Hopkins Nurses Creating Knowledge for the World

The School of Nursing raised $55.2 million during the seven-year Johns Hopkins Knowledge for the World Campaign. These funds went toward: New building addition $15.3 million Student scholarships and PhD fellowships $16.7 million Faculty and program support $19.2 million Unrestricted support $ 4.0 million

Blaustein Fellow Seeks to Help Traumatized Children Gurtler Scholar Will

“Pay it Forward” Will Kir k In 2005, the Morton K. and Jane “The two years I spent in the Peace

Blaustein Foundation endowed a two- Will Kir k year postdoctoral fellowship that will Corps in Turkmenistan solidified “go a long way toward training the next my commitment to working for the generation of mental health nurses,” public good,” says Marguerite Baty according to Deborah Gross, DNSc, ’04, MSN/MPH ’06. “I later had the RN, FAAN, the JHUSON Leonard and opportunity to work with AIDS orphans Helen R. Stulman Professor in Mental in Kenya and Tanzania, and that shifted Health and Psychiatric Nursing. my career interest to nursing.” The second Blaustein Fellow, Shelly Baty received funding for her Eisbach, PhD, MSN, RN has just begun nursing education from the John R. her work at Hopkins, working closely and Ruth Ward Gurtler Scholarship, with Gross to pursue a course of study established in memory of alumna and research on the effects of childhood Ruth Ward Gurtler ’29. She has since traumas, such as maltreatment, disaster, earned her baccalaureate and master’s or death of a parent, on the child’s degrees and is working on her PhD. future development. With advanced She plans to continue working in the coursework at the School of Public area of women’s health, both in research Health and an interdisciplinary cadre and practice. of mentors, Eisbach plans to develop Says Baty: “I look forward to nursing intervention strategies to help contributing to the community as a way children cope with such distress. to ‘pay forward’ the generosity shown “I hope that my work will lead to me by the Foundation.” practical steps that nurses could use in schools or primary care settings,” says Eisbach. “I want to help these children deal with past trauma.”

44 J o h n s H o p k i n s N u r s i n g | S p r i n g 2009 Kidney Donors Find Support with Lyne Funding Will Kir k Donating a kidney can be the biggest for Caregivers (LINC), a web-based decision of a person’s life,” says assistant discussion board that provides a forum professor and transplant nurse Laura where caregivers, using pseudonyms to Taylor, PhD, RN. “It’s so important protect their identity, can exchange for donors and their families to practical tips on ways to make the have the information and emotional donor, usually a spouse or relative, more support they need both before and comfortable. after the procedure.” Taylor says the project has provided With funding from the Dorothy an unprecedented resource for living Evans Lyne Fund, given in late 2001 kidney donors and helped launch by a grateful Hopkins patient to support the next phase of her career as well. pilot studies by Hopkins nurses, Taylor Thanks to her successful pilot study, is collaborating with Pamela Walker, she is now applying for larger research RN, Living Donor Transplant Nurse grants to continue her research. Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Together, they created the Living Donor Information Network

CareFirst Scholarship Ensures

Will Kir k Educators for Nursing’s Future

“Nursing and teaching are not mutually to influence the world is to equip the exclusive,” says Virginia Baker. “In next generation of nurses to be critical fact, I believe these two passions are thinkers, ministers of mercy, and inherently dependent on each other.” professional caregivers.” With a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Project RN Scholarship, Baker is earning her master’s degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. As part of the CareFirst Commitment Campaign, the scholarship is provided to nursing students committed to teaching, in an effort to increase the number of nurse educators and therefore address the nation’s growing nursing shortage. “I want to teach, inspire, and challenge others,” says Baker. “I am convinced that the best way for me

These and other achievements were made possible because of the generous support of our alumni, friends, and corporate partners during the Knowledge for the World Campaign. Thank you. www.jhu.edu/impact

