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.

UTAH NURSE '()CT" 1 No. 3 PUBLICATION OF UTAH STATE NURSES In This Issue IL L ED :e Uniforms b e illustratio~ ill TO SEARS History of St. Mark's Hospital • 1950 Platform of American Nurses' Association or m s Price • Personality etch •• Reports V.on ey Order of Officers ws Highlights e ••.......••.••..... 5 Tax.) T STH SOUTH PARK FREE -Fridays Unti! BEATRICE SMITH • • • • Pioneer Nurse s 1950 ASSOCIATION UTAH NURSE The Members of the OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF UTAH STATE NURSES UTAH ASSOCIATION Salt Lake City 1, Utah Room 210, 158 East Second South foLUME 1 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1950 STATE NUMBER 3 FLORISTS ASSOCIATION Co-Editor, Ione Broadhurst 424 E. 3060 So. Salt Lake City, Utah Editor, Luella Hyatt 134 W. 17th South Salt Lake City 4, Utah Contents for September - October Beatrice Smith - WISH 2 Pioneer of the Profession TO THANK THE letters To The Editor 2 History of St. Mark's Hospital 3 1950 Platform of the ANA 4 USNA 1950 Convention News 5 USNA Convention Program 5 ANA 37th Biennial Convention 7 For Their Excerpts From Private Duty Section Meetings 8 Cooperation Psychiatric Nursing Affiliation 9 NURSES In Taking Care Biennial Convention Reports 10 From The Biennial 12 of our Flowers District Reports 13 All communications should be addressed to the Utah Nurse, P. 0 . Box 614, Salt Lake City 10, Utah. The Utah Nurse is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts nd photographs. STANDARD BRANDS, INC. 560 So. West Temple Salt Lake City SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1950 THE PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY "Strictly a Pharmacy" 6 East 3rd South Phone 4-5591 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ACCURATE DEPENDABLE APPRECIATIVE 0. C. TANNER JEWELRY CO. Graduatio n Pi ns G ifts U.P. N. Pins DI AL 42 West 4-7731 2nd South SALT LAKE CITY Page l BEATRICE SMITH PIONEER OF THE PROFESSION Miss Beatrice Smith, subject of our front cover picture this issue, is truly a pioneer in the profession of nursing. She is one of the first graduates of the St. Mark's Hospital School of Nursing. It was in the month of November away back in the year 1896 that a twenty-eight year old would-be nurse came to Salt Lake City. Today, Beatrice Smith has retired from this most honorable profession, but she can look back, with many fond memories, on fortyseven years she served her fellow men. When Beatrice Smith came to St. Mark's School of Nursing, it was the only one of its kind west of the Mississippi. Her application, along with those of twelve other potential nurses, was accepted and she embarked on a career that paid her the magnificent sum of five dollars per month. She and her fellow students were assigned living quarters in the basement of the hospital. It may surprise you present day nurses to learn that Beatrice Smith was required to undergo three years of training before she was awarded a certificate. However, the courses were much more difficult at that time. These "pioneer" nurses often worked fourteen hours a day. Of the twelve students who began in Miss Smith's class, only Beatrice and one other finished the rigorous course; ten of them became too discouraged to continue. At the beginning of her second year, Miss Smith could look forward to an additional dollar in her HAVE YOU ADDRESS ? CHANGED YOUR PLEASE notify headqua rters office when you change your ad dress or you r name . Each time Page 2 monthly stipend. It was rather difficult to purchase the required text books and other personal necessities from this sum. Small wonder, that Miss Smith well remembers her third year when the monthly salary was increased to ten dollars. The studies, as Miss Smith recalls, were difficult and the instructors were strict. "Luckly'', says Beatrice Smith, "our class escaped the licensing test. When it was brought into effect all graduate nurses were automatically given a license:" (The use of the word "escaped" is typical of her genial nature.) Graduate nurses of the time were paid one hundred dollars a month; a princely sum in the days at the turn of this century. Compare this to the recently increased beginners minimum which now affects most nurses in Utah. You should see Beatrice now. Eighty-two years young, she is the most cheerful person imaginable. Tiny in stature, she nevertheless dominates her surroundings with an affable and forthright nature. She recalls here many years of nursing with the same exactness with which she prepared herself for a life of service. Women, such as Beatrice Smith, personify the joy that is to be derived from serving one's fellowman. The cover of the next issue of the UTAH NURSE will feature another outstanding personality of the nursing profession. Don't miss it. many bulletins are returned to the office due to incorrect addresses and the USNA must pay for each r eturned copy. Send a penny . postcard g ivi ng Letters To The Edit• St. From: National League of Nursinf Education, Inc. New Yori City. July 28, 1950. Miss Luella Hyatt The Utah Nurse Salt Lake City, Utah. Dear Miss Hyatt: Just this morning a copy of th first issue of the Utah Nurse cam to my desk. We are delighted t tin. I enjoyed this one very mucl know that you now have a bull~ and shall look forward to further issues. Congratulations on the fine job you are doing. All good wishes to you for continuing successful "editoria career." Greetings from Head quarters. Cordially yours, GLADYS S. BENZ, Direct~ Department of Advisor Service to State League of Nursing Education. Congratulations! You're doing a wonderful job with the Utan Nurse. Best wishes, ELLEN M. ANDERSON P.H.N. From: Salt Lake Area V ocationai School. Enclosed is 25c for an additional copy of the UTAH NURSE. Mai we congratulate you on such an excellent edition. Every bit o it was enjoyable reading and in· formative . . . Best wishes to you and to the progress of the UTAH NURSE. We will be looking for· ward to the next issue with pleasure. Sincerely yours, ELAINE MELLOR, R.N. Director, Practical Nurszng. t c O the mo F indispu was the Territo Wet. auspice The lio its act Revere St. Ma erand Bishop nnne of the St. doors July ever, fring wher six b S01ne large area. hos pi It pleti in 1 bran your old and new add ress when you move . If for any rea son you are not receiving the bulleti n, plea se wri t e the office immed iately . UTAH NURSI SE ~t. Mark's Hospital Grew With Utah urs1ng w York 1950. the many claims to fame accrued to St. Mark's Hospital, ·he most important-and the most mdisputable-is the fact that it wa the first hospital in the Utah Territory and the Intermountain \\'est. It was founded under the auspices of the Episcopal Church. The lions share of the credit for its actual beginning goes to the ReYerend R. M . Kirby, Rector of t. '.\1ark's Church, the Right Reverand Daniel S. Tuttle, D .D ., Bi hop of Utah, and to several mine operators and business men of the late 1860's. O F y of the se came ~hted to ymuch a bullefurther the fine u for a ~ditorial Head- ' 'Jirector ldvisory Leagues ation. doing a Utah rnSON cational ditional C. May mch an bit of and into you UTAH ing forh pleas- R.N. tZ Nurs- 11.H NURSE t. Mark's Hospital opened the doors at it's present location in July of 1893. Its first site, howerer. was in the south eastern fringe of the residential district where it had a capacity of only ,L\ beds. That was April of 1872. 'ome years later it moved to a ~rger building in the same general area. This move afforded the hospital a total of twelve beds. It is history that, with the completion of the Overland Railway m 1869, and of the Salt Lake branch somewhat later, enlarged mining operations resulted in more frequent accidents that demaned hospitalization. In fact, it wa the manager of a mine in the .alt Lake area, a Major Wilkes, 11ho first presented to St. Mark's Church the urgent need for a hospital where the injured and the ill might be cared for; and sugge ted a plan for it's financing . . Dr. John F. Hamilton, a skilled surgeon, who for a time had been mthe services of the United States Army at Camp Douglas, was the first member of the staff. With his professional guidance and the aegis of Bishop Tuttle, Reverend Kirby, Major Wilkes and Mr. