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.

~heUTAH Nl1RSE March, 1948 Vol. 1 -.,. -------.--~~l~ ,=' " ~- ,~ ~ · ~\-. No.9 UTAH NURSE MARCH, 1948 BULLETIN THE UTAH STATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS-3RD FLOOR CITY BOARD OF HEAL TH BUILDING SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH MRS. E. G. RICHARDS, Editor EDITH ERICKSON AND CoBA RASMUSSEN, Associate EditOTs MRS. EVAN G. RICHARDS, Executive Secretary OFFICERS DOROTHY LowMAN, 719 Harrison Ave., Salt Lake City ............................................. President MRS. HAZEL B. MACQUIN, U . of U., Salt Lake City..................................First Vice-President CYNTHIA CuRTIS, P. 0. Box 270, Provo, Utah ........................•.............Second Vice-President EDITH W. ERICKSON, 169 Coatsville Ave., Salt Lake City .......................................... Secretary LomsE ScovILLE, 831 22nd Street, Ogden .................................................................. Treasurer MRS. E . G. RICHARDS, Headquarters Office ... ....... .. ........ ........... ................. Executive Secretary BOARD MEMBERS MRS. HATTIE C. SOLOMON CoBA C. RASMUSSEN ALTA ROSKELLEY OLGA FALLS HARRIET STEWART Lois ROMNEY DISTRICT OFFICERS .D I S T R I C T N 0. 1 ADA BURT, 2120 South 10th East, Salt Lake City........•.••.....•.................••..•......•.President DORIS E. JONES, 171 South 5th East, Salt Lake City.................................................. Secretary MRS. MARIAN MARVIN, 468 7th Ave., Salt Lake City ................................................ Treasurer DIST RICT N 0. 2 MARGARET S. ROBERTINE, 2581 Harrison Ave., Ogden .............................................. President FuMI KIKUCHI, Dee Hospital, Ogden ...................... .... .................... .......................... Secretary AFTON HANCOCK, 23 31 Iowa Ave., Ogden ................... .............................................Treasurer DI ST R I C T N 0. 3 CAROL RAILE, 191 South 3rd West, Provo, Utah ....................................................... .President CYNTHIA CURTIS, Box 270, Provo, Utah ...................•........••......•.•.....•••••....•.•....Vice-President OLGA FALLS, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, Utah ...... ................................................ Secretary LILLIAN THOMPSON, 105 City and County Bldg., Provo .......................................... Treasurer D I S T R I C T N 0. 4 MRS. WILHELMINA HOLDAWAY, 243 East 3rd No., Price, Utah...........••........•......••..President KATHERINE D. MERRILL. ................. ..... ........... ... ............. .................................... Vice-President TRESSA R. MILOVICH, Helper, Utah ............................................................................Secretary MARGARET RIGBY, Price, Utah ........................................•...................•.•.....•••.•..•••••.... Treasurer D I ST R I CT N 0. S LARUE FORD, Cedar City....................... .... ............ .......................... .. ......... ..... ............. President LomsE MACKLEPRANG, Cedar City.................................•.................................. Vice-President LOLA PRESTWICH, Cedar City .. ..................................................................Secretary,Treasurer DIST RI CT N 0. 6 MRS. ELVA M. STRUCKUS, 85 East 3rd North, Logan ......... ........................ : .............. President MRS. ALTA ROSKELLEY, Richmond, Utah .......................................................... President-Elect NINA MAUGHAN, 134 South Main, Logan ..... ............................................. Secretary, Treasurer DI ST R I CT N 0. 7 MRS. AGNES STERLING, Collinston, Utah .................................................................... President MRS. WINIFRED RYAN, Brigham City .... .............. ................................................Vice,President SECTION CHAIRMEN PUBLIC HEALTH-LAVERNA PETERSON, 203 24th Street, Ogden, Utah PRIVATE DUTY-MARJORIE SHEPARD, 110 South 9th East, Salt Lake City, Utah INSTITUTIONAL NURSE-ANN FUNK, Dee Hospital, Ogden, Utah ADMINISTRATIVE-LENA BESSENDORFER, City Board of Health CHAIRMAN STATE MEMBERSHIP-BESSIE HANSEN, State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah MARCH. 1948 UTAH NURSE The President's Message DOROTHY C. LOWMAN It i.s with deep satisfaction that I look back over the achievements of the Utah State Nurses' Association during the past year-achievements made pos, sible by the support and hard work of 391 loyal members. And it is with increasing faith in the ability of nurses to work harmoniously together in solv, ing the many problems confronting the profession that I look forward to another year as your president. To the many committee members and officers of the Association I wish to express my appre, ciation for work well done. To our executive secretary I say a heartfelt thanks. She, it is, who will carry the load of administrative responsibility for the association from now on, who will guide the newly elected officers and committee members through the maze of organization machinery enabling them to function with the least possible, waste of time. And perhaps of greatest im . . portance, it is she who will provide the linlk between the past, present and future, giving continuity to the work of the Association without which we cannot hope to be very effective. My hope is, that 1948 will bring ful, fillment of our desires for better salaries and working conditions for our nurses and better nursing care for the sick of our communities. My plea is, that all Utah nurses will join the Association so that the hope of all may be realized, namely, a :financial reserve so that dues may be lowered. Guest Speaker Those who did not hear Miss Sophie Nelson at our October meeting missed a real treat. We will try to give you a brief on her afternoon talk. Miss Nelson said: Along with better salaries and a 40, hour work week, all nurses are inter, ested in some form of security for the future. When we think of economic security the :first thought is-financial security. The next thought should bewhose responsibility? We, ourselves, are responsible; and our background plays a big part as to how we meet the responsibility. Back. . ground being our heritage, early educa . . tion, discipline, proper training, adjust . . ments, later education. These prepare us for the "management of life." Our professional equipment should give us security, education and prepara, tion. Confidence in our ability to do. The knowledge we have, the responsibility we acquire. We have responsibility for our health. Keeping well and fit. Able to use our professional equipment, our background. Our earnings play an important role. It is our responsibility to "prepare for a job-get a job-do a job-keep a job." We have a right to adequate, fair earn, ings. If we get these we must be "wor. . thy of our hire." From our organizations we have the right to expect professional assistance and backing in standards of employment and personnel practices. Professional as . . sistance should protect, promote and provide reasonable and satisfactory con, ditions of employment, salaries, hours, etc. Next to earnings our responsibility is our savings. We are responsible for savings for needs, for sickness, or accident, for retirement. There are several ways we can save for these purposes. There are insurance plans covering sick. . ness and accidents. There are plans for annuities, endowments, life insurance. Plans for medical care, unemployment insurance, old age assistance. Retire . . ment plans, pension plans. The Blue Cross. It