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News from the Joh n s H o p k i n s Nurses’ Alum n i A s s o c i a t i o n

has been supportive of the other networking events. As and the world. Be a resource School of Nursing from you see, the minimal amount for new alumni relocating to its beginning. It was the of money asked in dues goes your area. persistence of the alumni a long way in preserving Alumni in surrounding association that persuaded the legacy of the alumni hospitals have already started the University to agree to association’s involvement with the mentoring process make nursing a division of the the present students. through organizing share University. If the association We have mailed a postcard time for nursing students in is to continue, we need your to our alumni asking for not specified areas of interest. If support. The Johns Hopkins only your financial assistance, you are local and want to be Nurses’ Alumni Association’s but to gain updated personal a mentor for share time and only income is from the information and ask if you questions, email Melinda alumni dues paid to the JHU are willing to be a resource Rose at [email protected]. Tina Cafeo, MSN ’97, RN Alumni Association. We and a mentor to students. I ask you to be involved. President, JHNAA cannot function without The response so far has been Join social networks— s we continue your support. Please become wonderful. Alumni are JHUInCircle, Facebook the challenge an active alumni member agreeing to be available to (there is a ‘JHUSON alumni’ of engaging by paying $40 to the JHU our students. If you have not page), or LinkedIn and our alumni Alumni ($20 for graduates responded to the postcard start networking with other classes, we from ’04 to ’08). yet, please consider getting Hopkins nursing alumni. Asearch for the great ideas of These funds let us sponsor involved. Hopkins nursing Check out the School of present students as well as Homecoming and the Pinning students have interests and Nursing website, www.nursing. alumni classes. How can Ceremony for graduating career plans that extend jhu.edu. Send us your e-mail we keep you involved in students. They also fund the beyond Baltimore. Being address and an update of what the professional lives of our Vigilando section of the maga­ available to students through you are doing. We want to present students and the zine, the preservation of our the alumni association will communicate through email alumni association? nursing history at the archives enable students to reach out when we can. Stay connected! The alumni association project, student projects and to nurses all over the country We depend on you.

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’28 Reported by Betty Kolodny, a neurosurgeon. She summer house, to live with (her her mother frequently reminds Borenstein Scher ’50. came back to nursing after her daughter). Mother was with me her when discussing a medical Ellen Plass Kolodny had husband’s premature death, until last year when she suffered issue that she is a nurse… “about her daughter respond to our working as a senior health a stroke. At that time, now 102 that she is dogmatic.” She will request for her nursing history advisor at the International years old, she entered a local be 104 years old in March 2009 and current activities. After House, which housed foreign nursing home.” Her daughter and thinks she may be the last of graduating from Hopkins, she students in New York City. “The sees her frequently and reports her class still alive. We think she stayed on for a year in the next segment of her life was that she is now physically sound probably is right. operating room, where she met leaving NYC and coming to and enjoys her Nursing magazine. and later married Dr. Anatole Rhinebeck, NY, where she had a Her daughter also reports that

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Nurse, Activist, and Politician: Alumna Brings the Change We Need

