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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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By PAT PECK
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Students snug and smug in their
lilOe world of city and Ag camp
uses are seemingly unconscious
that a large and lively part of
their world is located at the
corner of 42nd. St. and Dewey
Avenue, Omaha, sixty miles away.i
The University School of Nurs-
then skips the sophomore rear to
become a junior. Most bookwork
is over for nurses at the beginning
of their second year at University
Hospital. Then the number of
work hours per week is stepped
up to 36. Eight hours of class are
included in the schedule.
Hours vary during the second
year. Student nurses may work
Ing and College of Medicine are from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. or relief
acutely conscious of themselves hours from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sen
as a part of the University. They ior students have no classes at
are as vitally interested in the all and their work week averages
athletic squads and social func
tions of the University as their
fellow students in Lincoln.
44 hours.
Student nurses get one and one
half days off each week, and those
Med students in white jackets day may come anytime. Two
and nurses in crisp uniforms that
tread the quiet wards of Uni
versity Hospital instead of the
concrete walks of the campus are
weeks on night duty rate nurses
a four-day leave.
Facilities housing the Univer
sity School of Nursing and the
college students in as true a sense! College of Medicine include two
as those in Lincoln. They may ' laboratories, University Hospital
work different hours and sleep and a service unit
less, but they like the same fun Nursing students are housed in
and the same food. Conkling Hall about a half-block
Under the new four-vear tiro- from University Hospital.
gram which was initiated in Sep- AU nurses live in Conkling
tember by the School of Nursing,
students spend two semesters and
one summer on the University
campus at Lincoln or on the cam
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iu 3ra. dent nurse is placed in charge of
hvef one block from University a ward of 20 persons. lt te nere
IV COVKLIXG HALL ... Student nnrses relax in the spacious lounge of Conkling Hall to watch
TV or chat All student nurses are required to lire in the ball which has a gjuHiasium and a sec
ond lounge on the ground floor. (Daily Nebraska n Photo by Pat Peck.)
pus of any other accredited col-g?.pital and stays Conkling ; students learn the meaning
and practice of responsibility.
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leads to a Bachelor of Science de- o siuaenis wno are marr M Schedules at the School of
STliJi t" 'tinJJ buskers this year sufficient to en.
gree m nursing.
at Lincoln and for the first time 'til the end of her nursing career
this year the School of Nursing the nurse virtually lives in her
chorus, under the direction of Etta uniform.
Davis, came to Lincoln to par-j la addition to clothes, dates and
ticipate in the Messiah. work hours, the student nurse has
Student nurses purchased Corn-: studying to about duling
part of her training. The library
While at the University stu- l" t1, A """fiwhen students in Lincoln are ter a candidate in competition for ,r t i- I,
dents are trained in freshman 7 Rouses of medical frater- dreaming about Christmas vaca- Crnhker bauty wen. TWs 15 ed one wing of the Uni- fc.
English, sir hours! eeneral chem- Ti. xvappa ft-appa, t-ni ;tion onjy resrlman nursine stu- i.
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istry, five hours: biology or zool- C ,Nu su and f1 f0
ogy. six hours: normal nutrition J .1e,?fti mfdical, fraterT
three or six hours- nrinrinles f i111-. ?ila PHn, ooes noi
sociology, three hours: history, six
hours; public speaking, three
hours; physical education, two
hwsrs. In addition students are
allowed three hours for an elec
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dents are lookine forward to va-U ,v,, ,, Mroom where the shslves are fillei
cation." Freshmen get two weeks , ft ,j witli textbooks, there is the Philip
principles of sociology is recom
menaed.