is our professional responsibility to acquaint ourselves with these plans. To unite for collective thinking, plan . . ning and bargaifiing. We must be in, formed on proposed legislation affecting the future of nurses. We must be united, work together. Most plans call for a substantial per cent of members in order to participate. There are plans MARCH, 1948 UTAH NURSE arranged especially for nurses, as the Harmon Plan. Arranging for aur future security is our own responsibility. Report on I.C.N. Miss Bessie Hansen, Maternal and Child Health Consultant, with the State Department of Health, attended the In, ternational Congress of Nurses at Atlan, tic City, in May, 1947. This was the first Congress to be held since 19 39. About 65 00 nurses attended of which 748 were from 39 foreign countries. Nursing education, employment, conditions, nursing problems, public health, etc. were topics for discussion. Many stories came out about the hardships encountered during the war; many that are confronting them now in their efforts to rebuild and reopen nursing schools. One country reported "We are starting our nursing school again. The walls are there but we have no roof over our heads." Another said '"All of our nurs, ing books and notes were destroyed, and there is no paper or money with which to replace them." Another reported .. All of our student nurses are required to learn English so we can use English text books." There were many many expres, sions of gratitude. for the help they had recdved during the war and many countries still need help, not only in mate, rial things but they need moral support, encouragement, and friendship from other nurses throughout the \.VOrld. All of the papers and discussions were in the English language. The next congress is to be held in Sweden in 1949, which will be the 50th Anniversary of this organization Many nurses are already making plans to at, tend it. Nurses in the United States who a.re members of the National Nurses Association automatically become mem, bers of the · International Congress of Nurses. Miss Hansen also attended a workshop at New York Maternity Center in New York. on Maternal and Child Health Nursing. The purpose of this workshop was to bring together nurses from all parts of the country who were interested and doing the same things, namely, trying to improve the well-being of mothers and children. About 60 nurses from 30 states attended this workshop. The importance of mental and emotional health was stressed and there was much discussion as to where and how the nurse could make her contribution in this field. Nursing education, the job of the hos. pita! consultant nurse, and the needs of mothers and children and what might be done about them in the next ten years were subiects which came in for a great deal of thought and consideration. *Look The "Probies" At Nursing By LoNNIE RAE COOKE First Year Student Nurse at the Salt La~e General Hospital Have you ever been on the threshold of something wonderful and realized that you were going to take a major part in the proceedings? Our class is on the threshold of a whole new phase of nursing. Somehow we realize that it will depend for its suc.cessfulness on the action of our class and those student nurses who are following close on our heels. Nursin1s as a profession is at the stage where it is going to be a sought for profession, a proud one, and a highly educated one. Some people do not have faith that it will ever achieve its purpose, but we as a class, one of the first to begin our training in this new era, are going to prove that it will be a success and one that will merit the highest regard from those who refused to believe in us. Every nurse when she first started her training was always haunted by probie gremlins. These mischievious little fel, lows are always tripping a probie and giving her a green appearance. Our class is no exception. We go on duty repeating to ourselves every procedure we have learned in class only to have it MARCH, 1948 UTAH NURSE float out the nearest exit when it comes time to pertorm it on a real live patient. In classes we answer every question, say proudly to ourselves that . we might be worthy of being capped after all. Then we go on duty. This time we are all questions and not an answer in sight. But we have one thing in our favor. That is our faith in this new era of nursing. We can't take time to nurse these probies gremlins any more. When we go on the ward we know that it is another opportunity for us to gain an, other point in our favor. We want to put nursing on as high a standard as we know it can and will attain. Nursing is not just a perwnal accomplishment but envelops the whole future trend of nursing. We as a class want to do our utmost to make it, as a profession, a high and honored one. Our class holds a high regard for nurs, ing. We realize there are tasks that will be unpleasant. We also know that we are building character within us. There is strength to be had in nursing and there is also beauty. We might say that nurs, ing is life combined in all of its emo, tions, and as future nurses we will be in a place to make that life useless or happy. We have an opportunity to make nursing the grandest experience in our life, and to help those who come under our care to find satisfaction in their lives. Right now we may be green and worthy of the name probies, but bestow on us a little time and watch us cultivate our talents. Some day we will take our place in the world as graduate nurses. We shall have learned to not bear false witness. to speak truly, to honor our word, and to learn truth that we might justify our high regard for nursing. Then you will know that we are proud of our accomplishments and we will have with, in us a certain inborn knowledge that we have learned to be our brother's keep, er. Then let the doubters and the fault . . finders give thanks to the women who are doing their part in the plan of life. [Editor's note : The quotations, l'float out the nearest exit," and "not an an, swer in sight" are true. The situation is due to the fact that head nurses and supervisors have no time to supervise. Their time is spent on "'floating general duty." The graduate staff is much too small for the patient load. We, who are responsible for the training of future nurses-what are we going to do about it?) * The Executive Secretary Reports The Utah State Nurses' Association is now 34 years old. Let us remember this when we think of our new head, quarters and our very new Executive Secretary. During those 34 years we have used borrowed equipment with the exception of two file cases. Beginning January 1948, we are in separate quarters and are gradually get, ting the equipment necessary to run our office in a business,like, official way, in keeping with our status as a state association. A place where members or others may come for advice, assistance and information, and through your sec, retary get what they come for. She knows--or knows where to get the in, formation. Your secretary is a very busy lady. Handling the mail is a daily routine that often runs past the lunch hour. Much of this material must be read by your secretary although it may not apply directly to us. Some of it consumes much time getting the information re, quested. All of it is answered as soon as possible. The big assignment for 1947,48 was the negotiating necessary to get our Em, ployment Standards for Institutional Nurses accepted by our hospitals. May 20, 1948 marks the anr..tiversary of our release of these standards to o{ir hospi, tals. We have not reached our goal, but we have moved. With the :fine service of Mr. "Bill" Adamson of the Axelson Advertising Agency, we have a 44,hour work week in most of our Utah hos, pitals and at the Dr. Groves L.D.S. Has, UTAH NURSE MARCH, 1948 pital we now have the first level salary at $192.50. Mr. Adamson also aided in getting the salary of Public Health Nurses in Salt Lake City to its present $197. 