f a general referendum was held Ito determine the most popular buzzword of 2008, chances are that “change” would win by a landslide victory. But for a nurse like Irma Silverstein Rochlin ‘45, who has been a first-hand witness to some of the most important events in recent American history, change is the only thing you can rely on over a lifetime. Rochlin came to Johns Hopkins ’31 Reported by Betty ’34 Reported by Betty as a nursing student in the midst of World War II. She recalls the Borenstein Scher ’50. Borenstein Scher ’50. class of 1945 as “idealistic. We all expected to help with the war Thelma Replogle Isakson typed Louise Jefferys Morse writes effort.” After graduating, Rochlin went directly into the Army her response to our request. Here that after graduation she was a Nurse Corps. She served in Alabama and North Carolina, caring it is practically verbatim: “We head nurse in Phipps for a year, for returned servicemen too ill to be discharged. celebrated my 100th birthday then a head nurse in Osler for Conservation was a vital part of the war effort and played on 1/26/08. My vision is poor two years. She then worked a central role in clinical nursing practice. “We would wash due to Macular Degeneration. in Hawaii for about a year and surgical gloves, powder them, and put them up for autoclaving. I walk with a walker due to a half, returned to the states, All syringes were glass then, and we reused them. We went arthritis. Otherwise, I enjoy got married to a professor through the needles after they were sterilized and sharpened reasonably good health. I live of mathematics, moved to them,” recalls Rochlin. with my daughter in Sheridan, Princeton, NJ and raised a family One of Rochlin’s most important acts of political activism Wyoming. When my daughters of five children. She is now 97 occurred in 1969. A resident of the San Francisco Bay were small, I did private duty years old and admits to being “a Area, Rochlin volunteered as a nurse to care for marchers at night. I worked in the bit slower these days.” She lives participating in the People’s Park demonstrations, which came Obstetrical Department at with a daughter and keeps very to symbolize the radical political differences that divided the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital busy as a volunteer. She is an country during the Vietnam War era. in Torrington, Connecticut for advisor in the Committee of the In the 1970s, Rochlin moved to Florida and delved into local 20 years, mostly in the Newborn NAACP League Defense and politics. She was elected to the Florida House of Representatives Nursery. I moved to Cheyenne, Education Fund; she helps once in 1984, where she was asked to lead the charge on some of Wyoming after my husband’s a week at a Country Day School the most important health care initiatives of the day. Many death in 1962. I worked at Library, especially as a fund raiser; proposals brought out to air in Florida during Rochlin’s tenure DePaul Hospital in Cheyenne once a month she writes six for several years in the Medical letters for Amnesty International as a state representative are now being played out in the Department and became in- for prisoners of conscience. She national political arena. “Florida was a bellwether state, and service instructor until I retired has 17 grandchildren “around we came out with the most advanced legislation of the time,” in 1973. I moved to Dayton, the world—Boston, Maine, says Rochlin. Wyoming where my daughter had California, Lagos (Africa), She looks back with particular pride on a bill she sponsored an antique shop. I repaired and Papua (New Guinea, etc.)” She that rescinded the licenses of doctors who prescribed steroids dressed antique dolls. I knitted also is kept busy with letters or to high school athletes, which set the bar for similar legislation and crocheted items which I telephone calls to one or more of around the country. She drove through legislation enabling sold in the antique shop. After her 16 great grandchildren. She nurses in public health settings to prescribe medication without 30 years the shop closed, and we also would love a visit to talk a doctor’s visit, saving the state of Florida $900,000 in the first moved to Sheridan, Wyoming about the old days at Hopkins. nine months after it was passed. Other accomplishments include where I am now living. I (I will work on it, but maybe improved medical care for prisoners, funding for treatment of remember lots of funny incidents someone else in Princeton could HIV and multiple sclerosis, and increased insurance rights of the while in nurses training but they get there sooner than I will.) developmentally disabled. are too long to tell! I treasure my In 1945, says Rochlin, “I felt like I was seeing the birth pangs days at Johns Hopkins School of ’35 Reported by Betty of nursing.” Despite all the advancements and improvements Nursing and have always been Scher ’50. in nursing, however, there is something that Rochlin believes proud to say I had my nurse’s Katherine H. Sharp lives in should never change—the motivation at the root of all nursing training there.” (Thelma: if you a retirement community in practice. It is the same driving force that led her to become can, just send us one good story Baltimore in Roland Park. such an effective politician: the simple desire to serve and care that you really loved! We would Although I have not gotten for another person. love to hear it.) together with her yet at her —Robby MacBain

