitment-Jane Ernst Resolutions-Lois Romne . Y Practical Nurse-Dorothy Lowman Structure Committee-Miriam Marvin Convention Exhibits-Carol B. Raile tudent Nurse Org<•nization-Edla Johnson Florence Nightingale and Bordeau Funds -Phyllis Pehrson Harritt Chairman Representative Committee for the Practice of Nursing Mildred Rordame Representatives to the Women's Legislative Council Cynthia Curtis Evelyn Kidneigh Katherine Brim Utah State League of Nursing Education Officers L•1cille Bruerton-President K~therine Brim-Vice-President Coba Rasmussen- Secretary Luella Hyatt-Treasurer JULY-AUGUST, 1950 Board Members Hazelle B. Macquin Cynthia Curtis Anita Owens Mrs. Porter has been a private duty nurse and has held the following positions: Teaching supervisor, Western Pennsylvania Hospital; pa1i-time lecturer, Margaret Morrison Carnigie College, Pittsburg, and Johns Hopkins University; and professor of nursing education, University of Pennsylvania. She has been active in state and national nursing organizations. She has been secretary, Pennsylvania League of Nursing Education; executive director, Joint Committee on Personnel Policies and Practices, Pennsylvania State Nurses and State Hospital Associations; chairman, Pennsylvania State Nurses ' Association Subcommittee of Postwar Planning Committee; member, Joint LNE and NOPHN Committee on Post-graduate Nursing Education. At the present time she is Chairman of the NLNE Committee on Post-graduate Clinical Nursing courses; member, ANA Board of Directors, Committee on Employment Conditions for registered Nurses; vice-president, American Journal of Nursing Company Board of Directors; board mem her, ANA Professional Counseling and Placement Service; member NNAS Board of Review; member, Joint Commission for Improvement of Patient Care; and member, InterAssociation Committee on Health. -Kansas Nurse (Utah hopes the Journal will publish a photograph of Presidenl Porter which can be framed and take its place beside other presidents in our headquarters office.) Page 11 Salt Lake Ge ne ral Grew with City (Continued from page 5) erection of a separate building to house the indigent infirm, maintaining the combined hospital infirmary as ;i hospital only. Plans were proposed, discussed and drawn for this purpose during Dr. Howell's administration. During the period of his administration the first Medical Staff was 01ganized to care for the hospital patients under his direction. This was early in 1917. The following physicians were selected as voluntary t'lff by the Salt Lake County Medical Society to ~erve on the hospital staff: J. Sharp, .M.D.; G. W. Middleton, M.D.; S. C. Baldwin, M.D.; J. E. Tyree, M.D.; W. R. Tyndale, M .D.; W. H. Rothwell, M.D.; L. C. Snow, M.D.; A. R. Irvine, M.D.; W. H. Hampton, M.D.; C. E. Carter, M.D.; R. 01 en, M. D.; L.A. Goeltz, M.D.; W. Rich, M.D.; C. J. Fields, M.D. The first resident physician to be employed was Dr. D. R. Nugen, Chicago, who was appointed house physician on April 2, 1917. Dr. C. W. Richards was appointed for dental work. During 1917 an isolation hospital was built. This was open to the public in March, 1918, with accommodations for 35 contagious case . Prior to this, contagious cases were housed on the second floor of the brick building which was used by the hospital as a heating plant. On Jan. 1, 1921, Dr. A. Cvril Callister was appointed Cou-:..ity Physician and served in that capacity to Jan. 1, 1923. During his administration the new, modern County Infirmary was constructed at a cost to the public of $450,000.00. It was opened early in 1922, having a bed capacity for 300 inmates, both male and female. The infirmary inmated were moved from the hospital building to the new infirmary, and what was up to this time the County Infirmary Hospital was now turned over as a hospital for the care and treatment of medical, Page 12 , urgica l, and obstetrical cases, giving a bed capacity for 125 patients, and the institution was now named the Salt Lake County General Hospital. I SEGO LILY l UNIFORM CO. / Dr. Callister was succeeded by Dr. F. E. Straup as Medical Director and County Physician and he served in this capacity from Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1929. Made To Measure X-Ray equipment was installed at this time, as well as a new system of records which was installed so that a complete record 0£ a ll patients was kept for the first time in the history of the institution. The laboratory was completely renovized and changed and put under the direction of L. D. Viko. In 1924 Dr. J. P. Kervy, an experienced roetgenologist, was made the head of the x-ray department. At this time the Out Patient Department was organized and a free charity clinic opened in 1923, with a newly created Social Service D epartment of which Miss Claire Smith was the Director. Under Dr. Strau p's administration an Advisory Board was organized, which was comprised of one member of the County Commission, which was the Commissioner of Health and Charity and Chairman of the County Commission at that time; the County Physician; the President of the County Medical Society; one representative of the Social Welfare organization of Salt Lake Cou nty; and one representative lay person, outside of the County Commission. On July 28, 1923, due to the plans of D r. Straup in organizing the institution into well-directed departments, the hospital was approved by the American College of Surgeons. For the year ending Dec. 31, 1923, 1,200 patients were treated at a cost per day of $2.90 per patient. Dr. R. J . A lexander succeeded Dr. Straup, Jan. 1, 1929, in the capacity of Medical Director of the Salt Lake County General Hospital and County Physician. Due to the increased number of (Co ntinued on page 15) I """" UNffO•:s ou. 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District No. 1 1S OUR SPECIALTY Me asure rtment of e Materi a ls orkmc nship so and AIDE S, IFORMS and S COATS 3-2518 l 1st West ke City NS !ASSOCIATES T meeting of district No. 1, U.S.N.A. was a card party held at St. Marks Hospital. EYeryone had a delightful time. ~lany of our older members were there, prizes an~ refreshments added to the evenings entertainment, thank"> to Ione Broadhurst and Joy Mays. HE APRCL District No. 1 wa well represented at the Biennial, J une 1. A district meetmg was held where reports were given by delegates, and many of our members went to San Francisco. President Curtis gave us an interesting talk on the Biennial exhibits. We regret the fact that our meetings are not as well atteridcd as they couH be, but we do have faith in the future. -lVL.