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f Page 2 KLAMATH TRIBUNE September 1958 WILMA MANUAL COMPLETES NURSING COURSE AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL 1 -nr- - Wilma Manual, left is assisted in the preparation of a tray of medicines by another student nurse. Receiving I u r diploma fioni Sacred 1 1 cart Hospital School of Nursing (Kugenc) mi Sept. 7, thereby achieving status as a graduate imrsc, w a s W ilma (Skccn) Manual. W ilma received tin coveted certificate along with 15 class mates in ceremonies held at tlic Sacrcil Heart hospital audi torium. W ilma spent a good part of her early ears in the reservation area. She later moved with her family to the central Oregon vicinity where she received her high school training. graduating from Maupin High School. She enrolled at Sacred Heart under the Klamath Education Program in Sept.. ln55. Describing the course, which is three full years in length with very little vacation time allowed, she states; "It's a general science stirt of tiling at first--anatoiny, physiology, basic chemistry. Most of the studying is in the first car. si months is a period. If your and grades are satisfactory and if uii find out you're suited, at the end of six months Nuu're capped and receive our cape." Wilma adds that during this si-month probationary period the students are charged SJ5.U) per month for room and hoard. Thereafter, however, no such chaise is made as it is felt the students have Income sufficiently useful to pa for their keep. s W ilma explains it the train ing schedule is rt ij n a JO "The first probationary clinical work hour per week hasis. The training itself is imparted through two media: classroom lectures and hospital work. The lectures are given by hospital staff doctors ami nurses except for the courses in psychology and sociology, where the classes are conducted hy professors from nearby Uni versity of Oregon. The hospital work is assigned to the students on a limited hasis at first hut is steadily increased until "there are times when you don't have any classes at all". The students start out w ith tlie simpler chores of bedniaking, giving hathes, etc., later assuming more responsible duties. In upper divisioii training the students get two months each of pediatrics (pertaining to child ren's health) and obstetrics (per taining to pregnancy and child hirth). Much of the upper division jirogram entails the students' leaving Sacred Heart for educa tional sessions at other hospitals. In pediatrics the students spend a week in children's hopsitals working with handicapped child ren. They also spend a period of time at nursery schools working with normal children. Three months is spent at the State Hos pital in Salem working with psy chiatric patients and seven weeks is put in working in Til hospitals. When the students arrive at their senior year they receive a one-half stripe on their caps (which becomes a full stripe tin graduation) signifying that they are seniors and can do mure ad vanced work such as caring for Twenty-Nine Students Commence School Year Under Klamath Education Program XA,MK School Course Maker, Shirley .Med ford Meauty School Meauty Maker. Nathaniel. ( ). T. I. Appliance Tech. Coburn, James " U. of ( ). Mus. Adm. Coburn. Joseph U. of ( ). Education Conk, Lou Kllen S. ( ). C. K. Liberal Arts Du Fault. David OSC Physical Kd. Dufault, Diane ( )SC . Psychology Ferris. Shirlev .Portland Secretarial School Secretarial Ccntry, Donald ( ). T. I. Diesel Mech. Hoover. Leroy ( ). T. I. Auto Mech. Jackson. Alvin Pacific Musiness College Musiness Jackson, Leroy ( ). T. I. Screen Printing Johnson. Ma.xine U. of ( ). Liberal Arty ixeane, Kugcne U. of (). Mus. fdmin K'irk, Marbara U. of O. Nursing Kirk, Frieda U. of (). Foreign Languages Lawvor, Orville M., Jr. Lewis and Clark Physical Kd. Morgan. Donald (). T. I. Hodv and Fender Morgan, Kdwin (). T. I. Auto Mech. Xelson. Helen ( . T. L 'Med. Tech. ( )ehoa. Manuel, Jr Kugene 'oc. School Aircraft Mech. ( )hles. Wallace University of Portland Kducation Ortis, Andrew, Jr. S. (). C. K. Secretarial Sci. Ortis, Leland ). T. I. Automotive Porter. Richard O. S. C. Pharmacy Sanchez, Darlene Robertson School of Mus. Secretarial Shuey, Albert ). T. 1. Retail Ibis. W ilson. Marlin O. T. 1. Farm Tech. W itt. Laurence O. T. I. Cunsmithing Xew student under Ixl; critical patients, taking charge of floors, performing night duties. The last three months of the senior year are spent in areas of the students own choosing in the hospital. In this final phase Wilma elected to take one month each in the emergency room, pedi atrics, and orthopedics (pertain ing to the correction of deformi ties, especially in children). She hastens to assure us, however, that these fields are not neces sarily the (Hies she likes best--"! can't think of any area of the hospital I didn't like to work"--but that she felt she would derive the most benefit from theln. Once graduated, the State Hoard of Nursing examinations must be taken. This involves two lays of testing at the State Hoard offices in Portland. Successful completion of the exams means qualification as a registered nurse. Wilma took the examina tions shortly after graduation and attests that they were rigorous, although "not too technical hut stuff you have to know". She has not yet heard of the outcome but is hopeful that she will soon be a full-ledgcd RN. Notification of the results will come within six months. In the meantime the graduates can go ahead and get temporary licenses enabling them to perform an RN's duties and receive equivalent pay. As for post graduation plans. Wilma is not definitely decided. Alternatives include going on for two years of college work, there by becoming a candidate for a bachelor's degree in nursing. Another option, assuming suc cessful completion of the exam inations, is going on the job im mediately as a registered nurse. Summarizing her training pro gram and the nursing profession as a whole Wilma states: "In order to enter nursing you have to really like nursing or you'll never stick it out. It's real hard as far as studies go but it's worth it." Klamath Language ClassQ Enrollment Still Open Martha Xelson v and I'lava N ates announce that their class in the Klamath Indian Language is open to any interested person. Classes are held at the Klam ath Kducation office in Cliilomiin once every other week. For fur ther information and enrollment contact the Kducation office or Marie Xorris in Chihupiin. These language classes have been in session for the past sev eral months. It was noted by the instructors that beginners to the class would be welcome at any time.