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1950 St . Ma rk's . . . . W it h The First Warren Hussey, a prominent business man, the first St. Mark's Hospital became more than an idea. There were many large mining enterprises in the area, employing a great number of men. Most of these companies subscribed liberally to the financing of this undertaking. Most of the men in the employ of these companies, each gave a dollar per month, which entitled them to hospitalization when ill or injured. Credit should also be given to the many business men of the city who made regular subscriptions to the first hospital in the Utah Territory. Another sourc~ of finances was the Hospital Ball, which became an annual affair. This social event later became known as "St. Mark's Charity Ball. " The new hospital was very nearly self supporting from the time of actual operations. According to early records a substantial payment was made on the permanent expenditure at the end of the first six months. During the first year the total receipts were slightly over nine thousand dollars. After all expenses had beet: paid, the ledgers showed a balance on hand of approximately twelve dollars. This spoke well for the management of the Board of Trustees and the supervision of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Du-e to the fact that the hospital was originally instituted for the employees of the mining interests, it is understandable that the first cases were mostly of industrial origin. Early case records list a preponderance of lead poisoning cases, then known as 'plumbism.' During the first several years at St. Mark's, individual mines sometimes sent as high as twenty cases a month to the hospital for treatment of this industrial afflication. According to one chronicler, for several years, over half of the admissions to St. Mark's were for lead poisoning, and one year sixtyseven percent belonged to this. classification. (Continued on page 6) Page 3' 1950 Plattorm of the American Nurses' Association 1. Participate actively with allied groups to meet the health needs of the country, and particularly the needs for nursing care. 2. Establish national organiza- tional structure for effective action . . in nursing. 3. Continue to plan with the National Security Resources Board for health care in times of emergency. 4. Promote nursing in prepaid health and medical care plans. 5. Support accreditation of programs in nursing education by the profession to protect the nursing student and the public. 6. Promote state licensure for all who nurse for hire. 7. Increase the supply of competent nursing personnel through such measures as improved recruitment of students, improved and extended educational programs, professional counseling and placement. 8. Promote federal, state, and local financial aid for the improvement of schools of nursmg, for scholarship aid, and for research in nursmg. anes, and other working conditions. 12. Promote international exchange of students and teachers of nursing, and support programs for displaced persons in the nursing profession. 13. Co-operate in the development of professional nursing in the Americas. 14. Support the United Nations and its specialized agencies, particularly the World Health Organization through the International Council of Nurses. ACode of Ethics For The Nursing Profession 1. The fundamental responsibili- 2. 3. 4. 9. Improve working conditions which directly affect the recruitment and efficiency of nursing person n e 1 through strengthing economic security programs, using group technics, including collective bargaining and supporting desirable labor legislation affecting nurses. 5. 10. Promote a wider use by nurses themselves of voluntary insurance plans, and support the extension of Federal Social Security benefits to all nurses. 7. 11. Promote full participation of minority groups in association activities, and eliminate discrimination m job opportunities, salPage 4 6. 8. ty of the nurse is to conserve life and to promote health. The professional nurse must not only be adequately prepared to practice, but can maintain professional status only by continued reading, study, observation, and mvestigation. When a patient requires continuous nursing service, the nurse must remain with the patient until assured that adequate relief is available. The riligious beliefs must be respected. Professional nurses hold m confidence all personal information entrusted to them. A nurse recommends or gives medical treatment without medical orders only in emergencies and reports such action to a physician at the earliest possible moment. The nurse is obligated to carry out the physicians' orders intelligently, to avoid misunderstanding or inaccuracies by verifying orders and to refuse to participate in unethical practices. The nurse sustains confidence m the physician and other members of the health tea incompetency or unethic conduct of associates in health professions should exposed, but only to the pr per authority. us 9. The nurse is entitled to ju remuneration for rendered and has a ponding obligation to conscientious return vice. sernc corr make in se 10. A nurse accepts only sm compensation as the contrar. actual or implied, provid A professional worker d(j not eccept tips or bribes. 11. Professional nurses do n permit their names to be us in connection with testimoru als m the advertisement products. 12. The Golden Rule should gui~ the nurse m relationship with members of other profio s10ns and with nursmg a, sociates. 13. The nurse in private life a1 heres to standards of persona ethics which reflect credi upon the profession. 14. In personal conduct, nur should not knowingly dim gard the accepted patterns behavior of the community it which they live and work. 15. The nurse as a citizen under stands and upholds the la\\· and as a professional worke is especially concerned witl those laws which affect th practice of medicine and nun mg. 16. A nurse should participate and share responsibility witn other citizens and health pr~ fessions in promoting effort to meet the health needs ol the public-local, state national, and international. 17. A nurse recognizes and per· forms the duties of citizen· ship, such as voting and holding office when eligible; these duties include an appreciation of the social, economic, ano political factors which develoi a desirable pattern of living together in a community. UTAH NURll • • w·1n ~ I' Want t how and offered. The U several y project to Service F coming a for educ tance fon This ) some val be made through cents ea chances, The p 1st-E 2nd- 3rd-] 4th-] In ad prizes most tic to quar minim for the EveIJ cess of wholly New id in ferti that wi "vill be will be at the 1 in chm You11 many 1 hear fr Con1 ing: Lue] Salt Health Nm; or Dr. Ma or Ge1 SEPTEMI h team; nethical s in the ould be the pro- cl to just services t corres> make a in serily such contract, provides. ker does e>es. do not ) be used ~s timoni­ :ment of Jld guide tionships !r profes·smg as- ! life adpersonal :t credit ., nurses ly disre.tterns of mnity in work. n underthe laws l worker 1ed with ffect the md nurs- ~rticipate ity with alth prog efforts needs of sta te, 1tional. and percitizenmd holdlle; these >reciation mic, and develop of living nity. AH NUR SE U.S.N.A. 19 50 COnvention News Win A Prize \Yant to win a prize? Here is ow and why prizes are being offered. The USNA has, for the past ,ereral years, promoted an annual 1roject to increase it's Welfare and )ervice Fund, which is now beoming a secure, financial plan ir educational and health assisiRnre for our graduate nurses. This year we have acquired 'ome valuable articles which will be made available to the members through the sale of tickets, fifty ·ents each, entitling holder to four ·hances, one on each prize. The prizes are as follows: !st-Electric blanket. 