\RION MARVIN, Pres. for the COMPANY ograph a nd ulators Dis~rict No. 2 T following are some news items from District No. 2 of the Utah State Nurses A ssociation: To date we have a total membership of 115. A number of our members attended the San Francisco Biennial, May 8th to 12th. Ann Gibbs and Elma Burns repre- · sented Public Health ; Mrs. H ansen represented Private Duty Section, and M11rie Manning, League Education. Miss Scoville, the State Treasurer, was a delegate. Also attending were four student nurses: Beverly Hamblen, senior >Indent; Charlene Foley, junior >tudent; Shirley Knoblauch, freshman student, from the D ee H ospital. and Dorothy Bynon, senior student from Saint Benedict's H ospital. Three of th e sisters from Saint Benedict's and th eir N u rsing Arts Instructor attended: Sister ~1ary Margaret, Sister Cassion, and Jean Barker. All of these people gave a short summary of the convention at the district meeting held May 23rd. Our district No. 2 is very active this year and by fall convention HE :o nstructi o n of al Devices for •e ;ea rcher and ti o ner Electro-Med ical >men! -2901 11th East l ke City 1 v YOUR DAMAGED ~E:-;TS-Womcn' s and SweaterS, Linens, etc. n Special Atteutio1i AVING SERVICE West Second South Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH NURSE JULY -A UGUST , 19 50 time we hope there will be many more activities to report. -MARIE MANNING Corresponding Sec'y. District No. 3 District o. 3, as in all other Iing districts, everyone is still talkabout the Biennial. Among N nurses attending from our district were Carol .Raile, Cynthia Curtis, Alice Syme, Hilda Falls, Lucile Johannesen and Olga Falls. Between and cifter meetings we always looked for the "atmosphere" and found much and all varieties of it. All in all the trip was lovely and worth while. We had the pleasure of a visit with Ann Hatch Cramer and Loy Doss, among other former Utahns. Loy is still busy in Red Cross and Ann very much taken up with her youngster and husband, as well as raising Chinchillas as a hobby. Carol Raiie is running around with her head in the clouds these days. Rea5on-her son Richard graduated with an M.D. degree this week. Congratulations. Va cations are in order it seems. Doris Stott, Margaret Weight and Ellen icholla from Utah Valley are among nurses who are enjoying a re t-away from worries and telephones. We welcome · Harriet Farnsworth back for the summer. Harriet is school nurse in Las Vegas, but returns annually to help at the Utah Valley Hospital and usually manage5 to attend one of our district meetings. This year she is attending B.Y.U., too. District No. 3 wishes to congratulate Luella and Ione on the new Utah Nurse. We are aware of the manv hours spent on the project and say "hats off" to the girls for a job well done. If anyone anywhere in the district has any news, please send the item in to me-then the report will not be so localized in Provo. -OLGA FALLS, Pres., District No. 4 the summer season coming on the nurses in District No. 4 had their final general meeting the latter part of May, at this time we had a report on the Biennial Convention given by Mrs . Bessie Miller, public health nurse, and delegate from district o. 4. The report was very intere ting and made us all wish we had gone to the convention. Other nurses from the district that attended are Mrs. Eldrena King, Mrs. Fern Peterson, Mrs. Violet Caldwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Axelgard, and Irene Williams, all reported that they had a wonderful time and stated that the California nurses ' 'vere very hospitable. W ITH District No. 4 is now incorporated and the association is officially bonded. This wa done because we are now handling m1.mey donated to us by the United Mine Workers Local Unions for our nurses scholarships. We will <igain be able to sponsor a $200.00 scholarship, but il.S yet the girl has not been chosen, although seven girls have applied. The girl to receive the scholarship will be chosen by a cornmitte~ composed of two members from the Nurses Association, two members from the United Mine workers of America, and one lay member chosen by the above four. Up to date we are doing very well with our membership. We have approximately the rnme number paid-up members as we had last yedr. The district and the Price Hospital nurses and Hospital employees complimented Mrs. Joan Dause with a mi cellaneous shower. Mrs. Dause, superintendent of nurses at the Price Hospital, suffered a total loss of all her belongings and her home by a fire which struck several weeks ago. The recruitment drive carried on by the district in conjunction with the Ladies Medical Auxillary (Continued on page ZO ) Page 13 BIENNIAL CONVENTION REPORTS Saat Lake < The platform for the ANA during 1950-52 was adopted. This platform is divided into the following areas: 1. Providing health protection for the American people. 2. Aiding nurses to become more ef. fective and more secure members of their profession. 3. Achieving better health care for the peoples of the ':"orld. Many other very important business matters were acted upon and this short report does not do justice to the subjects presented For your own information and advancement in nursing, it is important that y ou take ever y opportunity to digest the articles pertaining to the convention as they appear in publications and attend all meetings wher e nursing is discussed. psychopathic 1 County, plans ward were di plans for a m and out Pa tie an addition tc By CYNTH IA CURTIS , Pres. USNA The theme of the sixteenth biennial convention held in San Francisco from May 7th to 12•h, was " H ealth; A Unifying World Influence." Convention r egistration was as follows : Total registration ... .. ...................5,817 Gen eral r egistration ..................4,563 D elegates .. ............... .................. 1,475 Student nurszs ................ ............ 714 Exhibitors ...... .............................. 