50 for first level. This agency will continue to serve us through 1948, being paid on a membership basis of one dol, lar per member per year. A very generous offer. Our aim for 1948 is to introduce nurs, ing to the public and the public to the nurse. Of the many definitions of Pub, lic Relations we like this one best: .. A planned program of policy and conduct which will increase public understanding and build public confidence." A na, tion,wide Public Relations program is now being conducted by ANA and Utah under direction of State Chairman Hattie C. Solomon, is to concentrate on better, ing relations between public and nurs, ing through factual information. Your Executive Secretary is available for talks to any group and is prepared to keep you posted on nursing problems and progress, state and national. Use her and her office as you need. Both belong to YOU. abnormal state of illness. She sees them emerge from illness back to health and well-being. All nurses must learn more about people. We know much of the cause of illness. We know much of the cures of ill, ness. We know much of the care of illness while the cure is in progress. But this knowledge is about illness, not people. Nurses should know more about nor, mal people so they may better under, stand them when the normalcy is disturbed by illness. Nurses could add to their professional education by taking courses in subiects pertaining to human relationships. They could read books that explain human behavior, human needs. The office nurses could contribute much to the state association program by giving talks and papers on their very interesting work, and contributing edu, cational material to our state bulletin. WE NEED YOU, OFFICE NURSES. * * To the Office Nurse Gleanings One recommendation for improvement in nurse training is for nurses to be taught more about human being.::. Office nursing gives a nurse some very fine training along this line. The office nurse sees many · patients who never Teach the hospital. Some in the very early, easily cured stages of illness. Some who have waited too long. Some who aid recovery by optimistic person, alities that create confidence in the phy, sician and his treatment. Others who through fear, pessimism and lack of con, fidence retard recovery. The office nurse sees the patient after his hospitalization and is able to follow him through his recovery, rapid or pro, longed. In this pre, and post-hospital period the office nurse is learning much about people. She sees people gradually leav, ing the normal state of · health to the From Georgia Nursing. ••Address of the President,., Mrs. Olive L. Barbin. By permission of Executive Secretary, G.S.N.A., Mildred B. Pryse, R.N. Tomorrow isn't a mystery-tomorrow is exactly what we make it today. We ourselves chart our future, and only through our efforts, individually and as an organized group, with vision, intel, ligence and courage can we make the tomorrow of nursing brighter, and the nurse of tomorrow appreciated in the light of her true capabilities. It behooves us as an organized pro, fession, to look critically at the basic training of our nurses, to recognize and put into these courses teaching exper, iences which will prepare the nurse for what the nation will expect of her in the future. MARCH. 1948 UTAH NURSE It is natural that neither all ot1zens nor all nurses will be in entire accord with new planning; however, we, who before have worked for improvements that have been made in the face of opposition, realize that we must have courage as well as vision if nursing is to fit into the new scheme of tomorrow. * Questionnaires Sent Out We sent questionnaires to the train, ing school hospitals. They report the fol, lowing: Holy Cross Hospital and the Wm. Budge Memorial Hospital are getting the desired number of applicants for the next class. They are referring ap, plicants over the number they need, to other hospitals. Thomas D. Dee Memorial, St. Bene, diet's, St. Marks, Dr. Groves L.D.S. and Salt Lake County General hospi, tals, all need more applicants. We can do recruiting for these hos, pitals by getting nursing information to high school students and arousing the public to the nurse need and improving community-nurse relations. Let us all follow the advice of one of our largest institutions, namely, "Pub, licize the present shortage as due to greater demand rather than nurse short, acre." The June graduating classes of 1948 will produce 153 young, eager, alert nurses ready for the R.N. A rich source for U.S.N.A. memberships. Among them are many who can give much to the organization. Fresh, unprejudiced view, points, new ideas, hopefulness in carry· ing out these viewpoints and ideas. Fear, lessness in facing future nursing prob, !ems, confidence in solving them. This has ab.1ays been the contribution of youth. We invite these new nurses to join the associations. We need their help. It is their future we are working for. The many friends of Miss Mildred Wood will be pleased to know that she is now Director of Nursing at Dr. Groves L.D.S. Hospital. Miss Wood re• cently returned from the University of Chicago, where she obtained B.S. and M.S. degrees. Since graduating from L.D.S. in 1936, she has served as presi• dent of her alumnae association, treasur, er of U.S.N.A., secretary of Red Cross Nursing Committee, and president of U.S.N.A. We congratulate the L.D.S. and wish Mildred joy in her new serv, ice. Nurses ... Getting Places Anna Fillmore. R.N., former Utah nurse, has been appointed General Director of the National Organization of Public Health Nursing to succeed Ruth Houlton, R.N. Miss Fillmore will be remembered by Utah nurses as Director of the Division of Public Health Nursing during 1934-36. She has also held positions in Utah as private duty nurse, head nurse, supervisor and county public health nurse. Miss Fillmore left Utah to become assistant director of the American Nurses' Association at New York. She later went to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York successively as staff nurse, supervisor, industrial nurse consultant and assistant director. A graduate of Dr. W. H. Groves Latter-day Saints Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Miss Fillmore secured postgraduate training in public health nursing at the University of California at Berkeley. She received her B.S. degree from Teachers College, Columbia University and the degree of Master of Public Health from Harvard University. Miss Fillmore has taught at Teach, ers College, Columbia University, Tor, onto University and Yale University schools of public health and is the au, thor of several articles on public health nursing and industrial nursing which have appeared in professional magazines. Utah nurses are proud of the con, tribution Miss Fillmore has made to the MARCH, 1948 UTAH NURSE profession and wish her continued success in her new position. So many of our nurses have asked, 'What became of Verle Lesman?" Verle is now teaching a class in Public Health Nursing at Holy Cross Hospital.. Her students, the Senior Nurses. She 1s also finishing her work at the U, graduating this June. You remember Verle resigned from her position as Director of the Community Nursing Bureau and Mrs. Kandace Hudson resigned as Director