2nd-Electric Toaster Hostess set. 3rd-Electric Waffle and Sandwich Grill. 4th-Electric Steam Iron. In addition we are offering four prize to the nurses selling the most tickets, the minimum of fifty ·o qualify for the 1st prize and a minimum of twenty-five to qualify for the other three prizes. Everyone knows that the success of such a venture depends wholly on each and every member. \'ew ideas will always spring up mfertile fields, so any suggestions that will make this a banner year will be gratefully received. These will be used, of filed for future use, at the discretion of the committee m charge. Your interest is most vital. How many tickets will you sell? Let us hear from you. Contact any of the three followmg: Luella Hyatt, 134 W. 17th So. Salt Lake City, or Co. Board of Health. Nora Eichmeier, 352 E. 4th So. or Dr. Middletons Office. Maxine Cope, 1441 E. 27th So. or General Hospital. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1950 Remember Your Convention We just want to remind you to set aside October 5th, 6th, and 7th and plan to be in Salt Lake City for the State Nurses' Convention, headquarters at Hotel Utah. As we have told you before, make your reservations directly with the Hotel for your rooms. An excellent program is being arranged by the General Duty Section for the three-day meeting. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 9-9:50 ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING 10 A.M . Business meeting U.S.N.A. Parliamentarian __________ Ruby Farnsworth. 2 P.M. Guest speaker. Musical interlude. Attorney Clarence C. Neslen, legal . counselor USN A. The Convention will close with a luncheon Saturday noon at Open forum last fifteen minutes. which time the new state officers 7 P.M . will be announced. Also the W elfare Committee will conduct the Convention committee program drawing for the prizes which are and banquet. being offered for your donations SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 to the welfare fund . District No. 1 is tentatively planning to sponsor a concert Saturday, October 7th, featuring Frederick Dixon, famous pianist, if necessary arrangements can be made. You will be able to obtain tickets from members of District No. 1 at the Convention. TENTATIVE PROGRAM USNA 10 A .M . Section meetings. Luncheon at 12. Why Take Less When Pepsi's Best CONVENTION Hotel Utah, October 5, 6, 7, 1950 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 10 A .M . Invocation Presentation of colors _______________ _ ____ American Legion Auxilliary. Pledge to flag ________ Led by AL.A. President, Mrs. A. Murray Singing ........ America the Beautiful Pianist and chorister from A.L.A. Address of Welcome.--- ---··-----·--------·--- --- -Mayor Earl J. Glade. Response and address of welcome ________ USNA President, Cynthia Curtis. Student nurses program-1 hour. 2 P.M. Guest speaker__ ____ Wallace Bennett. Musical interlude. Guest speaker. More Bounce To The Ounce Pag e 5 ward of th e new edifice be m ade a memorial to D r. H amilton, w h o had dohe so much to make St. Mark's H ospital the su ccess that it was. Dr. A. C. Standart was appointed as_the new Medical D irector. The new building contained apartments on the main floor for the superintendent, the resident physician and the head nurse. There was also a reception room, a dining room and a drug storage room on the first floor. The second floor was made up of private rooms, while the third contained operating rooms, wards and more private rooms. At that time, thirty-five patients represented the total capacity of the new building. Today St. Mark's Hospital can easily accommodate over two hundred and twenty-five patients. With th e enlarged facilities other problems arose. It was necessary to add more doctors to the staff, and th e need for more trained nurses became acute. In March of 1894, the Board authorized the establishment of a training school for nurses . . . T he school was opened the following month under the supervision of Mary Edith Newitt, a graduate of St. Luke's Training School for Nurses in New York. It is believed that the St. Mark's Nursing School was the first west of the Mississippi. From that time on, the growth of St. Mark's Hospital almost kept pace with that of the people it was endeavoring to serve. In 1896 the south wing was added; two years later the north wing was completed, and St. Mark's could accommodate a total of one hundred and twenty patients. In 1895, St. Mark's acquired its first ambulance; a horse drawn vehicle (Continued on page 8) LAUNDRY SUPPLY CO . Standard Laundry & Dry Cleaners Supplies 270 West 1st North SALT LAKE CITY Page 6 of the most distressin g diseases in the annals of local medicin e-typhoid fever. Further perusal of th ese records indicates th at infant and m aternal m ortality lead th e list of causes of death . D eath by violence made its contribution to the death lists, too. Gun shot wounds, knifings, industrial accidents, all made contributions commensurate with the rugged life of those times. IP Tune of 1879 St. Mark's Hospital was incorporated. The capital stock of the corporation amounted to ten thousand dollars. In September of that same year, the corporation purchased the premises where th e hospital was situated. The hospital continued to fill an ever increasing demand for its services for some ten years thereafter. T he organization grew; Dr. F. S. Bascom was appointed assistant to D r. H amilton and several other doctors were invited to affiliate t hemselves with th e hospital . . . Improvements were made in th e bu ilding and several small additions were completed. A s th e years went by and the city grew, it became evident that St. Mark's Hospital was not large enc11gh to fulfill the demands for its services. There was constant agitation for a new and larger hospital. :;:11 January of 1890 the Board appowted a committee to investigate other locations, and sometime later the northwest corner of Second West and Seventh North was purchased for a sum of five thousand five hundred dollars. The corner stone of the first structure at this location was laid on July 31, 1892, and the new St. Mark's Hospital began operations one year later. It is a tragic note that Dr. Hamilton died while the new hospital was under construction. It was suggested that the general ST. MARK'S (Contin ued from page 3) Early case records were kev by the hou sekeeper, as the mal nurses had little time for boo work. T h ese notes were qui! interesting; many times containing observations about the chai acter of the patient as well as scarr details of treatments. A revie of such records as are availabl shows that appendicitis was th second most prevalent cause !1 hospitalization. The third was on I Co~pliments Service Press Printers of the Utah Nurse 149 E. 2nd So. IVE " Romane Butwa of a con ing Con of!inJ<Jui,s f - :J.ern e/iu J • • Funeral Advisors Our Aim is to cooperate with aU hospitals and medical staffs to th, best of our ability. We are as near ai your nearest telephone. We are ab! to complete all funeral arrangement;. regardless of your financial condition 0 0 0 2128 So . State Dial 6-3826 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH M i lton W . Li ndqu is t - Josep h P. ferneliui IRON LUNGS - HOT PACK APPARATUS - RESUSCITATORS Phone 9-4742 I arri· time to b nounce~ morluar11 Repre se nta ti ve of J. H. EMERSON SALT LAKE CITY o'c May to embark th e most my life. T vention o Associatio best state long been hoped co you butte incesssan privileged and I ha F Salt Lake City, Uta• • DIAL 3-9841 L. N. CURTIS and SONS 426 West 3rd North of . A.N BILLINGS LETTER SERVICE LETTERS-One or A ion in tl May 7 two ses. in gs of Nursine ligh ts 0 to rep~ many basic t educati sh ould of sch o lish ed m en t nation of llUI cussed work FRUI Millian Dial 9-0331 509 Dooly Buildi ng Salt Lake City UTAH NU ' SEPTE kept male book quite tainchar- s the e for as one se Utah 1, A. N. A. 31th Biennlal Convention • Mildred Rordame, Delegate p1vE o'clock on the morning of :\fay 5, 1950 I was privileged -nembark upon a new and one of the most thrilling adventures of :ny life. To attend a Biennial Conrention of the American Nurses Asociation as a delegate from the ~I state in the United States, had 1ong been a dream that I hardly hoped could come true. I assure rou butterflies within me fluttered mcesssantly for neither had I been privileged to visit San Francisco, and I had an overwhelming desire 10 be introduced to some of the 'Romance of that great city." But wait, this was to be a report of a convention, a "History Making Convention" too. th all o the ear as 1e able men ts, aition. 