54-0 Ther e were at least 71 registered nurses and student nurses present from U tah. I am sure this must be the largest representation Utah has ever had at an ANA Biennial Convention. We were all proud to be there. It is ver y difficult to decid e just what to put into a r eport of this kind because there is so much to relate concerning nursing and the business that went on at various m eetings, such as the house of delegates' meetings, the Advisory Council m eetings, the ANA Section meetings (that is, administrative, federal , gf'neral duty, industrial, m en , and private duty sections ) National League of Nursing Education meetings, and Public Health meetings. There were closed meetings as well as several joint meetings of these groups. All ANA members were welcome at the House of Delegates' meetings and could speak on any subject under discussion, however , State delegates were the only ones eligible to vote. Ther e were many educational fi lms shown during the convention and everyon e was invited to attend them. The e xhibits w ere an endless delight to us all. I do not think there is a thing a nurse could be interested in (except husbands ) that was not exhibited with a full line of free samples and printed material. One could write at great length about lovely San Francisco. The weatherman outdid himself on giving us perfect weather. We saw many lovely places and wer e able to squeeze in many extracurricular activities between meetings. Most nurses w er e veritable fashion plates. It was wonderful to see so many young nurses attend a biennial convention . Their presence certainly made me try to act as spry as they and try to keep up with them all. Ther e was much business accomplished during the week, and I would advise y ou to watch your nursing journals and the Utah Nurse for detailed inform ation on these subjects. It is possible now for states to amend their by-laws so inactive nurses may become associate members by paying less than the regular dues. This should encourage large membership and greater interest in the profesion. The code of professional ethics Page 14 EDITOR' S NOTE ON CONVENTION REPORTS : Space does not perm it the full printing of each delegates' report. Therefore, if w e have made minor changes or ommissions we apologize, but hope the y met w ith your approval and other repo rts will follow in next numbe r of Utah Nurse . for nurses as printed in the American Journal of Nursing, April, 1950, was adopted. After lengthy debate and exchange of ideas, it was voted to approve the merging of t he six national nursing organizations• into two organizations to meet the nation's nursing needs. One will be an association whose members are only registered professional nurses. The other will be an association whose members w ill be professional and also others who are constructively interested in nursing. In order to be a profession, research studies must be conducted in the particular field of one's profession. Several state nurses' associations are conducting research studies or assisting with various research studies in the field of nursing. Action was taken at the biennial convention for each state to work ou t some plan whereby that state could contribute her share toward a five year study of nursing functions. It was felt that if each nurse contributed one dollar a year for the next five years, this project could be accomplished. Certain professions such as medical doctors, technicians, etc., have an association malpractice insurance plan in which all members are required to participate. Mr. W illiam C. Scott, legal counsel for the ANA, has been studying th e feasibi lity of such a plan for registered nurses through the ANA. Action was taken to a uth orize Mr. Scott to complete a contract with a reputable company in which members of the ANA could voluntarily subscribe to such a plan. The American Medical Association requested action be taken on adoption of a resolution condemning compulsory health insurance. The nurses indicated they were individually opposed to compulsory health insurance, but it was felt that as an organization, we should remain free in our commitments. In this way w e could give better nursing care regardless of public sentiment. The motion wa s tabled. *The American Nurses' Association, National Organization of P ublic Health Nurses, National League of Nursing Education, American Association of Collegia te Schools of Nursing, The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, and T he American Association of Industrial Nurses. By BESSIE MILLER, De legate Being the lucky m ember of District 4 appointed to go to the Biennial as a delegate, I must let y ou know how wonder· ful it was so you will all plan to go to the next one. I am starting to make m ) plans already, As I certainly would be disappointed if I could not go. I think they plan on having the n ext biennial in Miami, Florida in 1952. Not having attended one before, I did not r ealize what I had been missing. Every day was fi ll ed to the brim with interest. Grew wi'i'h (Continue Total numl: for the year e1 654, 300 of "' patients. 86 were cared fo1 over 1929. increase of 331 of 1929. Visi1 Department a 15,000. A new iso completed in modated 17 second story detention hon The Old isol been used as losis for sever• crculosis patie off the roof in We arrived in San Francisco Sunday. May 7th, brushed up a bit, had lunch and we nt through the procedure of registering. At 7: 00 p.m. the U tah delegates met with our Executive Secretary, Mrs. E. G. Richards, to discuss important mat· ters that might come up in our agenda. and decide on the officers we wanted to vote for . At the first joint meeting held Mon· day, President Truman sent a m esage lauding Nurses for their contribution to the health and welfare of the Nation. Messages of welcome came from Gov· ernor Earl Warren of California and Wilton L. Halverson, M.D., Director of Public H ealth. Dr. Stafford W arren. Dean of U.C. School of M edicine, was the featured speaker. Many problems wer.e brought up i11 the meetings. Miss Mciver, President of ANA urged delegates to r each a decisio11 on the long standing question of amalgamation of all nursing organizations. on the adoption of written Professional Code to which all Nurses could subscribe. and, also, the undertaking and promotion of research to determine nursing needs. The nurses w ere warned unless they resume this responsibility, some other group may do so and we may not ap· prove of their methods nor of their find· ing, "Uncertainty," Miss Mciver said. (Continued on page 25 ) UTAH NURS! 61 E JULY -AUGUST, 