The cultural courses which are
begun at the University are sup-
nff at fhricmae anrf tnm uroolrc
maintain a house. i -T TfTr th : thV wP1 oi ciuuig - . u -
Hours in Conklin HaU differ one day during bfa&r Su it comfortable chairs
somewhat from those a force t W Juniors get one month S&&WW a"racl-f by the Stu-
a.ln sunraer and senior tu-L omewhat. ratinff deoends on dent Council. The Council also
."trVn.rr T"J? aons may either take a month's, wnrk Krhar,c " ' .contributed new magazines, recent
Freshmen have every weekend ! ncuon, travel, and biographies
senior
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live, but the second semester of "Zi,, lii vacauon or get out that much
ana 11 pjn. on weeKend ni2hts.'pariipr
bpecaai privileges are given to
students to stay out until 12 pjn.
on any night and until 1 a.m. on
Saturday. Freshmen are allowed
plemented at the School of Nurs- :i u
irlanf atEngliSh, T seanTniors"
organization and educational -Dsy-i.: .v.i.;... -r.,.
When the student
pleted four calendar
is eligible for a degree and her
diploma in nursing.
" The first year spent in Omaha
Is a continuation of the bookwork
begun at the University. It is the
intr th ltilprual nofwoon Vi-ic.
has com-mas jj,e encj Cf e year, sen
years She-inrs are allowed as manr srjerial
privileges as they wish.
Student Government
Student government is divided
at the School of Nursing. One
aim of the School of Nursing tolStudent Council is composed of
train the student nurses thor- student nurses only. Members of
oughly in knowledge of duties be-! the Council are officers of each
fore they actually begin work on! class plus a class sponsor from
ward. The freshman student
nurse may work in University
Hospital, but only four hours a
week.
The uniform of the student
nurses at the University Hospital
is a white and gray-blue striped
uniform, a white apron, bib and
cap. During the first sir months
that students spend at the School student nurse.
each class. Members of the med
ical fraternities and the Srhool of
Nursing are represented on an
Interschool Council.
A third council is made up of
Student Fun Too
Crowded though the schedule
may be, no one can accuse cam
pus life at the School of Nursing
of being all work and no play.
Each medical fraternity and each
class of student nurses has a bowl
ing team. This year lab technici
ans are included fnr the first timo
Comnetitinn funr-tinne sir. thrice men and students from
same lines as intramurals in Lin
coln. The School cf Nursing has a
basketball team competing with
schools of nursing and girls bas
ketball teams. The team clavs in
the gymnasium in the basement ' Tuar7
of Conkling HalL The basement
lounge overlooks the basketball
floor.
Thp Fvm Hnnilr lie a Ina inn
for Campus Capers held each f all side Crwiklmg Hall this year,
Wardrobe Problem
off and their dating activities are! to fill bookshelves in the room.
much as on the Lincoln campus. Copies of The Daily Nebraskan
Upperclassmen date when they are sent to the Omaha campus,
are not working. out students have their own
One of the nicest things about mimeographed publication called
the turn of duty in the diet kitch-jThe Pulse Thls -a published by the
cub ccuu iu uiai mc Btuucui jju)llc Hgiatioas department
nurses have evenings free. lhaHP v,v t rviman
oiuueui iiui&crs ddLC liicu stu
dents, home-town fellows, serv-
IX THE NXJESEET . . . Nurse Bonnie Schaffer holds a baby be
hind the glass of the nursery where proud parents come to sr
their offspring. The Incubators are also kept in this room. (Daily
Nebraskan Photo by Fat Peck.)
Lin
coln. One of the complaints, ut-
students, is, "They're aU married!"51 graduate of the School of
ant Director of Public Relations
for the University and head of
the College of Medicine office. He
is assisted by Betsy Thomsen,
whenvthey get this far.'
i Journalism.
at tne cnool. The program as
derjartmpnt. kutpptv Tnrtirini. i similar xo a comoination oi uoea
mteming and pediatrics: a nurse oUies and osmet Klub Fall
from every .department: and ne!?evue on je "ncoln campus
of Nursing they are on probation
and are clubbed "probies." Dur
ing this period they wear no bib
nd cap while working at the
hospital.
At the end of this probationary
This group meets
to talk over any problems which
may arise among doctors, stu
dents, nurses or adniinistrative
officials or between these groups.