J o h n s H o p k i n s N u r s i n g | w w w . n u r s i n g . j h u . e d u 47 Vigilando residence, I have spoken with with the American Embassy relative. Happily (for me) I could She now is closer to Mildred her over the phone. As soon as there. They also drove to British report they were no relation! I “Bunny” Barnard and thought the ice and snow are resolved Columbia—the most traveled of also received a nice Christmas she would like to get in touch here, we will get together and she our class I am sure. Mona Staska card from them too. Let’s see, with her. So far, no follow up will tell me her wonderful stories Riley is still in her antique club Mackie: F.M.C. = “Francine on that. However, it was great of the school of nursing during and plays rummy with her church Madeline Charlotte”? A family talking with her, and I look her years there. And, from spies group. Astrid Johnsen Reiley photo accompanied the holiday forward to seeing her and many of (relatives of mine who live at the sent lovely pictures of her new card from Doris Benjamin her classmates next Homecoming same place) I know she may have apartment and of her family. Carroll and Dick, who at age 87 because it is their 60th. Wow! extra years on them and me, she She’s healthy again and belongs continues to “tune pianos.” From Also got messages and greetings is very active and really “with it.” to a book discussion group and Lolita Beidelman I received a from the “husband-members” So—next issue you will get more the JHU alumni association in holiday greeting via the phone, of our classmates. Ernie Del news of Katherine. New York. Your correspondent so of course we did a lot more Signore hopes to get down in and her husband still volunteer talking than just saying Happy 2010—I hope he means for our ’46 Class Reporter—Laura at the Palm Springs Air Museum Holidays. Ginger Groseclose 60th although we will like a visit Brautigam June, P.O. Box 655, and have for 12 years. She’s the David and Don keep in touch any time. From Charlie Royer 7215 Cascade Road, Joshua Tree, chauffeur for the 42 mile one-way and wish me well while they comes his usual holiday letter CA 92252, (760) 366-8181, trip. Her husband was honored enjoy lots of family fun with with the year’s activities. He has [email protected]. Sorry to by Montana’s Senator Baucus children and grandchildren. From enjoyed lots of family and friend report Winnie Wyncoop Carter’s with a tribute on his life Cora Jane Lawrence came her reunions; his leg has improved death just before Christmas. and career in the April 23rd usual good wishes for the holiday a great deal from twice a week Addresses are needed for Virginia Congressional Record. and her activities for the year. physical therapy; daughter Karen Randall Chapin, Betty Jones Her travels are “up and down still lives near him. Yes, he feels and Dottie Meadows Scribner. ’50 Class Reporter—Betty the coast.” In addition, she will “age,” but—Charlie—all of us I had phone calls from Jean Borenstein Scher, 1190 give the history of nursing to the have slowed down and none of us Douglas McNab, Georgia Rauch W. Northern Parkway #225, women’s group at her church enjoys the memory we had in our Athens, Mona Staska Riley Baltimore, MD 21210 (443) (remember, Cora’s doctorate is “youth.” Finally, from Bob Hunter and Winnie’s widower. Georgia 449-5934, [email protected]. in History of Nursing). Over the comes the great news that he has and husband went to Boise, ID Thanks for the holiday cards and year she has attended various found new happiness (after his for Christmas and checked on annual letters because we have family functions; she finished loss of Sallie Mitchell Hunter) their second home in Fairview, some news to report. Here goes! the year hostessing University with a