of U.N.A. to make possible the amalgamation of these services under the new Director, Evelyn Kidneigh. These services are now under the new title-Community Nursing Service. * Article Raises Controv~rsy Did you read the article by Gretta Palmer in the December issue of the Ladies Home Journal entitled, "What Happens When Trained Nurses Won't Nurse the Sick"? Do you know thatElla. Best, Executive Secretary for A.N.A. wrote the editor of the magazine obj~cting to the article. Also Mary M. Roberts, Editor of the American Journal of Nursing. Mr. William C. Scott, attorney for A.N.A. wrote the editor offering the facilities of the A.N.A. offices to Journai .writers for factual material to print about· ·nursing and nurses. That Mr. Scott wrote to Readers' Digest asking them to get facts before re-printing the article. That Readers' Digest wrote, "Our own checking of the article caused us to decide against its publication." That almost every state has written protests, a very fine one sent from Utah by Ada Burt, President of District 1. That letters will not do the good a postcard from a Journal subscriber will, merely saying she objects to the article. And do you knowThat more than 114,000 registered nurses are engaged in bedside nursing? That 25 555 head nurses and , assistants do so~e' bedside nursing. That 31,000 private duty nurses are doing bedside nursing? That totals more than 170,000 nurses doing bedside care. That · 30,892 are in administrative, teaching and supervisory positions? That nearly 21,000 P.H. nurses are filling a vital function? That we are spread as thin as possible to meet increJ.sing demands for care. That more than 40,000 more are needed because of increasing demands? * Fruit of the Vine Via the grapevine we hear that Private Duty Nurses are wondering if the trend is toward replacing them with Practical Nurses. The idea seems to stem from the efforts to raise educational requirements for nursing and to encourage the degree school. We see no danger to the nurse of today in either of these. Sick patients will always require nursing that the Practical Nurse is not now and will not be trained to give. She may be employed by hospitals for the service she is trained to give. She will do private duty service in homes if the case is one she can care for. She will never take the place of the Graduate Registered Nurse. - Better education for the coming nurse cannot in any way do harm to the present nurses. Nothing can take from us the title of Graduate Registered Nurse. We should not reBent anyone who is entitled to be a Professional Nurse, because, although we all enjoy the title now many of us cannot really qualify. Professional is not something we elect to be, it is what others recognize us to be. Professional recognition is based largely on educational requirements and educational progress. As long as educators and social scientists doubt that we are a profession, we must strive to improve the educational side of nurs, ing until there is doubt in the minds of no one as to our right to be called a profession. Many who graduated before-..grad, uation from high school with scholastic MARCH. 1948 UTAH NURSE rank in upper two-fifths of clas.s"-was a requirement, now have sons and daugh, ters for whom they sacrifice much to give a good education. Why? Because they know they do not have as much educa, tion themselves as they would like to have. Because they want their children to have a fair chance for the better things that demand a good education. Why not stand for better education for the nurse of the future? We are Graduate Registered Nurses. Nothing can change this. And any statement made by any group that nurs, ing is a profession, will not make the individual members Professional unless they can qualify. We who cannot will ride along en joying the title as we do now. Let us crush unwarranted fears. Prac, tkal Nurses-so few in Utah-will have to increase greatly to become a danger. Their production can be controlled. Only the number that can be absorbed will be trained. They have a definite place. They can never take ours. * The stork is one of the mystics, And inhabits a number of districts; He doesn ,t yield plumes, Nor sing any tunes, But helps with the vital statistics. * Benefits of A.N.A. We often hear a nurse say-.. What does the A.N.A. or the State As.soda, tion do for me?" We have thought about it a great deal and wonder what a nurse expects the A.N.A. or the State Association to do for her-individually. The AN.A. is a fact-finding, policy, ma~ing and service body which acts in advisory capacity to State Nurses, As.so, ciations and through them advances the usefulness and welfare of nurses. Surely no one who looks back over the past 30 years can fail to see what the U.S.N.A. has done for nurses in Utah. It is now doing a tremendous job for the nurse of today and for the .nurse of the future. It is helping Institutional Nurses and Public Health Nurses to bring salaries and working conditions to a level decided after careful study of nurse needs. It will help Private Duty Nurses who are now planning Employ, ment Standards. It stands ready to aid Office Nurses if the need arises. During 1947 the load has been borne by 391 nurses while many more have benefited by the accomplishments of the as.sociation during the past year. The association needs and should have the support of every working nurse. It has the support of several who do not ask what the association does for them but who, though non-working nurses con, tinue their support because they know the association works for the profession as a whole. The association needs YOU. Support it under present dues so a reserve may be built up to permit a lowering of dues as soon as pos.sible. Test the associa, tion 's facilities to serve you individually. Many have, and are pleased with results. Bring to your Executive Secretary, your problems, your doubts, your misunder, standings, even your gripes. Send the last to us, unsigned, and we will' try to clarify it in our next issue of Utah Nurse. * Report On My Trip LOUISE VAN E. ]AGER The year 194 7 surely was a banner year for me. My husband and I took a long,planried and many times deferred trip to the place of our birth, Holland. Since transportation was a big problem we had to choose between staying home, or going on a long cruise. We chose the latter, and what a lucky choice this proved to be. Leaving New Orleans on May 21, our jaunt took us down .. the father of all waters," the Mississippi, into the gulf stream to Cuba. Haiti and St. Thomas. From there we had a nine-day cruise to Funchal Madeira (God's own garden spot). Then we went to Casa Blanca. I will draw a veil over the boat. ride across the water from Madeira to where the various ocean streams meet and mix, MARCH, 1948 UTAH NURSE as we want to forget this episode. (Yes, we fed the fish.) Casa Blanca-where ancient and mod, em customs meet as well as East and West. To describe our stay there would take an article in itself. Come and see us sometime, that we might go into de, tail, girls. · Then came Gibralter-..The rock.,, I'm still amazed what has been done to a big hunk of stone-thence to Lisbon. This · town is indescribable in its beauty and poverty. At Brest we had to stop to have the ship Degaussed as there were too many mines floating around loose in the North Sea which were at, tracted to the steamers plying the salty brine. Paris--oh, gay Paree-we spent two days there and came away befogged from the many impress1ons we received while sight-seeing. In Copenhagen, Gothemburgh and Bergeri we went sight-seeing for one day in each