3826 • rnelius CE Million ng NURSE I arrived in San Francisco in time to become registered and pronounced eligible to voice my opinion in that great epic on Sunday ~lay 7th, and that day attended two sessions of the annual meetmgs of the National League of ~ursing Education. The highlights of these two meetings was to report to and clarify to the many nurses present the principles basic to and upon which nursing education in the United States <hould be built. The classification of schools of nursing that was published last year and the development of the program for the national accreditation of schools of nursing was explained and discussed. What a wonderful piece of work is being done. Every nurse PACIFIC FRUIT & PRODUCE CO . DIAL 4- 1871 160 Pacific Ave. SALT LAKE CITY SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1950 should be proud and thankful to belong to such a far seeing organization. Monday morning bright and early nurses by the thousands gathered in great seething lines in the outer corridors of that high building, the Civic Auditorium. I had never been in such a large building and like a child I prayed that the construction would not collapse around me, or that I would suddenly awaken and find I was not there. I assure you my vision is average but I truly had difficulty seeing who was seated in the balcony across the way. In fact they were quite blurred out. not been afraid to act. I too give credit to the great masses, 171,000 members of the American Nurses Association who have followed and contributed to nursing. We really have something truly great in a professional organization whose primary function is to serve the health needs of the greatest nation on earth. (Continued on page 9) FRANK S. EMERY INSURANCE AGENCY ALL TYPES Of INSURANCE Ness " Quality Cookery at t he Crossroads " Hyway 40 - 91 21 24 So. State Street Utah 's Foremost Suppliers of Professional Gowns, Towels and Linens " I t Pats To Keep Clean" Salt lake City 3-4862 EVANS CAFE AMERICAN LINEN SUPPLY 3 3 East 6th So. * Phone* SALT LAKE CITY I believe the most impressing thing of the whole convention was the parliamentary procedures exercised throughout the entire convention. The responsibility of which fell to two very unusual persons. Our little parliamentarian, Mrs. Harvey Thomas, slight but dynamic, as keen as a razor's edge and witty enough to make Mark Twain think twice. The other person, our own Pearl Mclver, past president of the American Nurses Association, truly a dynamic leader, orderly and dignified with the ability to remember the "motion" the "second" the "question" and the "vote" all in proper order. To me it is no longer a question why nursing has made the vast strides it has, because always nurses have been led by magnificent people who have looked to the future and * Bldg . - Dial 4-8448 Phone 6-0903 Salt Lake City, Utah Compl iments - QUI SH School of Beauty Culture Phone [phone] South Main St. SALT LAKE CITY Page 7 . ~ ST. MARK'S (Continued from Page 6) which was main tained for the hospital by the Salt Lake Transportation Company. St. Mark's served as county hospital from its early days until 1912 when the County Hospital was completed. EXCERPTS FROM PRIVATE DUTY SECTION MEETINGS ·· 1950 BIENNIAl Name of the Section, to remain the Private Duty Section. Object of P.D. Section. The growth of St. Mark's Hospital was so rapid and its facilities during its growth were always so overtaxed, that it wasn't until 1921 that the Hospital was fully accredited by the American College of Surgeons. Credit for improvements and standardization of procedures which lead to this approval, must go to Dr. A. C. Behle and his co-workers during those years of growth. Today, St. Mark's Hospital stands as a living tribute to the courage and foresight of those who built it; a tribute that serves the needs of a people today as it has for more than three quarters of a century. Being A Citizen vVe· wot..ld like to remind you that this is election year and we strongly urge each and every one of you to use your right as a citizen of our United States and VOTE. Become acquainted with all the candidates and study their platforms. Vote for the candidate whom you feel will best fill the public office. If you are not registered in your district to vote, we hope that you register on one of the following dates: October 10, 17, and 31 , 1950. Be a first class citizen this year and VOTE NOVEMBER 7, 1950. KATHRINE BRIM (a ) Promote better nur s ing care of the patient through the continuous development of the nurse engaged in private duty. (b ) Promote the interests of nurses, engaged in private duty and to provide an opportunity for the consideration of problems of special interest to those nurses. On structure-private duty nurses were in favor of retaining A .N.A. structure. In case of change in A.N.A. structure, resolutions for future constitution and by-laws were accepted. Discussion on private duty representation in the house of delegates. Porportionate representation will be advocated. In some states private Q.uty nurses pay $1.00 a year into a fund which is used to send a delegate to the Biennial. Discussion on nursing service in medical care plans. Private duty nursing needs to be included in all plans. Discussion on social security for private duty nurses. H .R. _6 000 has passed but the P.D. nurse will pay the total amount. No satisfactory way to include private duty nurses has yet been found . Hereafter,private duty nurses will do group nursing only in an emergency and limit patients to two. CAPITOL CHEVROLET RELIABLf 777 South State St. Private duty nurses went on r cord favoring the nursing fum tions survey. Some states reported tha through their state head quarter· arrangements had been made include private ~uty nursing State industrial commission con tracts. Discussion on practical nurse A.N.A. does not recommend th use of practical nurses on privat duty in hospitals. p •1 u fro I now psyc clini tate psy bee That state association follows thi recommendations of the AN.A pert";ning to duties of the L.P.