Although work in the hospital
is divided into courses and num-
period the students receive their bered according to usual univer
bibs and caps from their ""big sl7 procedure, the student nurses
sisters. student nurses also re- nave meir own xnetnoa oi ciassi-
ceive Florence Nightingale lamps
at this ceremony.
Joan Mitchell, junior in the
School of Nursing, described the
ceremony with sparkling eyes.
She recalls it as the most thrilling
experience for freshman students.
The Florence Nightingale lamp
appears on a pin which nurses re
ceive at graduation. The round
gold pin is bordered In blue and
on it is a banner inscribed, "Sem
per rideliE."
, Nurses Study, Work
Entrance into the School of
TTursing effects a peculiar class
standing. The student leaves Lin
coln as a sophomore, enters the
School of Nursing as a Iresiiman nurse,
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fying work. According to their
metnod they spend six weeks in
the diet kitchen at University
Hospital, ten weeks in surgery,
three months in pediatrics and
three months in obstetrics.
Student nurses walk six blocks
to Dodge County Hospital for
their training in psychiatry, com
municable diseases and public
health. The amount of time spent
on puoiic health is only about
two weeks. Students spend three
months in psychiatry and six
weeks in communicable diseases.
The remainder of working time
time is spent on general ward in
University Hospital. According lo
Patsy Dutton, junior student
work on general ward
Each medical fraternity and class
A r-Kanin. in Tuiin nnw ruise is issued weeiuy ana
senior nurses to marry in Feb-!contaia DOte ca activitiek of tne
of their senior year. ByH-ncoin campus as wen as goiiiBs
special permission there will be on on the Omaha campus,
one Christmas wedding among the The School of Nursing and the
student nurses this year. Married .College pf Medicine are acutely
uuumuuus vi ueiijg a peat ui we
University. They are intensely in
terested in activities on the Lin-
women will be allowed to live out
tv, ,rv,i . itv, i. a;. W-n campus bmce great many
ferent for student nurses than foriof, them attended college at Lm-
coeds on the Lincoln campus.
Omaha coeds are issued six uni-
of student nurses prepares a skit forms, 11 bibs, 11 aprons and three
and competes for the traveling 'cans, made bv the hosDital and
tropny awaraea to urst place win-, laundered by it free.
ner each year. The skit competi
tion is followed with a dance.
The freshman student, who at
tend classes nearly all the time.
Choruses from the College of needs the same number of casual
Medicine and the School of Nurs- J clothes as a Lincoln coed. From ing 11 hospitals.
ing compete in tne ivy Lay sing i the end of her freshman year un-
coln.
Omaha students are eager to
strengthen the bond between stu
dents of the two campuses. One
of the leaders in this movement
is Patsy Dutton, junior nursing
student and president of the State
Student Nurses Association, cover-
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Students on the Omaha campus
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IN PUBLIC RELATIONS . . . Sneaking a preview of The Daily
Nebraskaa in the publicity office are (left to right) Tom Coleman,
director; Betsy Thomsen, assistant; ioaa Mitchell and Patsy Dot
ton, student nurses. (Daily Nebraskaa Photo by Pat Peck.)
seem to want more knowledge of
what is happening on the Lincoln
campus and want to be laiown as
a part of the University.
The crowning injury suffered by
the Omaha branch is to be identi
fied with the University of Omaha.
"Please," they remind us, 'We
are the OMAHA CAMPUS of the
University of NEBRASKA."
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patient la one of th wards a University Hospital. The wards
hold twenty patient.' (Dally Nebraskaa Photo by Pat Peck.)
"THEY SATlSrY-AWD HOW... in tchoo! and out, I've been
a Chesterfield smoker for 5 years' says John B. Boyce,
financial analyst. "They've got what it fakes to give me
what I want in a cigarette'
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A MEDICAL SPECIALIST is making regular
bi-monthly examinations of a group of
people from various walks of life. 45 percent
of this group have smoked Chesterfield for aa
average of over ten years.
After eight months, the medical specialist re
ports that he observed ...
no adverse effects on the nose, throat
and sinuses of the group from smoking
Chesterfield.
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