place; thence, to London, Eng, land. Five days there wasn't long enough, but it gave us a fair idea of the havoc wrought during the last war. Finally, on June 28 we arrived in the land wrested from the sea. We floated through the canals to eight feet above · the ground. Dykes, windmills, crowds, crowds; laughter amid handi, caps--everything expensive, rationed or unobtainable. This is Holland. We spent six weeks there. We tried to· study conditions besides renewing old friendships and making new acquaint, ances. We are so grateful to have had an opportunity to send packages from the land of plenty to the land where literally everything was carried away by the enemy. We are grateful to have had the chance to see how conditions are across the big water. It brought home to us that we, in spite of many disappointments and difficulties, are indeed living in a land that is blessed above all other lands. We appreciate America more than ever. Why Did We Lose You? You were a 1946 member. You were not on our roll in 194 7. Why did we lose you? Was it the increase in dues? If so, let us tell you why the increase was necessary. The Economic Security Program, which is nation-wide, costs money. It would be impossible to carry the program through in our state without a fulltime secretary at our office. This costs money. The Utah State Nurses' Association has used borrowed equip, ment since its organization. We now have an office and are gradually buying equipment. This costs money. Neighboring states with like prob, lems and expenses, have more than twice as many members supporting their state organization. This means more than twice as much money to do the same job. Utah is third lowest state in membership. Can we woo you back? We need YOU. Give us 900 members and dues can be lowered. * Richards Writes On Esprit de ·Corps .. Esprit de Corps-the spirit of the profession of soldiering. In the army it gets into the Regular's system and there is no innoculation against it. It is a jealous regard for the honor of their group. It is founded on loyalty to, a regard for the individual, his country, his friends, his uniform and his unit.,, Why not esprit de corps in our nurse organizations? The Regulars in the army are com, parable to the nurse during training. No innoculation against, means that all who are susceptible will get it. As we look back over the years of nursing in Utah we :find many nurses who were susceptible to esprit de corps and have resisted all attempts to innoc, ulate against it. They continue through the years to have a ••jealous regard for UTAH NURSE MARCH, 19-+8 the honor of the group, a loyalty to and regard for the individual, the uni, form and the unit," be it private duty, institutional, public health or office nurse. The regiments that make up the divisions that make up the army are com.parable to the above nursing branches that make up the state association. The regiments alone, the divisions alone, do not win a war. It is the esprit de corps that in war unites all regiments in many divisions into one purpose-winning. Let us as nurses expose ourselves to it and if we .. catch" it guard it well. * Important Statistics At Your Service With the publication of the tenth edition of Facts Abowt Nursing, the Nursing Information Bureau once more has assembled for ready use important statistics on recent developments in nurs, ing. Again the number of nurses employed in hospitals and public health agencies has shown a steady increase. Far greater, hO'vever, has been the increase in non.federal hospital patients, with a million more admissions recorded for 1946 than 1945. Blue Cross membership alone rose from 20,000,000 to 25,000,000 in a sin~le year. Schools of nursing, however, had en, rollments larger than at any time up to 1944. Graduating classes were the larg, est in history, having doubled the num, ber of graduates ten years before. A strong trend toward charging tuition and a slighter trend against paying allow.ances were reported by schools. A larger percentage of new students were young women with some college train.- ing. Employment of paid auxiliary workers increased notably in non-federal hosoi, tals but decreased in hospitals as a whole, with the exception of practical nurses and attendants. Volunteer nurses' aides in hospitals decreased from 49,774 to 12,804 between 1945 and 1946. A wealth of detailed information on salaries, hours, and other employment conditions of nurses has been collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Hospital Association, and the National Organ~ation for Public Health Nursing. A new feature of the book is a map showing inter,regional movement of nurses as related to average salaries in the different regions. The map was prepared by the ANA research and statis, tical service, as were many of the tables. These and many other striking facts form the statistical background of the new handbook. Co-operation by national nursing organizations and related agencies has yielded unusually .significant data for writers, speakers, planners, and educators. Copies are available from the NIB at 3 5 cents. -From New Yor~ State Nurs~ * What Do You Want Most To Read in the Utah Nurse? To keep you posted, by the Executive Secretary ............................................. . Reports from: Training Schools ................................ . Districts ............................................... . Sections ................................................ · Delegates to conferences, · etc .............. . A.N.A ................................................ . Fruit of the Vine..................................... . Gleanings ................................................. . Florals and Morals................................... . News About Nurses................................. . Richards Writes ..................................... . Views on Nursing................................. . The Utah Nurse is your bulletin. We want to please you. Check by number in order of your choice, 1, 2, 3, etc., in the above list and send to your head, quarters office. * Joh Warrants Investigation We gripe about our job-and there is reason to gripe-but before taking the job, do we investigate it carefully? Do we read the rules and regulations MARCH, 1948 UTAH NURSE so we know what is expected of us? Do we find out about vacations, sick leave, rotation, hours of work and if overtime is paid? If not, we are partly to blame for poor personnel policies. Let us develop some business acumen and ask for a contract for the job. A job description for us to sign our accept, ance of, if we are to be hired. How can we be .. worthy of our hire" if we do not know what is expected of us? Eight hours can be partly squander, ed or fully utilized to the satisfaction of both employer and employee if there is mutual understanding at the time of hiring. * In Memorium Laura Willes, a friend of the deceased, gave us the following. Mrs. Agnes Hoggan Reid of Manti, Utah died Jan. 31 , 1948 after a long illness. Mrs. Reid ' was a graduate of Dr. Groves L.D.S. Hospital Training School for Nurses. In 1914 she organized and brought into being the Utah State Nurses' Association serving as tern porary chairman and first president. She served as chief nurse at L.D.S. for a short period, did industrial nursing for O.S.L.R.R. at Salt Lake City and Pocatello, Idaho. She served at Fort Bliss, Texas in World War I. After the war she did Red Cross work in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Later she entered the insurance field in which she was very successful. In 1930 she married Edgar T. Reid of Manti. where she