~ A recommendation to AN.A that the public relations committ~ be asked to educate and infom the public on the difference ~ tween the graduate and practica nurse. That A.N.A. be asked to recom mend to the licensed practica nurse association, that the L.P.K wear uniforms which can be easih differentiated from the unifonn ~ a graduate nurse. ' Discussion on private duty re presentation on the joint board· and on A.N.A. committees. ing the and poss for 1 pita yea bee no and $30 son New officers : Miriam chairman. Robider-Maryland Margaret Houghton- California 1st vice chairman. Marie Geisler-Illinois 2nd vice chairman. Catherine Hockadae-Arkansa) Secretary. by MIRIAM S. is la Bo in oth MARVI N COMPANY SALES AND SERVICE Phone 5-7533 SALT LAKE CITY Pag e 8 UTAH NURS! SEP AL Psychiatric Nursing Affiliation • Begins at Utah State Mental Hospital October 2 be pleased to Ulearnnursesthatwillstudent nurses TAH that. rters. e to gm conirses. l the vate .A. rittee form • betical re1ards and rrna vice nsas UR SE lrom Utah schools of nursing will Oii' receive their three months of :1sychiatric nursing classwork and imical experience at their own 'late mental hospital. Since 1948 :11ychiatric nursing practice has oeen required before students ould take state board examinations in Utah. It is now required before licensure in nearly all 'tates. Although certain CIVIC and educational groups have been workmg for many years to bring a bout the improvements in personnel and patient care that would make possible an educational program for nurses at the Utah State Hospital, it is only in the the past two rear that noteworthy progress has been made. The nurses home is now nearly ready for occupancy and a recent appropriation of 30.000 for additional hospital personnel and equipment has cleared all'ay many obstacles to the conduct of a program worthy of state and national accreditation. Warm appreciation is due to the efforts of Mrs. Frank Evans and Mrs. 0. '\. :vialmquist of the Womans Leg1slati ve Council and Mr. Albert R. Bowen, a Salt Lake City attorney m contacting Governor Lee and other members of the Board of Examiners and presenting to them the needs of the state hospital and the benefits to the patients that might be expected from better nursmg care. :virs. Evans, Mrs. Malmquist and Mr. Bowen are members of the Psychiatric Nursing Education Committee which in addition to members from all of the hospital SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER , 1950 schools expecting to send students to the affiliation has representatives from the State Board of Education, the State Mental hospital and the St3te Welfare Commission. There yet remains much to be done and Utah nurses can help in seeing that improvements at the state hospital continue to be made. The $30,000 appropriation for additional personnel and equipment will carry the institution at a high level of service only until March 1, 1951. Legislators will be flooded with requests for additional appropriations to many state institutions because of sharp increases in labor and other costs. You can see to it that the representatives and senators from your district .understand the urgency of increased financial support of the mental hospital. The money is needed for improved nursing care and the student nurse affiliation is only a small part of the program for improved care. Miss HELEN MACKRILL, Chairman of the Psychiatric Nursing Education Committee. ANA 37th BIENNIAL (Continued from page 7) Some how I seem to stray from the pattern of a true report. Perhaps you selected a wrong delegate for I truly admit there was much I should have known to have been able to contribute. Once I dared to stand on that little platform in front of one of hundreds of microphones, and suddenly I knew there was not even a butterfly left in me but only a great lump that welled up in my throat and I thought I would surely burst but some how I heard Miss Mel ver' s voice clear and calm call out, "microphones four." That was me. I was on. I don't know yet what I said. I only became conscious when the audience clapped and I found my seat with my fellow delegates in front of the grand stand. Earlier, I stated this was a history making convent~on. Perhaps I should tell you why. First, and perhaps the most important step in aiding nursing to become a true profession was the adoption of a written code for nurses. If you haven't read it don't fail to do so, it is wonderful. It has been printed in the American Journal of Nursing and will (Co ntinued on page 14) Welcome, Nurses! We're Proud to Serve You! HOTEL UTAH MAX CARPENTER Manager Pag e 9 HORSE SENSE A horse can't pull while kicking This fact I merely mention: And he can't kick while pulling Which is my chief contention. Let's imitate the good old horse And lead a life that's fitting; Just pull an honest load, and then There'll be no time for kicking. fellowman. Whenever the going seems easy, it's well to make sure you're not going downhill. UTAH PRINTING CO. Fred W. Schwe ndiman - R. LeRoy Fletcher Commerci a l Printing Go ld Stamping En g ra ved a nd Pri nte d W e dd in g Sta ti o nery 15 W. S. Te mple Phone 3- 1323 SALT LAKE CITY Compliments . . . WHITMORE OXYGEN COMPANY - Salt Lake - Provo - Idaho Falls - Twin Falls - BIENNIAL CONVENTION • REPORT~ by LaRue Ford rmrses have found a "School Health Council" very helpful in carrymg out a health program in the school. The one important ability for a school nurse to have is to be able to observe a health problem in her school and to be able to make others aware 6£ the problems and willingn~ss to do something about it. Recording is a vital part of health work and it is important that all teachers understand the importance of confidential records and why they should be kept as such. S OME The NOPHN office has for loan just for the price of postage both ways, loan folders on many public health topics. The following books were suggested. "Building Sound Public Relations" by Winsley, $1.25, NOPHN office, "Health in the Schools" $3.00, National Educational Department, "School Health Education, $3.25, AberteuisferHarpers Publishers. Manuel of Public Health Nursing has a section of School Nursing. Every year the April issue of Public Health Nursing magazine has articles on School Nursing, and a good article on School Health Program can be found in the August, 1949 issue. I would like to quote a few statements from our president, Ruth Hubbard. "Two years ago I shared with you my encouragement with our growing desire as a nation for widespread healili service of high quality, and our national appreciation of the im portance of teamwork in render· ing these services. I expressed also, my faith that we as Publi1 Health Nurses would be able t meet the test of a rising demarn for our services and at the sam time maintain our deep concern for each patient whom we sern as an individual. This year I can reaffirm that faith with confid. ence, for I believe we are a matur· ing profession. We are told by Dr Overstreet that 'Man matures ll the extent that he gains knowledge enough to handle with competen' understanding the situation in which his mind finds himself; anc to the extent, also, that he has th1 ha bits and means of gainini further knowledge as his situation changes. That situation ma) change-because he has grown u1 to- a new level of responsibility As I have watched the skill with which you have met and workee through the problems confrontillf nursing during these last tw~ year, I am sure that we have in truth grown up to a new level ol responsibility, and on our abili~ to demonstrate mature perfonn· ance in the changed situation ol the present depends on continued useful service in the future. NOPHN's high aims are a• worthwhile now as in 1912. The) have an enduring value which augurs well for their achievement. for, 'All strong interests easily become impersonal, the love of a job well done.' There is a sense ol harmony about such an accom- plishment, th something wo sonal gratific beyond pers I am als thoughts from General Dire has been an ing, if hecti have gone Operation P so long ago meant starti venture, and social instit that we lau tures, witho old machin build the ne is different. at the tools job, remove joints, save that are s wear, and~ new, strong do the mos job in mar fresh, but and intere. past two y, a mining veloped du for work.iii sion. A new macli must deci we shall tJ and how again. Tl decisions I repe say to staff, 'It such an we can i health a thank al of, and headqu each ot1 the Biel r S A N D E R S W I N D 0 W S H A D E C O. KIRSCH. Venetian Blinds 2567 South State St. DUPONT Washable Window Shades Phone 5-2595 Sal t Lake City, Utah Pag e 10 UTAH NURSE 125 SEPTEMS plishment, the peace brought by ,omething worth while. Such per-onal gratification arises from aim oeyond personality." health Ind our the imrenderpressed, Public able to demand le same concern re serve tr I can confidmatur. by Dr. ures to >wledge npetent cl.On Ill ~lf; and has