19 ~ ORTS r the A A during This platform is llowing areas: Ith protection for th(' pie. to become more ef1ore secure members ·sion. ter health care for the world. · important business upon and this short ustice to the subjects Ur own information n nursing, it is imke every opportunity es pertaining to the lppear in publications ltings where nursing 1d. LLER, Delegate member of District 4 1e Biennial as a dele1 know how wonder/ill all plan to go to starting to make my certainly would be uld not go. I think I the next biennial in 1952. Not having i, I did not realize m1ssmg. Every day im with interest. m Francisco Sunday, up a bit, had lunch e procedure of regisn. the Utah delegates utive Secretary, Mrs. \scuss important mat1e up in our agenda, lfficers we wanted to Sah lake General Grew wi?h Ci'l'y (Co ntinued from page 12.) psychopathic patients in Salt Lake County, plans for a p ychopathic ward were discussed, as well as plans for a new isolation hospital and out Patient Department, and an addition to the Nurses Home. Total number of surgical cases for the year ending Dec. 31, 1931: 654, 300 of which were accident patients. 868 obstetrical cases were cared for, an increase of 2.78 over 1929. There was also an increase of 338 social service cases of 1929. Visits to the Out Patient Department at this time number 15,000. A new isolation hospital was completed in 1934, which accommodated 17 patients, using the second story of the former girls detention home for this purpose. The Old isolation hospital had been used as a unit for Tuberculosis for several years as all Tuberculosis patients had been moved off the roof in 192.3. A new Out Patient Department consisting of the first floor of the former girls detention home was completed and opened to the public in July 1933. (Continued on pagP 16) Due to the depression, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1930, 16,000 patients were treated at the Salt Lake County General Hospital. Average number of beds in use each day: 169. Operation expenses of hospital for year: $165,012..2.4. Cost per patient: $2..59, one of the lowest in the nation at that time. In 1934 a general Resident Physician was added to the hospital staff and the number of internes increased to eight, Dr. R. T. Seager being the first resident ap- -MEAD'SCORRECT SHOES FO R NURSE S 27 East 1st South Di a l 5-4 83 3 Sa lt La ke City, Utah CROSS CORSET SHOP held Mon man sent a mesage Itheir contribution to [fare of the Nation. ne came from Govof California and , M.D., Director of . Stafford Warren, 1 of Medi cine, was ~ I". UTAH NURSE pointed. The policy of employing a general Resident has been continued since that time. During the year 1938 the one year internship was replaced by the two year internship, four interns being added yearly for this purpose. A new x-ray department with all modern equipment has been Congratulations To The Utah Nurses Association t meeting were brought up in Mclver, President of es to reach a decision 1g question of amalursing organizations, written Professional urses could subscribe, taking and promotion ·mine nursing needs. irned unless they re:ibili ty, some other ind we may not apods nor of their find Miss Mclver said, on page 25) The psychopathic unit was constructed for the use of mental patients, obviating the necessity of detaining the mentally ill in the County Jail during the time that they were held for court examination, until their dismissal or removal to the State Mental Hospital at Provo. Phone [phone] East Broadway Salt Lake City, Utah JULY-AUGUST, 1950 Ptige 15 Salt Lake General Grew with City (Continued from page 15 ) installed at a cost of $20,000.00. T his will not only permit of the most delicate of x-ray examinations, but will also permit deep therapy x-ray of cancer patients. A tumor clinic was esta bli hed in 1933 and is the only clinic of its kind between Denver and the Pacific coast, with the unqualified approval of the American College of Surgeons. Any individual with a tumor or cancer is permitted to come before the tumor clinic and receive the advice and consultation of the physicians and surgeons m attendance upon the clinic. A large addition to the nurses ' home, which already accommodated 50 student nurses, was completed May 1937 at a cost of $65,000.00, making more spacious accommodations for 110 student nurses. The Salt Lake County General Hospital School for Nurses graduated a student class numbering 30, May, 1937, with Miss Luella Mahaney as Director of Nursing School. Under the direction of Commissioner W. H . Anderson, who commenced his term of office on Jan. 1, 1937, the Salt Lake County General Hospital, Infirmary, and all allied departments were amalgamated and placed under authority and control of Dr. R. J. Alexander, Superintendent. The posiCOMPLIMENTS CITIZENS C0 AL COo Phone [phone] South 5th West Salt Lake City tion of Superintendent of the Infirmary was remodeled and occupied by the Superintendent of the Hospital, with the understanding that in future years the Superintendent of the hospital will be at all times quartered on the hospital grounds. In 1925 a dietician was appointed. Since then assistants have been added to comply with the consistent growth of the institution, as well as a student dietician who is in constant attendance. The main hospital kitch en was remodeled in 1937 and 1938, as well as the kitchen in the nurses ' h ome, adding essential culinary equipment, also increasing dining room capacity for nurses. During 1937 an ambulance was purchased by Salt Lake County and installed at the Salt Lake County Fire Department in Murray, to assure more prompt and efficient service in Handling accident and emergency cases outside of .Salt Lake City. During the summer of 1937, due to the efforts of the American Legion and the contribuntions of the general public, two D rinker respirators for the treatment of infantile paralysis and other conditions in which they may be useful, were added to the hospita l equipment at a cost of $3,500.00. The Salt Lake County General Hospital for the year ending D ec. 31, 193 7 treated 3,394 patients. Out Patient Department 'is1ts numbered 38,486, with an addi- tional 4,983 persons treated in the emergency department. These in elu ded all accident cases brought to the hospital. The cost per pa· tient per day: $3.31. Total ex· penditures for the year: $199.434. 