took an active part in \):.rork for the L.D.S. church of which she ,vas a member. Mrs. Reid was greatly _loved and respected by all who knew her for her many kindnesses and good deeds. Her many friends among the early graduates will be grieved to read of her demise. Sister Rosalieve Hogan, a member of the Order of the Holy Cross. died in Ogden. She was born in Ireland in 1877. She served for a number of years as a nurse at Holy Cross Hospital and also in a Fresno, California hospital. * New Location Since the Community Nursing Bureau and the District No. 1 Registry moved to the Ness Building the U.S.N.A. has acquired some office equipment. The U.S.N.A. is YOU and you own : A large grey metal desk, chrome trim, med. A grey metal desk chair covered with brick-red Koroseal. A mimeograph machine. A four-drawer filing case matching desk. Two old filing cases. A good pair of 9-inch shears. A good stapler. A 15-inch ruler. A metal wastebasket. Let us all take pride in this ownership and gradually add supplies and equip, ment necessary for good businesslike management of our headquarters. Come and see us. Call us by phone. We will be listed as UTAH STATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS. * Florals and Morals Florals to nurses in District 6 who volunteered their service free for a Child Health Conference, proposed by veteran students of Utah State Agricultural Col, lege to help educate their wives in the care of growing children. To the VNA nurses and the Registrar who gave up their fine directors but remained loyal to their services and are giving their best to the new service and its director. Morals to nurses who speak thought, lessly of the undesirable aspects of our profession where patients and student nurses may hear...There are no bound, aries to the spread of ideas, right or wrong.'' * * * Don't forget to pay your dues to your district treasurer. MARCH, 1948 UTAH NURSE Report of Institutional District Reports Staff Nurse Section The annual meeting of District 1 was held at the St. Marks Hospital on Sept. 30. Dr. David W. Morgan, guest speaker, discussed .. The Psychiatric Dis, orders Encountered in the General Hospital.,, At the suggestion of A.N.A. and the U.S.N.A., Institutional Staff Nurse Sec, tions were organized in the Districts throughout the State in the Fall of 1946. In January 1947 a representative from each Section was chosen to comprise the Coordinating Council for Institutional Staff Nurses. Personnel Policies, with minimum standards, were set up. Rules to govern Staff Nurse Sections were made. The suggested Personnel Policies were sent to all Hospital Administrators and Directors of Nursing Service. Our Ex, ecutive Secretary made numerous con, · tacts with Hospital Administrators, at the request of the Staff Nurses of Hos, pitals which wished her to intercede for them. A 44-hour week has been instituted in some hospitals throughout the State. On January of this year the L.D.S. Hos, pital, Salt Lake City, gave a general raise· of $7.50 on each level of pay. · Economic Security for Nurses is one of the primary objects of the Nurses Association. A Conference on Economic Security for Staff Nurses, is being held in San Francisco, April 7 to 12. The AN.A. will assume travel and living expenses for one delegate from each State. A second delegate may be sent at the expense of the State Associations; The Utah State Association has agreed to send the second delegate. Five names were submitted to the committee for consideration; of these two were chosen : Miss Margaret Critchlow, Provo, Utah, and Miss Karma Anderson, Ogden, Utah. . We expect to accomplish a good deal in 1948, since so much valuable prelim, inary work has been done during 1947. A short business meeting followed. The following officers were elected: Mildred Rordome, Vice-President; Nora Eikemeyer, Secretary; Helen Beiersdorfer, Genevieve Nester, Francis George, Board Members. Nurses receiving Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Education, Fall, 1947: Beverly Joy Frewin Evan. Vivian Beverly Hansen. Verla M. Johanson. Wanda Jean Kinghorn. Mary Kink. Wanda Rachel La Proy. Nancy Cox MacKay. Anita Tolmie Owens. DISTRICT NO. 3 District No. 3 held a very interesting Dinner Meeting January 29, 1948 ·at the Silver Star Cafe in Orem, Utah. The guest speakers were Mrs. E. ·G. Richards, executive secretary of the Utah State Nurses' Association who spoke on the .. Problems of the Utah Nurse,, and Mrs. Hattie Solomon, chairman of the Utah State Public Relations Committee, who discussed the ..Importance of Public Relations.,, Forty nurses were present. At the present time District No. 3 has twenty-nine paid up members. There are several who are paying their dues on the installment plan. With the double action work of our new Membership Chairman, Zoe Manning, I am sure we will soon have a larger membership roll than we had in 194 7. You all know Zoe Bullock Manning. Let her help you arrange the payments of your dues. She UTAH NURSE will let you pay what you want, when you want so that it will not work a hardship on your purse strings. Her address is 445 West 4th South, Provo, Utah. Remember "'Zoe collects ze Doe." Our Program Committee with Mrs. Iona Coons as chairman has our April meeting well on its way. They have planned a visit to the Springville Art Gallery with a dinner meeting following. Watch for the time, place and date and join us. It will be well worth your while as the Art Exhibit is always out, standing, a credit to Utah. It seems as if the officers of District No. 3 are always making a change of some sort. The latest change was made when our Treasurer, Mrs. Lucille Page, was a target for Dan Cupid's arrow. She resigned from the Treasurer's office and now occupies the prominent position as Mrs. Cyril Hicken of Heber City, Utah. We were very sorry to lose Lucille, but all join in wishing her much happiness. Mrs. Lillian Thompson, Public Health Nurse from Provo, has accepted the job of Treasurer and what a job it is trying to stretch the limited funds to cover every need, however she is managing very well. We are happy to announce to you that Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Allen (Ne: Hilda Oaks) has a new baby. The nurses who know Hilda will be happy to get this information. We all know that she is a wonderful mother, and that during the past ten or twelve years she has mothered every child in Utah County who needed a mother's care. We are all very happy for you, Hilda. All of us in District No. 3, and I am sure this is true of our entire State Association, are looking forward to the return of Cynthia Curtis. We under, stand that she will soon complete her work <1.t the University in Denver and will be home the middle of March. We are looking forward to your return, Cynthia, and at this time we wish to express our sincere sympathy to you for the loss of your mother. Our competent Corresponding Se.ere, MARCH, 1948 tary, Josephine Wightman, has been Acting Superintendent of Nurses at the Utah State Hospital during the absence of Cynthia. We hear that she is doing very well in that capacity, however we are all aware that Joe does everything well; a story, a pat on the back, a shot in the arm and a job well done re.pre, sents a true picture of Joe. We feel honored that one of our group was chosen to represent the In, stitutional Staff Nurses of Utah at the Institutional Staff Convention in San Francisco from April 7 to 12, 1948. Miss Margaret Critchlow from the Utah Valley Hospital was one of the two from Utah chosen. Miss Critchlow is a graduate from the Dee Hospital in Ogden in the spring of 194 