the gaining .tuation 1 may own up ~bility.' .ll with worked ranting st two 1ave in level of ability erformtion of i.tinued e. are as They which ement, ily bef a job mse of accom- 95 H NURSE I am also including a few thoughts from Anna Fillmore, our General Director of NOPHN. "It ~as been an exceedingly interestmg, if hectic, biennium, for we have gone a long way toward Operation Pioneering 1950. Not •o long ago the word "Pioneer" meant starting an entirely new venture, and our country and its -ocial institutions were so young that we launched into such ventures, withour having to take apart J!d machinery before we could build the new. Today pioneering 11 different. We must look closely at the tools we have for doing the job, remove the bolts from old ioints, save the serviceable parts that are still good for a lot of wear, and fasten in the beautiful, new, strong pieces where they will do the most good. It is a tougher 1ob in many ways than starting fresh, but it is also challenging and interesting, so, during these past two years we have been examining the machinery we dereloped during the past 50 years for working together as a profess10n. A rough blueprint for the new machinery is now ready. We must decide now just how, and if, we shall take apart what we have, and how we shall put it together again. The time is ripe for these decisions on structure. I repeat to you what I often say to members of the NOPHN staff, 'It is a privilege to work in such an interesting spot, if only we can manage to keep our good health and our good sense, and thank all of you for your support of, and your generous help to, the headquarters staff. We shall need each other more than ever during the Biennium just ahead, for the basic decisions about structure and the work, which must be carried forward during the transition period, will take the best all of us has to give. Those of you who are working directly with the family and community are doing the main jobs for Public Health Nursing, but the work to be done through our professional organizations is vital too, and we need to get the machinery in order so that more money, time, and energy can be freed for the work to be done." The structure study was discussed during the first meeting and the membership voted to accept the two organization plan at the second meeting. Miss Dorothy Rus by reported that "Combination Public Health Nursing Service" is a success in cities throughtout the country that have put it into effect. She defined Combination Public Health Nursing Services as a cooperative agreement, between a city health department and voluntary health agency, to pool their resources. All Public Health Departments, City, County, and State, are urged by NOPHN's president, Miss Ruth Hubbard, to set up citizens advisory committees on Public Health. One important way to make our democracy work is by getting more lay citizens to take an active part in community health and welfare agencies. Such activity is valuable in producing better health and welfare services, but perhaps more important is the exchange of ideas among citizens working on a common cause. Miss Hazel Corbin told the NOPHN that the present generation of young parents is determined to achieve both physical and emotional security rn this "strife torn world." They are fore- ing sweeping changes in Maternal Care and consider themselves entitled to the best that hospitals and doctors can provide. They oppose the idea that anyone is entitled to better service just because he can afford to pay more for it. Medical care today is a job that demands a high degree of teamwork. This is especially true if constructive steps . are to be taken toward vocational rehabilitation. Three-fourths of all illness today is the result of chronic disease. Care of the cancer patient requires services of a large group that in(Co ntinued on page 16) Congratulations USNA W hose Fun cti o n Is A Necessary Part Of A Community- SALT LAKE CITY COMMISSIONERS A NEW PERMANENT MEANS A NEW LOOK FOR YOU & HIS HAIR STYLISTS Phone 9-7701 If You r Hair Is Unbecom in g To You , You Shou ld Be Com i ng To Us 3 2 So . Sta te Sal t La ke City JOSEPH WILLIAM TAYLOR MEMORIAL MORTUARY " It has always been our policy to have complete funeral service to fit any budget." 125 NORTH MAIN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 19 5 0 SALT LAKE CITY Page. 1 1 Men Are four From the Biennial c·onvention He who knows and knows he _ knows, He is wise--follow him. He who knows and knows not he NDER direction of the Adminiknows, strative Section, we heard a He is asleep-wake him. panel discussion on the practical He who knows not and knows not nurse. The panel memcers were he knows not, from hospitals using practical He is a fool-shun him. nurses from the low number of He who knows not and knows he five to one hundred. knows not, The following statements were He is a child-teach him. made. -Arabian Proverb-Everyone, from the physician Why does the stork get blamed down to the patient, must be for a lot of things some other bird oriented to the use of the practicis responsible for? al nurse before she is used. By staff education, through the press, through a patients handbook. U CHURCH FARM DA IR Y PASTEURIZED MILK FROM CONTENTED cows "Th a l Goad G uernsey Mi lk" 2 7 55 South 2nd W est - Phone 6 - 82 7 7 Salt Lake City HEARING is important * * * To Your Health To Your Happiness To Your Job Security If you are suffering from HEARING difficulties, we suggest a visit to your EAR Physician . . . For the best possible fitting of Hearing Aids and Ethical, Dignified Service . . . W ri te or Visit Maico Hearing Service 268 South State Phon e 5- 8655 SA LT LAKE CITY Ask your Doctor about MA/CO Foremost in Hearing A id s It is true that many of our present practical nurses are untrained, unoriented and undiciplined. Negative public relations is bad. All nurses from general duty to director to doctor should help, not hinder the program. · Practicing practical nursesthe waiver group-are hard to accept in many hospitals. Most of this group have had no formal schooling in nursing. But these too are serving and many are doing a fine job. The practical nurse program is not to be taken lightly by the R.N. This nurse is part of our service. She must be accepted, supervised, aided and improved. All graduate nurses are teachers and should aid in the orientation of practical nurses under their care according to the rules of the institution on practical nurse service. Assistant head nurses are often younger and more flexible in their attitude toward the practical nurse, than the older head nurse. On the practical nurse uniforn The practical nurse should identified clearly; not to be rn fused with either the R. . or aice. "Grey trim on white." "A brown band on the slee1 They call themselves "TI I3rown Bands." Initials LPN both wings of the cap." "We encourage the practic nurse to wear her school uru form complete. If she wears white uniform she cannot we a cap." "She wears a grey uniforn After graduating she adds a cc with grey trim." "Colored uniform, white colla and cuffs, street hose with whi shoes." The success of the practic nurse in our service depends f more on the R.N. guiding, supei vising, outlining service, than the P.N. There are compliments for th practical nurse and argumen against her. The profession kno11 that she cannot substitute for th R.N. How Long Can We Live? The life span of the cavema was just 18 years! In 1850, th life span of the average Americai. was 41 years, and today we car expect to be 65 .5 years old. B1 1980 we can live to be 120, Sa) science, if we spend on research fraction of the cost of the atm1 bomb. f Dist TH No. 112elect elect Corr boar T pres Ass cuss N Earl man man VlSOJ 194 enti cou whic mg to wh tor visoi and Dis The clock that strikes loudes doesn't always keep the best tim~ Husbands are like furnaces: yoL have to watch them or they will go out. HEINZ A P 0 T H E C A R I E S, INC. FREE 