70. Total bed capacity: 254. with a daily patient average of 174. In 1933 to 1937 the hospital and infirmary received multitudinou' Federal grants including W .P.A labor which amounted to about $50,000.00, making it possible to build new departments and reno· vize the old ones. In 1935 the system of operatinf the Out Patient D epartment wa, entirely changed putting all physi cians on a pay basis of $50.00 per month for there attendances at the clinic weeklv . The Social Service Director, fo~r Social Service work· ers, and three clerks. All patients who come to thr hospital or Out Patient Depa11ment are compelled to make a fin ancial statement which must ])' notarized and investigated, witn the result that within the last sii years th e total ch arity admission, of the h ospital averaged 97% witt pay patients only 3 % . Commencing in 1935 the Coun ty Relief has maintained a gradu ate dietitian at the h ospital durin, clinic days in order to coordinat the diets of the patients on relie with the income which is giw1 them monthly by the County R~ lief for sustainence and mainten ance. GOODALL RUBBER CO. Tampico Restaurant Industrial Rubbe r For All Purpo ses GOODALL 0 P EN Phl'.'ne 5-7437 155 Pierpont Avenue FREE 222 East So. Temple - Phone [phone]> Regent St. - Dial 5-0783 Salt Lak e City INC. DELIVERY 508 East So. Temple - Phone 9-8605 Sal t l ake City, Utah Pag e 16 DINNERS Sat ......... 6 P.M. ta 2 A.M . Su n...... 5 P.M. ta 1 1 P. M. Da ily ... s P. M. ta 1 A. M. HEINZ A P 0 T H E C A R I E S, represe ' of the l for the ! At th 89-unit rolled m bers in 1 or 24% 1 0£ the C Hospitc To S. L. A L THO day past 10 y1 doubled 1 C. E. Wo Salt Lak members Table at< Patient! time in th Mr. Worn age lengtl 11 Y2 days and today Rapid i biotics are the shorter 20 Nurse T WENTY were caps and i1 the garden Lay, 720 M The grac tandard R • course of 80 practice, an mum of 15 Serving Lake Vetera MEXICAN AND AMERICAN Primary C " O n Th e Job Long e r" Sa lt Lake City IN 1 mountain S dren hospit HoV\ever, than minim Clau::l Asher 1949, 20 aid hours. Caps wer by Mrs. Jo tered nurse insignia by M mas by Jam dent, Salt L UTAH NUR! JULY-AUG UST, 1 :ons treated in the rtment. These inent cases broughL The cost per pa$3.31. Total exthe year: $199,Jed capacity: 254, atient average of >7 the hospital and ;ed multitudinous including W.P.A. nounted to about ~ing it possible to rtments and reno- s. y-stem of operating . Department was l putting all physiasis of $50.00 per attendances at the [fhe Social Service bcial Service worklerks. who come to Lhe Patient Departlled to make a fin1t which must be investigated, with iw:ithin the last six charity admissions veraged 97% with ly 3%. in 1935 the Counaintained a gradufhe hospital during ~rder to coordinate l patients on relief he which is given by the County Reence and mainten- Restaurant ?rving lND AMERICAN NNERS PEN ~ P.M. to 2 A.M . P.M . to 11 P.M. P.M. to 1 A.M. St. - Dial 5-0783 lake City none 9-8605 UTAH NURSE IN TH~ NEWS (Continued fr om page 7) represented approximately 87% of the plan's income of $177,307 for the same period. At the end of the quarter, the 89-unit Blue Cross plans had enrolled more than 38,000,000 members in United States and Canada, or 24% of the American and 21 % of the Canadian population. Hospital Costs Told To S. L. Round Table A LTHOUGH hospital costs per day have tripled during the past 10 years, patient. cost has only doubled during the same period, C. E. Wonnacott, administrator of Salt Lake L.D.S. hospital, told members of the Salt Lake Round Table at a meeting in Hotel Utah. Patients now are spending less time in the hospital for each visit, \Ir. Wonnacott explained. Average length of stay in 1940 was 11 Yz days per patient, he noted, and today is only seven. Rapid improvements in antibiotics are largely responsible for the shorter stay, he said. I 20 Nurse Aids Given Caps Red Cross nurse's aids T were presented graduation ,aps and insignia at exercises in WENTY the gardens of Mrs. Charles E. Lay, 720 MeClelland St. The graduates completed the itandard Red Cross nurse's aid ourse of 80 hours instruction and practice, and have pledged a minimum of 150 hours service to Salt Lake Veterans, Salt Lake General, Primary Children's and Intermountain Shriners' crippled chil1ren hospitals. However, most aids donate more than minimum time, said Mrs. 'lau:l Asher, service chairman. In 9+9, 20 aids gave 3846 volunteer urs. Caps were presented graduates r Mrs. John M. Lesnan, regisred nurse and class instructor; ~signia by Mrs. Asher, and diploas by James W. Wade, presint, Salt Lake county chapter, iLY·AUGUST, 1950 American Red Cross. The new graduates were congratulated by Mr. Wade and E. C. Bergeson, chapter manager. The graduates were Mrs. Collins T. Cannon, 565 I st.; Mrs. Bonner Z. Baker, 1258 Emerson ave.; Mrs. S. R. Zimmerley, 169 1st Ave.; Marjorie Doctorman, 1221 Wasatch dr.; Mrs. R. Thornton Snow, 1848 Michigan ave.; Ivy R. Cracraft, Sherrill hotel. Mrs. Fred L. Mickelsen, 564-4th ave.; Mrs. Raymond B. Hile, 2505 Hartford st.; Mrs. Charles T. Hohenthal, 1458 Browning ave.; Mrs. Dan Fairclough, 1328 W. 6th South; Janice J. Weaver, 1638 Wilson ave.; Alta L. Rytting, 114 Cleveland q.ve.; Mrs. Harold C. Horsley, 1047 E. 3rd South; Mrs. Edwin S. Poulson, 349 E. 6th South; Mrs. James Marcus Deveraux, 4992-9th East; Mrs. Delores Peck, 3681-13th East; Marion D. Seely, 540-9th East; Mrs. James W. Ogden, 1652 Sunnyside ave., and Mrs. Homer F. Reed, 32 W. Burton st. Utah Doctors Hear Blood Pressure Expert R. ARTHUR CURTIS CORCORAN' D Cleveland, Ohio, considered one of the nation's leading authorities on high blood pressure, recently spob to Utah physicians on this subject. His lecture was given in the amphitheater at Salt Lake General hospital. Dr. Corcoran has done considerable experimental work on high (Continued on page 18) CONGRATULATIONS • • • HIGHAMa HILTON Plumbing and Heating Coo INC. Dr. Martin G. Linden Elected by Surgeons R. MARTI · G. LINDEM, Salt D Lake City, was elected vice president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The e~ection was held in connection with the annual meeting in Hotel Utah. Dr. R. A. Arnold Griswold, Louisville, Ky., advanced to the presidency from the office of president-elect. He succeeds Dr. Gordon M. Morrison, Boston. Dr. Arthur R. Metz, Chicago, formerly vice president, was named president-elect, and Dr. Charles G. Johnston, Detroit, was reelected secretary. Maj. Gen. Harry Armstrong, surgeon general, U. S. air force, was named an honoi;ary member. Among 18 new active member selected at the meeting was Dr. Woodrow Nelson, Salt Lake City. In his presidential address, Dr. Morrison said the association can point with pride to the improvement in wartime surgery it helped bring about. Phone [phone] TENTH AVENUE Salt Lake City, Utah Joseph Wm. Taylor MEMORIAL MORTUARY It Has Always Been Our Policy To Have Complete FUNERAL SERVICE To Fit Any Budget • Phone 3 ... 