lovely lady to whom he UT. Letty Grigsby Baxter has From Janey Shutts Pinkerton of Washington School of was introduced by his daughter. moved to Walnut Creek, CA comes the good news that all her Nursing’s “Old Guard” luncheon, The Christmas letter gave his and still plays duplicate bridge follow-up tests are good, and she welcoming a new dean and news and on the back was a series daily. Dottie McGuire Bailey was is left with only an old problem noting 90 years of history. Good of photos from the year. As for expecting a great grandchild in with a gall stone. Jo McDavid for her! Another holiday greeting me, Betty Borenstein Scher, January and sent clever missives Hubbard had no problems to and long activity message from things remain pretty much the which I shall use for my email “follow up,” and she reports that Marion Bee up around Buffalo, same—mild exercise and walking, friends. Mary Boley Camp she looked forward to many where they really know what cold volunteer work, “chauffeur” my mentioned seeing the TV show holiday good times with children means. Along with being close to sister-in-law around once a week, “Something the Lord Made” and grandchildren. Ella Ruth her sister, nieces, nephews, and attend a Lecture Series once a about Dr. Blalock and Vivien Stilz Whitmore still does well their offspring, she lives in what week, go to D. C. almost every Thomas (Thomas wrote the book in the Catonsville Retirement sounds like a fabulous house—“all weekend to spend time with “Partners of the Heart.”). Mary community, along with husband living on one level, located on Bob and his family, see daughter took care of one of the “blue Marv. She and I are looking four acres, in that space between Susan as she remains in babies” post operatively. Drs. for the next day here in 2009 Schenectady and country. Baltimore, read a lot and still Taussig, Longmire and Cooley for another lunch, which we With the house…also got a enjoy my acrostic puzzles. were portrayed in the movie and have too rarely with Anna Clair beautiful garden (with) actually Recently, I spent some time in most in our class remember them Junkin, who is doing well herself, thousands…of daffodil blossoms, NC where son David lives with all. Louise Lofgren Dunn wrote but whose son faces some surgery lots of trees and much more.” She his wife and 7-month-old son. that she has three grandchildren soon. Mackie McCown Kolb hurt has Game Night once a week for He became a first-time father in college and six in high herself in a fall, but she now is anyone who wants to come for at age 50!! You can imagine his school. She spent Christmas in in rehab with lots of help from Scrabble, Canasta, Monopoly, joy!!! So long for now…keep in Little Rock with her son and James and her daughter Talia, crossword puzzles, etc. Thanks, touch…and, if you haven’t paid his family. Emogene Fisher who comes down from Wisconsin Marion, for all the information— your Alumni dues, please DO. Martin had a knee replacement to keep things going for both and may you keep enjoying and still is busy with church her parents. With all their own everything in the future as much ’54 MJ Beck Reynolds writes work. June Cutts McLean sent problems, James still took the as you do now! I also received a that 2008 was the first year in a map of the cruise she and her energy and time to check if call from Kay Connolly of our the last five that she was not husband made around the Black the father and daughter named Big Sister class of 1949. Kay has hospitalized. Dick tapered his Sea. They visited a niece and Scherr killed in the Mumbai, moved into a retirement home, work to a half-day, three times a nephew in Bulgaria who are India terrorism bombing were any which she says is really GOOD. week to serve as senior adviser to