222 East So. Temple - Phone 3-5765 DELIVERY 508 East So. Temple - Phone 9-8605 Salt Lake City, Utah Pag e 12 UTAH NUIS! SEPT FROM TH .E DISTRICTS iform. uld be e conor the sleeve. "The PN on actical 1 uniears a wear iiform. s a cap collar 1 white ·actical ids far supertan on :or the ~men ts knows :or the 1'e? veman 10, the 1erican ve can d. By ), says arch a atom oudest time. s: you will District No. 1 The Annual meeting of District \o. 1will be held September 19, at .12 South State Street. This is the •lection meeting, officers to be lected are President, Treasurer, orresponding Secretary and three li!rd members. The General Duty nurses met n August 3rd to study policies 1resented to them by the Hospital Association. Many of the proposed ·tandards were not accepted as 1resented but were revised. The lleneral Duty nurses are waiting or another meeting with the Hosntal Association for further disussion on employment standards. Nola A. Nielson became Mrs. Earl Greathouse in May. Nola, as many will remember, was for many years Obstetrical super01sor at the L.D.S. Hospital. In 1941 she won a scholarship which 'ntitled her to take a post graduate ourse in obstetrical nursing, which she did at the Chicago Lymg In Hospital, she then returned o the L.D.S. Hospital in 1942 ·here she becme student instruc·or in 0. B. and later 0. B. Supernsor. She states she is very happy and likes to be a farmer's wife. '.\1ARIAN MARVI , President but failed to mention her name last time. The section holds monthly meetings to discuss nursing problems and keeps abreast with the changes in medicine and treatment. For the future meetings this year they plan to have lectures by different doctors on cardiac conditions, diabetes, and embolectomy. Plans are also under way for classes this fall (six to eight weeks ) in psychiatric nursing to be given by Dr. O'Gorman, Psychiatrist. For our September meeting we plan to have a lecture and discussion on disaster nursing. District No. 2 Congratulations to the editors of Nurse! The July-August :Jition was super. During the summer the district ha somewhat been on vacation, although there have been some mteresting events. We have a rery active private duty section. Two members attended the bienrnal convention, Mrs. Grace Webb ttended along with Mrs. Hansen Dorothy Hansen and Lois Mathis are now employed at Hill Field in the nursing department. There are fifty student applications to the Dee Hospital for September class. Hurrah! News items:-Marriages Donna Rae Nielson-V andersten. Inga Jensen-Nelson. Gloria Koster-Farr. Births Noreen Mecham Hoskinsmale. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Martineau (Miss Anderson ) -male. · Good luck to the executives of the USN convention, we hope to see you all there in October. ANN GrnBs, President. ~he Utah R.N. Club Registered Nurses of the Uintah Basin met at the Uintah County Hospital August 10, 1950, to formulate plans for the coming year. The group was organized one year ago to promote interest • • among registered nurses, many of whom are now inactive, in the Uintah Basin area. Membership, which has reached twenty-five, includes nurses from Vernal, Roosevelt and Fort Duchesne, Utah, and from Rangely and Artesia, Colorado. Directed oy Mrs. Maxine Pilcher, president; Mrs. Lucille Hatch, vice-president; Miss Helen (Co ntinued from page 15) COMPLIMENTS CITIZENS C0 AL COo Phone [phone] South 5th West Salt Lake City THE PHYSICIANS SUPPLY CO. Extends Their Best Wishes to the UTAH STATE NURSES ASSOC IATION In All Their Activities 48 West 2nd So .-Phone 5-7459 SALT LAKE CITY - COMPLIMENTS - STREATOR CHEVROLET COMPANY 05 465 South Main Street Phone 3-7644 SALT LAKE CITY NURSE IEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 19 5 0 Page T3 .~ I • 37th BIENNIAL (Continued from page 9) probably be printed again. Copies are available and you may have them on request. (See page 4) Second, the great stru cture study got voted on, the House of D elegates voted a two organization plan. It is up to the nurses to develop the details of the plan. o, I am sorry we can't stop talking structure, we are only beginning. Third, inactive nurses as associate members in the American N u rses Association. Come to the next convention of the Utah State Nurses Association and h~lp decide Utah's policy on active membership. Fourth, membership in the American urse Association for the colored nurses where th e state does not permit membership. Truly the colored nur es at the convention portrayed a poise and dignity that could well be envied by all. Fifth, student nurse recognition and participation, and why not? It is upon the youth of nursing that the problems of tomorrow fa ll. There can be no question but th at they will solve them. 135 W est 2nd South Salt Lake City Sixth, a resolution requesting the American Nurses Association to go on record opposing compulsory health insurance was tabled. Who are nurses to know the answers and plans that will meet the health needs of a nation"They also serve who only stand and wait." PRESCRIPTION Seventh, studies of "Nursing Functions", and nurses willingness to pay the cost involved proves that nurses know what they need. SALT LAKE ARTIFmCIAl UMB CO. Member of Approved, Certified and Fitted limb Manufacturers PHONE 4-0033 PHARMACY Boston Building 351 South Main Street Phone 5-3461 OPEN ALL NIGHT MEDICAL ARTS PHARMACY Prescription Pharmacists 50 East South Temple St. Phone 4-7815 Salt Lake City Eighth, personal liability insurance planned on a nation wide basis. Ninth, funds for the Bordeau school of nursing in France. All nurses appreciated the beautiful report given by our very dear friend Elenor Thompson. She sends her best regards to you all. 2. Aiding nurses to bee more effective and more set members of their profession. 3. Achieving Better Rea Stev Care for people of the world. Oh dear! I could go on fon but I am already thirty-five n: utes late for the Board meet of the Utah State urses Asso tion and I haven't scratched surface nor have I told you ah that Beautiful City, San Fra co, where we were priviledge<. spend those hours between af noon and evening meetings. I sure you there was never a ment that wasn't "chuck fulr 60 seconds worth of value. I can only repeat a bout great city the words of Kathe Cornell, "I have the same inc Pre· parable memories of San Fran \ Va co that all visitors have the brea Pat taking views from so many h top places, the tireless exubera of the people-plus a memor Utah State nurses, I thank! from the bottom of my heart making this wonderful experie possible for me. I wish I could some way give back to you equivalent. That I know is possible. I can say this, you long to the most wonderful ganization in existence. Go to next Biennial Convention and 1 will believe with me. Thanks De Please Patronize Our Advertisers • (We lunched with her. ) Tenth, the adoption of a 1950 platform for the American Nurses Association which emphasizes the importance of: REPO They make this p u blication possible 1. Providing Health Protection for the American people. DEPENDABLE AMBlH.ANCE Personnel SERVICE Trained SALT LAKE TRANSPORTATION CO. CALL 4-4335 Page 14 "We Have Not Closed Since 1901" UTAH NU s become e secure 10n. Health orld. meeting - Associatched the ou about Francisledged to ;en after1gs. I aser a mo( full" of e. lout that Catherine [e incomFrancis.e breathany hilluberance !lemory." iank you heart for (perience could in you the Iv is imyou berful or0-o to the and you anks. re l!PORT (Continued from page 13) ·,vens, secretary; and Miss Ra1la Hogkinson, treasurer, the or.mization has carried on an active ogram at its monthly meetings. uest speakers have included the ate poliomyelitis director, a BCG am from the U. S. Indian Ser·e. Miss Cynthia Curtis and Mrs. G. Richards of the Utah State \urse ' Association, and several cal physicians. A Christmas 1rty and a picnic completed the ear's activities. The first project for the new ear will be to assist the