1624 • 125 North Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah Page 17 IN THE NEWS (Continued from page 17 ) blood pressure and kidney function. With Dr. Irvine H. Page, he i author of a book on the subject entitled "Arterial Hypertension." Program Called Need for Exceptional Clrild E of the greatest challenges of teaching, education of the exceptional child, was vividly expressed when four cerebral palsied children and others with speech defects, appeared before the Educational Administrators' conference at University of Utah. Brought to the gathering of educators in the William M. Stewart school auditorfom by the Utah Society for the physically Handicapped and Salt Lake City schools the children underlined need for special training for the exceptional child. Mrs. Alidri Dixon, director of the society, told educators of the "severe competition the crippled child encounters in going to school." She said educators must "recognize the need for special classes and training and then integrate them into the regular school program." Susie S. Niles, speech therapist for Salt Lake City schools, said the 5chools worked on the theory of the greatest good to the greatest number. She said pupils with speech defects are given lessons at school and that the lessons, with help of parents, are continued at home. 0 "vVe wunl youngsters with speech defw::ts to feel perfectly normal," sh ~ explained. She said they go to special speech classes the same wa ~' other students go to special music classes. Dr. Leonard H. Taboroff, director of the child guidance center, college of medicine, University of Utah, declared that no one person has ·the answers to all the problems surrounding the emotionally disturbed child. "We must more and more realize that a total approach of all interested agencies concerned with such children is the superior way to effect a solution," Dr. Taboroff said. Dr. Lee F. Cain, director of special education, San Francisco State college, described the youth authority idea as a method of delinquency prevention and control. He said the "many so-called reform schools have reformed few." Instead Dr. Cain recommended the youth authonty idea which he said involves the philosophy of studying the youngster and seeing what can be done for him. "The problem of re-entry 0£ the individual into society after he has been cared for by the youth authority is one of the most serious," the California doctor explained. "It is at this point that schools and teachers can be of great help," he declared. Another speaker was Dr. C. C. Trillingham, superintendent, Lo Angeles county schools who told a session that a "good educational program" must be based upon the I I LESS TAYLOR MOTOR CO., Inc. 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UTAH GRONEMAN & co. - 4-3777 SOUTH TEMPLE PHONE 1212 Salt Lake City, Utah 70 WEST 5th SOUTH PROVO, UTAH Dresses MAIN AT Contractors City, Utah Phone 3·7606 PHONE 393 S A N D E R S W I N D 0 W S H A D E C O. K KIRSCH Venetian Blinds - one 6-0424 DUPONT Washable Window Shades 2567 South State St. Phone 5-2595 Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH NVRSE JULY-AUGUST, 1950 Pago 19 In the News (Continued from page 18) needs of boys and girls and the needs of the community and nation. Utah Health Group Reelects Its Officers Thad J. Stevens, alt Lake City businessman, has been reelected president of the Utah Tuberculosis and Health Assn. Other officers reelected include: L. A . Stevenson, first vice presidertt; Mrs. J. M . Morrell Ogden ' second vice president; . Thomas T.' Taylor Jr., treasurer; Mr . David R. Pingree, secretary to the board of directors. Joseph G. Carling was renamed executive secretary. Gov. J. Bracken Lee was renamed honorary president. Good Start in Nurse Career Frances Hardy, daughler of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Hardy, Price, a graduate of Carbon senior high school, was among the graduates of the first graduating class at St. Benedict's hospital School of Nursing at Ogden from where she received her diploma on May 28. Along vvith gaining the coveted nurse diploma, Miss Hardy was honored ·with the Bishop Duane C. Hunt award for "outstanding nursing a bibty coupled with exC'mplary kindness and courtesy." She has been offered a scholarship for specialized nursing in the field of psychiatry but as yet is undecided as to whether or not she will accept it. Reports fro m the Districts (Continued from page 13 ) proved successful. Miss Cynthia Curtis and Mrs. E. G. Richards were guest speakers to a group of high school girls. In the evening they were guest speakers at a banquet held for all the graduate nurses. The annual formal dinner dance held at the country club for all the doctors, nurses and their guests proved to be a great success. Dr. Q. A. Whiting was the master of Page 20 ceremonies. An entertaining program preceded the dancing to Anderson's Orchestra. Mrs. Betty Pessetto Babies: Crissman, boy; Mrs. Harriett Peterson, boy; Mrs. Mary Vitta Rehol, girl; Mrs. Lucy Baraasci Capalbo, boy; Mrs. Murray Mathis, girl. -MRS. TERESSA MILOVICH, Pres., District No. 6 Mildred Merrill Thain gave birrh to a boy on June 5th. Both mother and son are doing fine. Recent Marriages: Leona Harrison, a BudG"e graduate, to Ralph Lundstrom. Vera Bingham, Budge graduate '49, to Timothy O'Brien on June 28th. Graduation of 5 student nurses which is the first class to be grad~ uated from the Logan L.D.S. Hospital. The new graduates are Elaine McMurdie, Barbara Ward Robinson, Darlene Wardell, Beth Wilcox, and Gretta Tueller Stevenson. Congratulations and good luck. Ada Niel en, pre ident of our district, L.DS. graduate, is back to work after a months absence due to a thrombis of the left leg. District No. 6 is happy to report that they have 32 paid members. This is an increase of 18 members over last year. Georgia Larsen, L .D.S. graduate, is laboring at 494 Oceanside, California, on a mission. Her leaving our district left us without a treasurer. Thelma Barlow is filling this vacancy until election time this fall. -TYRA ALDER, Sec'y. B IRTHS: BMA LEADS THE WAY In offering unique plans of . * LIFE INSURANCE *ANNUITIES *ACCIDENT *HEALTH * HOSPIT ALIZA Tl ON ( *SURGERY * MEDHCAL SERVICES GL~ for Individuals and Groups BUSINESS MEN'S ASSURANCE CO. PHO p 273 E 34 Richards Street Salt Lake City, Utah 4-6453 KE Ph or Frank S. 