7. Since then she has been employed at the Utah Valley Hospital. Absorb a lot of good information to pass around to the rest of us stay,at,homes when you return, Margaret. Just for good measure you have a good time while you are there. We are sure that you will make a very fine representative. Olga reminds us that on March 25 at 3 p.m., Miss Rhoda Larson, State Hospital Consultant Nurse, will be at the Utah Valley Hospital to discuss "Nursery Technique." She will also show the film, "From the Cradle." We urge all the nurses in Utah and Wasatch Counties to attend this meeting. Come on, girls, let's have another get-together and learn all they have new on nursery technique,. Perhaps we can pull a candy pull or something at Olga's following the meeting. Did Olga te.11 you that Public Health is taking over at the Utah Valley Hospital? Well it is almost to that point and I want to take this opportunity to say how very much we appreciate the wonderful cooperation we are getting from all the ho.spital personnel. Just to give you an idea of the extent of this cooperation I will list our activi, ties there for each month. Six dental clinics are conducted each month, one Crippled Children •s Clinic, four Physio, Therapy clinics, four Child Health Con, ferences. The Public Health Nurses UTAH NURSE assist in the Out Patient's Department every Friday morning, and the Cancer Clinic two mornings each month. One afternoon each month the Pre-natal class is shown through the hospital to acquaint them with the Maternity Division and the nurses. Did someone say that hospital nurses and Public Health Nurses do not cooperate? Ask Olga. Remember, you are all cordially in, vited to attend our dinner meeting and visit the Springville Art Gallery with District No. 3, Utah State Nurses' Asso, ciation. Let Joe have your reservations. We promise you a good time as well as much valuable information in one of the finer cultures of Utah. DISTRICT NO. 4 The long sought-after 44-hour work week is now a reality at Price City Hospital. Sincere thanks go to Mrs. Lorraine D. Thompson, Hospital super, visor, for her diligent and successful work on this project. The nurses at Price Hospital are also participating in a retirement plan sponsored by Price City. Three percent of the monthly wages are deducted from the pay checks and applied to a fund. Should the mem, ber stop work at any time the money in the fund can be either withdrawn or left in the fund to be added to at some future date. The ••coppers,, in the District treasury are slowly but surely swelling due to the sale of occasional and special greet, ing cards, stationery and gift wrappings. This little money-making scheme began with the successful sale of Christmas cards and will be continued through the remainder of the year. Miss Margaret Rigby is now showing a fine line of cards, wrappings and stationery and will be happy to receive and fill orders at any time. There has been a decide.cl improvement in attendance of regular meetings this year. Invitations have been extended to non-members as well as members, in an effort to stimulate interest in the Asso-ciation and increase membership. Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Newby, in charge of programs, have a very inter, MARCH, 19-rn esting schedule arranged for the remainder of the year; the highlights being a formal dinner-dance to be held at the Country Club with Doctors and their partners as special guests and a Tea planned for late April or early May with special invitations to be extended to State Officers. The Tea will be held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Merril at Hiawatha. DISTRICT NO. 5 CEDAR CITY; UTAH Nurses of District No. 5 held their first meeting of 19 4 8 on January 2 3. Mrs. E. G. Richards, executive secretary, and Mrs. Hattie Soloman, chairman of public relations, were guest speakers. Many stimulating points were discussed on the economic security program and structure of national nursing organizations. Mrs. Richards urged that nurses broaden their interests and become more informed on world activities. The question of whether nursing is a profession was challenged. Are we informed enough to call ourselves pro, fessional people? District No. 5 has seventeen members of the U.S.N.A., which is only a fair percentage of our nurses. Lola Prestwich, Secretary a.nd Treasurer U.S.N.A., District No. 5 216 South 2nd West Cedar City, "Utah DISTRICT NO. 6 District No. 6, U. S. Nurses' Association has elected the following to guide this district through another year: Mrs. Elva M. Struckus, President; Mrs. Alta R. Roskelley, President, Elect; Nina Maughan, Secretary and Treasurer; Ada Nielsen and LaFaye Morton, One-Year Board Members; Vivian Mil, ler, Two-Year Board Member; La Preal Prevo!, Three, Year Board Member. Committee Chairmen: Vivian Miller, Public Relations; Jennie Van Drimmel, en, Program Committee; Sally Erickson, Credentials; Anne Burns, Revisions Committee; Adella Pechacke, Nomin, UTAH NURSE ations; Ada Nielsen, Membership; Nina Maughan Finance; Gwen Wilson, Red Cross; Margaret Merrill, A.J.N. The meetings planned for the year are most interesting as well as educational. Mrs. E. G. Richards, State Execu, tive Secretary and Mrs. Hattie Solomon were the guest speakers at our first meeting. They addressed a very large group of members. Logan has been chosen as the meeting place for the U.S.N.A. convention in September. Committees are being cho, sen and plans are going forward. Sincerely yours, Miss Nina Maughan Public Health Nurse Secretary and Treasurer District No. 6 DISTRICT NO. 7 On September 18, 1947 a meeting was called by Mrs. Winifred Ryan, who is District Representative of the Inactive Nurses Committee, for the purpose of explaining why the dues for nurses had been raised. She has invited Mrs. Alta Roskelley and Miss La Verna Peterson as guest speakers. At this meeting there were eighteen members present, and we were very pleased with the attendance became we had not had a regular meeting for several months. It was decided that regular meetings be held the third Wednesday of the month, and that we try to have guest speakers for each meeting, who would discuss subjects in which nurses would be interested. We held the meeting on October 15, having Mrs. Lowman and Miss Rhoda Larsen as guest speakers. Miss Larsen gave a brief talk on what was new in the nursing field and was so interesting that we invited her to come back and continue her discussion at the November meeting. At this meeting some of our local nursing and hospital problems we.re discussed, and the members present realized the need for organization if such problems were to be solved success, fully. MARCH, 1948 Our next meeting was held November 19, and guest speakers were Miss Larsen and Miss Bessie Hansen, who gave very interesting talks on new nursing procedures, especially in Obstetrics. It was decided that Box Elder County had a definite need for Social Hygiene Education, not only for the young people, but also for their parents. We planned to invite interested guests to the meeting in January, including representatives from school, church and civic organizations, and Mr. Wayne Anderson, State Executive Secretary of , the Social Hygiene Program, to meet with us and explain the program. On December 17 our next meeting was held for the purpose of electing new officers for the coming year, but since the by-laws of the State Constitu, tion read that the President and Secre, tary be elected in the odd years, Agnes Sterling, President, and Elaine Ward, Secretary, consented to serve for another year. Mrs. Winifred Ryan