Summer Jobs
By LINDA CARROLL
career in nursing demanded patience, strong stomachs and long odd hours. Students, however, who hadn't quite made it to the professional field had the chance to seek out unusual summer jobs. Lisa Stephens was one of these students.
Wel-Mets Camps in Narrowsburg, New York did not necessarily provide her with a summer of fun in the sun but a chance to work with kids from areas like Harlem and the upper middle class  "wealthy hypochondriacs", as Lisa called them. Although she didn't get to romp on the beaches, the training in the camp as assistant nurse provided her the experience which will remain with her for years to come. Her compensation was friendly people and good food.
Stephens was enthusiastic in her description of the nursing college. "I am glad to be a part of the new program. The old was based on the basic needs of the patient  food, water, comfort. Today's nurse must be trained to help the patient learn to help himself," she explained.
The new program dealt with four basic areas  maternity and pediatrics, medical surgery, psychiatrics, and community health. The junior year dealt with pediatrics, and psychiatrics while the senior year reflected on the other two areas. The students did not get their training in a classroom, but from actual work experience with real patients like the children at Shriners Hospital.
The groups usually consisted of 12. Lisa mentioned one group who got along so well together that they petitioned to remain with each other the second half of the year. The students who became close to their instructor at the end of the semester generally, took her out to dinner or bought her a small gift.
Lisa summed up her opinion of the College of Nursing and her training when she said, "the field does not strive just to help people when they are ill but to help them work towards health care."
Stephens, a nursing junior, planned to go into the midwife program unless some other area appealed to her more before she finished her college career. ^f->
(Above Right) L to R Betty June, Carol Proctor, Lisa Stephens, Debbie Hall, Kim Visit-ainer, and Ellen Bosley prepare Sharon Lewis for the tilt. (Above Left) Carol Proctor, Kim Visitainer, Ellen Bosley and Betty June strap Sharon Lewis onto tilt table. (Opp. pg., Top) Sandy Heddy gives instructions on how to put brace on children to Betty June, Debbie Hall, Lisa Stephens, Carol Proctor, Margie
Smith, Kim Visitainer, Ellen Bosley, Nan Chandler, Diane Bruce, Sharon Lewis. (Center Left) Debbie Hall practices the technique of helping child walk on Margie Smith. (Center Right) Ellen Bosley, Lisa Stephens and their instructor discuss course goals. (Bottom Right) Margie Smith shows Lisa Stephens where to plug in whirlpool bath.