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Since the graduate nurse of today was the student of yesterday, somewhere in her educational process she ha failed to accept the fact that each of us in a small way is responsible for the total development of nursing. The nursing profession as a whole is apathetic towards its needs. We deplore this fact, and the fact that young graduate nurses take so little interest in the problems of nursing. Yet one reason may well be that for many years graduates have taken no interest in students, and there has thus been little unity of purpose. This attitude may stem from the days when seniority and rank played a large part in nursing, and when members of different classes in a school were actually forbidden to become socially friendly. If this is so, it i time to attempt 'l change in the relationship of our graduate and student staff . There appear to be two definite areas in which the graduate fails to help her younger sister. The first area is that of actual personal example. The second area is that of interpretation and understanding of nurses' needs, particularly in the student period. Some of the personal examples constitute little things taken individually, but viewed in aggregate, they tend to break down student morale, to decrease student respect for the graduate, and hence for the nursing profession. Some of these examples are: 1. The unpunctual nurse who arrives on the ward with last minute breathlessness. 2. The clock-watching nurse who manages to leave the ward earlier and earlier each evening, often leaving her duties in the hands of stu 1ents. 3. The hungry nurse, who eats on the ward in spite of rules to the contrary. 4. The graduate nurse who " neaks" a smoke on duty, fre0 Page 22 quently in ll1e actual presence of students. 5. The graduate who make a practice of wearing her uniform on the st reet and in public conveyances, although she well knows the reasons underlying rules prohibiting it. 6. The graduate who quite openly indnlges in self-medication, helping h erself freely to the content of the medicine cabinets and pre cribing for herself with- out benefit of physician. These make up but a few of th places where the student sees on thing done >md hears another thin, taught. Her teaching is of little avail against such odds! There is an even more seriou list of poor personal examples, for tunately limi1ed to but a few ~ our profession. These include: 1. The graduate who gossip a bout physicians before student' s GI co (Continued on page 24 ) ANDREW MARBLE Company Floor Craft Company c 327' s Interior and Exterior MARBLE The Quality Wise Economize Indiana LIMESTONE & GRANITE at • PHONE 8-5351 Phon e Midvale 911-W c Phone 31 Post 0 Salt Lal FloorCraft MIDVALE ADDRESS-73 No. Main Maack B 1306 South West Temple Salt Lake City, Utah E c "Qua have c Hyw~ 2124 So Pho IT'S CHEAPER IT'S MORE CONVENIENT Salt L £ewti g JWa STRliESiJ CHARTER SERVICE ••• anywhere ••• anytime 360 SO . 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State Street Phone 6-0903 Salt Lake City, Utah MEDICAL ARTS PHARMACY Prescription Pharmacists 50 East South Temple St. Phone 4-7815 Salt Lake City • Hospital Beds • Wheel Chairs • Crutches " 24 Hour Medical Oxygen Service" Phone [phone] South 2nd East Salt Lake City IENT ~ COMPLIMENTS OF CRANE COMPANY ytime PHONE 3°6 S 11 Phone [phone] West Second South Salt Lake City, Utah J UTAH NURSE JUlY ~UGUST, 1950 Page 23 vergent. lt is here that the sincerely interested young graduate may make a contribution by interpreting the student to the older members of the staff, and by trying to secure for the student better attitudes and understanding. The young graduate too often feels no concern for the group of which she was a member, but yesterday. Somewhere during her training the student has been imbued with the over-exalted opinion of the value of her white uniform and black band and a very low opinion of the extent of her obligations to other nurses. The only place Nurses can Help Nursing (Co ntinued from page 22) 2. The graduate who gosszps about patients. 3. The gra duate who makes flagrant breaks in technic. 4. The graduate who disavows her official organizations. 5. The graduate who engenders a sense of dissatisfaction and unrest in students and other graduates, with the administration of the nursing service and the school. We cannot make human nature over. There are faults in all of us. and so frequently these faults are the result of lack of thought rather than downright viciousness. In the examples cited above graduate nurses would be aghast if they realized the far reaching effects on students of what may seem to be quite minor pecadillos. The second area in which the graduate fails her sister, the stu dent nurse, is in the first two or threeyearsaftergraduation. Many and sincere efforts are made by faculty and administration to discover the real needs and problems of the student group, but there is a barrier between these executive nurses and the students which is difficult to surmount. Separated by many years of experience and by age differences, what the faculty think the student body needs, and what the students themselves feel they need may be widely di- BILLINGS LETTER SERVICE (Quoted from Davis Nursing Survey BIENNIJ! (Continue. "trl'ates a feeling staff and hamper tlw future. These problen latt>r meetings, d The two organ "as voted for, a was adopted, as for nurses, also, ti nf'gro nurse in ti: Accomplishme: world health incl ll'rnational Coun '' orld Health Ori "Observer Status retarv of ANA I • • • for all your OFFICE SUPPLIES NEIL O'DONNELL MORTUARY NOA~ HANSON Three Generations of SERVICE LUMB! 