was elected Vice-President, and a Board of five including : Mrs. Elias Davis, Mrs. Lil, lian Felt, Mrs. Ruth Pearse, Mrs. Grace Rasmussen and Mrs. La Prele Ridd, were elected for a one-year term. For two weeks before Christmas the nurses donned uniforms and sold T .B. Seals from a booth in one of the down, town stores. Our January meeting was very sue, cessful and we felt that we had accomplished something worthwhile in our ef, forts to make the public understand the need for Social Hygiene E~ucation. Mr. Wayne Anderson presented the reason for an organization, and the important work it could do in our community. A nominating committee was elected to appoint a permanent committee to work with Mr. C. E. Smith who is co-ordinator in the Home and Family Life Program in Box Elder County, in planning and presenting the Social Hygiene Program to the public. There were thirty-six members and guests present, includingMr. C. E. Smith. Sheriff Warren G. Hyde, and representatives from the school, the church and the home, as well MARCH, 1948 UTAH NURSE as the several Civic groups in the city. So much for our regular meetings. We do feel ve.ry well pleased with the results of the ones we have held so far because at each one we have presented outstanding speakers who had much of interest to offer each nurse. We think our most important problem, at this time, is to keep the nurses organized and interested in community betterment, and to assume our responsibilities, as nurses. For a few years, because everyone was too busy to attend meetings, we almost lost this group of nurses, but now we feel that this is a very enthusiastic and progressive District, and we have already begun to make ourselves known to the Community, for the good we. have done. So far, for 1948, we have four paid up memberships and we expect more at the next meeting to be held February 18. Our aim is that next year our report will contain many more projects and activities, and with the start we have made we think it will. We shall be very happy for any sug, gestions you may have which will bene, fit the growth and development of this District. Sincerely, Elaine S. Ward, Secretary * The Community Nursing Service This new service resulted from the amalgamation of the Visiting Nurse As, sociation and the Community Nursing Bureau, and is at present located in the Ness Building. . The Director, Evelyn Kidneigh, came to the new service direct from the U. of U., where she was a faculty member with the school of sociology and social work. She is also known for her work as assistant supervisor of the Salt Lake Board of Health Nursing Division. Mary D. Bero-Graduate, St. Mark's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. Had private duty and has been with the Visiting Nurse Association for five years. Lois Holm-Graduate, Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. She has been with the Visiting Nurse Asso, ciation for five years. Before that she. had several years of private and general duty. LaRene Scott - Graduate, Budge Memorial Hospital, Logan, Utah. Two years with the Visiting Nurse Association. Previous to that time she worked at Remington Arms. Also several years of private duty. Beatrice Green - Graduate, Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. Four years with Metropolitan Nursing Service. Several years private duty and with the Visiting Nurse Association since February 9, 1948. Lois Romney-Registrar for Nurses Professional Registry, District 1. Grad, uate of Holy Cross Hospital. Served as Private Duty Nurse 20 years before her appointment as registrar. * Naval. Reserve Nurse Questionnaire The yearly Questionnaire has be.en sent out by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to all Inactive Duty Re.serve Nurses. Many are being re.turned by reason of "unclaimed" or •moved and left no address.,, Reserve Nurses are requested to keep this Bureau posted as to ALL changes in addresses. Reserve Nurses are urged to read the Questionnaire carefully and forward as directed. Both Questionnaires go to the Naval District in which the Nurse now resides. All correspondence is now being handled direct through the Naval Districts. Nellie Jane DeWitt Captain (NC) USN Director * Your A.N.A. card is good identification. Take it with you wherever you go. MARCH. 1948 UTAH NURSE Advanced Clinical Curricula For Graduate Nurses The University of Minnesota School of Nursing continues to offer several programs for graduate nurses who are interested in advanced clinical study or in a program which includes advanced clinical study in the curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. Those who wish to continue professional study may choose either (1) the nine quarters (2 7 months) program combining aca, demic courses with advanced clinical study and leading to a Bachelor of Sci, ence degree or ( 2) the three to four quarters (9-12 months) program with emphasis upon advanced clinical study leading to a certificate in a special clini, cal field. Opportunities for study are available in the following clinical fields: (a) Medical nursing (h) Obstetric nursing (c) Operating room nursing ( d) Pediatric nursing (e) Pediatric and communicable dis, ease nursing (f) Psychiatric nursing (g) Rural hospital nursing (h) Surgical nursing (i) Tuberculosis nursing Curricula are planned on the basis of the student's individual interests, past academic preparation, and future plans. Students who have earned credits for college work taken at the University of Minnesota or at any other accredited college or university may apply such credits toward the Bachelor of Science degree. Clinical experience will be care, fully selected to meet the needs and desires of individual studnts. For Further Details More detailed information concerning any one of the curricula may be found in the University of Minnesota School of Nursing Bulletin which may be obtained by writing to: Katharine J. Densford, Director School of Nursing 12 5 Medical Sciences Building University of Minnesota Minneapolis 14, Minnesota * TACT-ability to win your point without making an enemy. * * * UNSATISFIED-I want what I can, not have and don't want what I have. * * * HAPPINESS- Fulfillment in upre, ferred" ways. * * * The following sign is posted by the roadside as you enter a western town: 4,076 people died last year of gas. 29 inhaled it. 47 put a lighted match to it. 4,000 stepped on it. * * * It seems ironic that in many states, the professional nurse must be licensed but anyone who has no training at all may nurse without license. Utah now has a law licensing Practical Nurses but it does not include .. all who nurse for hire." A step forward but not as far as it should be. * * * Ask yourself often-Is mine an informed opinion or one based on pre, judice? * * * Oklahoma State Nurses' Association have a campaign to raise a fund of $50,000. 00 to be used for nursing research in the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. A step nearer the full right to call ours a profession. * * • First duty of the professional nurse is to keep her profession alive by con, stantly recruiting new qualified students. Second, is to maintain standards to insure .recognition of nursing as a pro, f ession by other professions and by the public. NURSING 7 DISTRICTS OF UTAH L1 ""~""' l 3 THE UTAH STATE NuRSEs' AssocIATION Sec. 562, P. L. fJ R. 3RD FLOOR CITY BOARD OF HEALTH BLDG. U. S. POSTAGE PAID SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH If not able to deliver, notify the Sender on Form 3S47. Postage for notice guaranteed. Salt Lake City, Utah Permit No. 791 POSTMASTER: f) ·~ ?fl ,3 ~~