mobile \.ray unit when it tours Uintah nunty in Septem her. Officers for ·~e coming year are: Mrs. Ellyn !lrea, president; Mrs. Helen \'alker, vice-president: and Mrs. at Searle, secretary-treasurer. Dee Hospital Alumnae A president of our Dee Alumni ire would like to have some news n the Utah Nurse and feel we may be heard from. Our work this year has been mainly a reactivation program which has been quite sucessful ·.1ith good attendance and very interesting meetings and program . . \!rs. Herbert Woods chairman of Jie program committee with Mar:na Holmes and Shirley Wangerin :o a sist her have had some well Jlanned programs. On September 2, there will be an Alumni Picnic at Lorin Farr Park on Ogden. ·s n J AH NURSE Anumber of our members have ·eceived their degress: Lillian DeYoung from the university and 11ill fill the position as assistant educational director at Salt Lake L.D.S. Hospital. Others are Feryl \!organ, Hazel Flamm, Rosemary Pantone, and Gloria Koster Farr. Some of the new brides are Gloria Koster who became Mrs. Farr, Gloria was .married in the temple and following her honeymoon she returned to Logan where she is teaching nursing arts in the Logan L.D.S. Hospital. Another temple wedding was D onna Rae Neilsen who became Mrs. Vanderstein. Inga Jensen became Mrs. Nelson and following a honeymoon to the northwest and Canada settled down in a new home. Others are Marie Nelson now Mrs. Thomas, Pat Crompton now Mrs. Priest, Pat Fenton became Mrs. McQuarter, and Glenda Heaton is now Mrs. Johnson. Lucille Taylor Bruerton can hardly wait until she has that vacation which is bound to be a long fishing trip-we hope she catches some fish . New babies: to Noreen Meacham Hoskins-Boy. Eloise Anderson Martineau-Boy. Elna Rich Lofgreen-Boy. We must not forget Norma Ream who became Mrs. Bybee. I know I have forgotten some one I should'nt have but this at least will let you know we are here and doing something. INGA JENSEN NELSON President a three year course. Plans will soon be underway tQ prepare a campaign for next year's scholarship. The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Price is making a drive to get money to purchase essential equipment for the City-County Hospital. They are contacting all of the clubs and organizations in Carbon and Emery Counties. Our nurses feel that this is a worthy project so we are planning to contact all of our nurses in the district (Continued on next page ) Mort uary Mausoleum Memorial Park SUNSET LAWN "Beauty & Dignity Without Extravagance" 2350 East 1 3th So. Phone 7- 1582 SALT LAKE CITY BROCKBANK APPAREL CO. 50 West 1st South SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH District No. 4 During the summer months the association, as a whole, has been inactive and most of the nurses have been on their vacations. The Scholarship Committee also completed its activity for th e year. They chose Miss Geraldine Lois Llewelyn from Clear Creek, Utah, to receive the United Mine Workers Scholarship of $200,00. Miss . Llewelyn, a graduate of Wasatch Academy, plans on entering St. Marks Hospital in September for See us abou t ny lon uniform s both long and sh ort sleeves, b utton fr ont , with poc ket s o n e ach si d e. Price : $12.95 long sleeve 11 .95 short sleeve Sizes : 12 - 42 ; over 42 10% extra Made to me asure at 10 % e xtra. COMPLIMENTS ROYAL BAKING COMPANY 32 West 3rd South SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1950 Salt lake City Page 15 .. .~ REPORTS (Continued from page 15) for a donation. The money we receive will be turned over to the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority for their purchasing fund. Mrs . Harriett Tsolis has been ill in the hospital during the last month. We are happy to say that she is much better now. Mrs. Lela Schultz has also improved after being on the sik list. Mrs. Bessie Miller has resigned her position as a Public Health Nurse and accepted a job at the Kenilworth Hospital. Mrs. O'Leary, who was working in Kenilworth, has moved to California. Babies: Mrs. Katherine Dart Merrillgirl. Mrs. Ma:r;garet Rigby Garavaglia-boy. Mrs. Leola Bynge Callor-boy. TERESA MILOVICH, President. District No. 6 We all enjoyed the "Utah Nurse." We feel that you are doing a wonderful job. In July the nurses of our district enjoyed a Party in Logan Canyon. About 60 nurses were there and had a lot of fun playing ball. A delicious lunch was served. Miss Joy Heckmans, who is serving in the mission field at this time, present address is Adelaide Street, London, Ontario, Canada. Nina Maughn enjoyed a trip to Palmyra, New York, where she witnessed the pageant at Hill Cumorah, she visited with her sister who is filling a mission there. Births:Beth Taylor, a boy, August 19, 1950. Hazel Sorenson, a boy, August 22, 1950. TYRA ALDER, Secretary ---,De---- District No. 7 A baby boy was born to Mrs. Sunny Topik of Brigham City durPage 16 ing the summer. More births are scheduled for August. BIENNIAL REPORT Agnes Sterling spent her vacation in San Diego visiting her mother and father. Lillian Fitts young son Richard is intensly interested in horses and just recently, at the Twin Falls Horse Show "Magic", his Shetland pony won first prize in the "canter class" and fourth place as a fine harness show pony. The Fitts family have just returned from a vacation at Jackson Hole and Y ellowsrone National Park. Lucille Knudsen is having her ups and downs the past weeks remodeling her home. However, it is going to be very pretty. eludes the doctor, hospital nur~ public health nurse, practic nurse, medical social worker, t volunteer and the health depan ment administrators. I would like to suggest th every nurse read the AJN and PHN for the reports on the co vention, especially the resolutio which were made in both orgam ations. The highlight of the NOPir sessions was the dinner meetin. Wednesday evening, at whi music was furnished and a s~ very ably presented by San Fm cisco Public Health Nurses. There was one statement maL in the closing public health meet ing which I think every nul'could read carefully and resolve follow its suggestion, and I quot "Human minds are like Parachutes, they function only wh open." Winifred Ryan had a wonderful vacation lasting about two months. They first visited in Columbus, Ohio and then with relatives in various parts of West Virginia. Next stop was Washington, D.C. to visit with her daughter and two small grandchildren. After leaving Washington they traveled up the Hudson River across Lake Champlaine to Niagra Falls and on into Canada. They returned home by way of Detroit, Lake Michigan and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sounds like a nice trip doesn't it. NoNA B. KNIGHTON, President Holy Cross Hospital Alumnae Births: Mrs. Barbara Erickson Salmon, Aug. 14-Boy. Mrs. Barbara Carimoti Brandol, Aug. 13-Boy. Mrs. Ellen Charlesworth Isom, May-Boy. Mrs. Marion Chaussee Chase, May 16-Girl Visitors: Mrs. Rose Savich Hontz, Chicago. Sister M. Raphael-director of Nurses of H.C.H. home between quarters from Washington, D.C. Miss Tamiya Ishimatsu. Marriages: Nedra Bled Hill to Kenneth Tucker, July 27. MAXINE KINNENSLEY, President (Continued from page 11 ) Do You BeloA!t? Are you an active member body, mind and soul Or are you just contented \\lll your name upon the rolls? Do you attend the meetings an mingle with the flock Or, Friend, do you stay at ho and criticize and knock? Say, do you take an active pa11 to help the work along Or are YOU satisfied to be tlr kind that just belong? Do you ever go and visit tha good friend who is sick Or leave the work to just a fo, then talk about "that clique1 There's quite a program sched uled that we're sure you\1 heard about And will appreciate it, if )'OL will come and help us out; Come out to the meetings, heli with hand and heart, Don't be "just a member", bu take an active part. Think it over, Friend You know right from wrong, Be an active member Instead of JUST BELONG. -Author unknownUTAH NUISI p