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Hol Manufacturers of Desks, Chairs, Flies and Safes 60 West 2nd South " Once Tri Phone 3-3905 Established 1897 I 43 West Broadway Salt lake City 11 MIDWEST OFFICE SUPPLY LETTERS-One or A Million Dial 9-0331 509 Dooly Building Salt Lake City where such a feeling could be en gendered is at the hands of othe1 older nurses. As the graduate wa· treated when a student, so she in turn treats students below her. Somewhere, with some group. this attitude can be changed. When it is changed we shall have accom plished two important thing> First, we will have obtained a powerful force to help in educal· ing new nurses, and second, "e will have begun to interest the young graduate nurse in her profession from a point of view d what she can do to make it better. CARS or TRUCKS FOR RENT OR LEASE Phone 3-5656 Salt Lake City, Utah r HANSEN-NIED E RH AU SER COMPANY Plumbing 1 255 Heating and Ventilating Contractors Phone [phone] MAJOR STREET Salt Lake City, Utah JULY -AUGUST, 1 Poge 24 UTAH NURli ling could be ene hands of other the graduate was tudent, so she in ents below her. ·th some group, e changed. When shall have accommportant things. have obtained a o help in educat' and second, we n to interest the nurse in her propoint of view of to make it better. is Nursing Survey.) BIENNIAL CONVENTION REPORTS (Continued from page 14) "create a feeling of uncertainty among ... staff and hampers efficient planning for the future. These problems were taken up in loter meetings, discussed, and voted on. The two organization structure plan was voted for, a written Code for nurses was adopted, as was a no strike policy for nurses, also, they voted to include the n°gro nurse in the ANA. Accomplishment in the interest of 11orld health included recognition of International Council of urses by the 11orld Health Organization and granting .. Observer Status" to the Executive Secretary of ANA by United Nations. Miss Elizabeth Phillips, head of Convention Committee on Practical Nurses and Auxiliary Workers, said that uniformity in requirements of practical nurse rating is confusing the public. Training varies from 30 weeks to 15 months in 28 sta tes having laws fixing qualification for this group. There are 90 approved school s of practical nursing in the U.S. She urged nurses to encourage the Organization of Practical Nurses Associations and to offer advice and consultation to such associations, also that they wear proper identification at all times when on duty. The President of the NOPHN said that the American housewife and the Public Health Nurse have become effective partn ers in promoting better public health. This shows that better cooperation can be had in nursing functions if the lay citizen and the nurse work together. Our night meetings were highlighted with special speakers and music. Lt. General Albert C. Wedemeyer Commanding General of the Sixth' Army, spoke on women's role in National Security. The American Journal of Nursing gave a pagent commemorating their Golden Anniversary. The San Francisco Hospital Student Nurses Sang and we heard the wonderful pipe organ in the Many souveniers Civic Auditorium. were given the nurses and each day the (Continued on page 26) r >r all your SUPPLIES LOCHHEAD FISHERIES Wholesale Sea foods S0 N 438 East 7th South Salt Lake City, Utah QUIPMENT PANY Dial 4-5636 Phone 130 ovo JOSTEN'S-AUTREY BROS. Southeast Ready Mixed Concrete Co. STAMP CO. 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SISAM 778 Browning Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah MORTUARY Phone [phone] South 2nd East Salt Lake City, Utah Phone 8-8831 JULY·A UGUST, 1950 UTAH NURSE Dial 6-8906 Biennial Convention Reports (Continued from page 25) American Air Lines furnished the nurses with fresh corsages. The hospitality of the nurses of California and everyone who had anything to do with the convention could not have been surpas ed. It would be hard to tell you every detail, but I hope I have aroused your interest enough so that you will not miss the next biennial and now I know you will be anxious to know who the new officer of the ANA are: President, Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, Ohio; 1st Vice-President, Miss Janet Geister, Illinois; 2nd Vice-President, Mrs. Bethel McGrath, Minnesota; Secretary, Mrs. Agnes Ohlson, Connecticut; Treasurer, Miss Lucy D. Germain, Mich. Four Year Directors: Miss Pearl Mciver, District of Columbia; Miss Leona Adams, Indiana; Miss Dylis Salisbury, Arizona; Mrs. Linnie Laird, Oregon. Two Year Directors: Mrs. Elizabeth Hay, New Hampshire. omination Committee: Miss Louise Knaoo, Missouri; Miss Ruth Mobray, Maryland; Miss Ruth Kahl, Utah; Mrs. Avis B. Scholder, Nebraska. Before I close I must not forget to mention the Florence Nightingale Foundation. I don't think the nurses of Utah are aware that we did not meet our quota. Come on, girls, let's get behind this very worthy cause and make it 100% or more next time. A dominating personality cloesn'L help much if the other fellow is driving a truck. CHURCH FARM DA I RY PASTEURIZED MILK FROM CONTENTED COWS " That Good Guernsey Milk " 2755 South 2nd West - Phon e 6 -8277 Salt lake City Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. Mental Hygiene Bulletin Receive Degrees The Utah Society for Mental Hygiene in coop~ration with the Mental Heaith Authority of the Utah State Department ~f Public Health has recently issued a booklet of lecture$, recordings, films, and books to promote interest in mental health. This catalogue lists 85 individuals who have agreed to speak before any interested group on various phases of mental hygiene. Those who may be interested are instructed to communicate with the Secretary of the Utah Society for Mental Hygiene, 156 Westminister Ave. , Salt Lake City, Utah. Receiving their Bachelor Science degree in Nursing Educ tion at the University of Uta. June 13, were Ellen Ryan, Nom Potter, Marie Goris English, L ella Hyatt, Marilyn Davis, Mad line Anderson, Mary Austin, OL Blakemore, Margaret Butler, Be tha Coombs, Lillian DeYoun Hazel Flamm, Eileen Frain:. Marjorie Hotz, J oAnn Lars Ruth McCoy, Feryl Morgan, P tricia Mote, Corrine Ott, Eva fo Randolph, Beryl Rhoads, Bever Thyret, May Tsukamoto, a Roselyn VVoodward. Forget yesterday Ignore tomorrow Live today, and Quit Worrying Compliments of . Page 26 Linebaugh Drug Service Press Pri nters of the Utah Nurse 149 E. 2nd So. • Solt lake City, Utoh DIAL 3-9841 Co. 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