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a fledgling Institute for Quality were happy to have daughter On the Cutting Edge: Jeff Baldwin Aging that will evolve at Florida Rhonda and family spend a Atlantic University. He’s been year in the States, and all had Discovers the Impact of Research a wonderful caregiver, and she Christmas with daughter Ruth. enjoys having him home. As MJ eff Baldwin ‘94 says his initial is unable to travel to England, ’59 Class Reporter— Jmotivation to enter the field daughter Stephanie has been Meredith Fawcett Kooyman, of clinical trials research wasn’t given permission by her convent 209 Harvard Rd., San Mateo, particularly complicated. He to spend her holidays in the U.S. CA 94402, (650) 348-7918, wanted to help people – as many [email protected]. as he could. At the time, he was ’55 Class Reporter— Mark your calendars—it’s our working as a pediatric nurse in Margaret Barber Trevor, 29504 50th Class Reunion weekend Florida, a job he fondly recalls as Hawkes Hill Rd., Easton, MD September 25 & 26. I urge his “first love.” However, when 21061-8646, (410) 822-0479, everyone to attend this wonderful Baldwin began working as a [email protected]. Kathy celebration! Many of us have nurse for clinical pharmaceutical Redding Anderson says she and enjoyed past reunions and trials, he was struck by the Art play bridge at least once a remember all the activities of our potential benefits that cutting week and continue to do flight time at Hopkins. It’s amazing how edge research held for patients. physicals in their home office. quickly we become reunited! “In some cases, we were seeing They keep busy with the family very dramatic impacts… using treatments that were not yet and still travel some. Laura ’61 Class Reporter— approved by the FDA.” Lyman Brecher’s musical son Mariann Wendle (Wendy) Since his first exposure to clinical trials, Baldwin has steadily Ben moved to Santa Barbara, Gehlbach, 1141 Nettles Blvd., progressed into more supervisory positions. After several years CA, and is now co-heading Jensen Beach, FL 34957, (772) overseeing Amgen’s clinical trial monitors in the Southeastern the voice area in the Music 229-0601, wendygehlbach@gmail. US and Western Canada, Jeff was promoted to a position as Department of UCSB. Ben now com. Greetings from your class Supplier Governance Senior Manager with the company last has two daughters, making five reporter in sunny Florida. For the grands, three of whom remain past year, several of us have been year. While his early work in research consisted largely of one- within close range. Helen meeting for lunch with Florence on-one contact with individuals, Baldwin’s more recent positions Burdick Sloat is still working Smith Milliot, one of our Pre- have brought increased perspective on the large-scale impact full time as Supervisor of Nurses Clin instructors. I reconnected that research can have. at the Lawrence County, PA with her at our 45th reunion From a managerial standpoint, he is able to watch the Community Mental Health when we discovered that we lived progress of new treatments as they move from the experimental Center. In spite of long hours, close to each other. She has now stage toward becoming important elements of widespread she really likes it, though she moved to Deland, FL but we have therapies. Looking back at his early clinical trial days in Florida, never thought she would be a followed her to her new home! Baldwin says that “out of those trials came some of the psych nurse at the end of her Rose Ann Rufener Taylor, treatments that are now commonly prescribed as part of HIV nursing career. She and John had Barbara Sheppard Feigenbaum, therapies. There’s a lot of satisfaction that I’ve derived from an extended family gathering Judy Rothman Pochop and my career path. The work I do now is impacting thousands of of 18 out 20 to celebrate the I have certainly enjoyed our people every day.” first birthday of their first great lunches. Lois Whipp Boor is Working in clinical trials has brought Baldwin into grandson, whose mother is one joining us. If there are some other contact with thousands of participants, each with their own of the twins who also became snowbirds or year rounders who unique reasons for involvement. “Some are motivated out nurses. The other twin is would like to join us, send me a of pure altruism,” says Baldwin. “Some have gone through expecting in May. Carol Straub message.The following is gleaned other therapies that weren’t working and are looking for Guilbert says she and Dick are from Christmas cards: Bill and new options. There are some who can’t get health insurance coping quite well. They went to Lois Ann Boor didn’t travel as coverage.” What is understood by everyone, though, is that the Panama Canal in the spring much this year (no problems, their participation could lead to discoveries which will positively and to Alaska in the fall, both just a new puppy at their house). impact the lives of thousands. enjoyed greatly. Because of stress They are wintering in Venice, Baldwin looks back on his days at Hopkins with pride and a and high blood pressure, she FL. MaryAnn Quink Slowick sense of gratitude. “Hopkins,” he says, “gives you insight into may retire. retired this year but finds herself the research side of nursing – it shows you that there’s so much back working 1-2 nights/week more than you think that goes into meeting the challenge of ’56 Jean Barton Champness since they fired her replacement! continues to play the organ for She sent a picture of her eight health care every day.” Without this early awareness for the church and piano for the choir, beautiful grandkids. I also got a breadth of health care research, Baldwin says his career path and teaches piano and violin to picture of Cathy Peters Jones’ could well have been different. about 30 students. Husband Tom six grandchildren at their annual —RM took a trip to Belgium to teach beach week. Travel was certainly pastors for a week. He continues on their agenda. Bob received to play cello and study German, an honorary degree from the all set to retire this June. They Medical University of Lodz,

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Poland, and then onto India. limited time, we generated a Nursing. Marty’s two daughters road’ in our Airstream travel Sixteen years ago, she began a small response. Let’s hope more live nearby (The oldest is a trailer. However, that is not in ministry for seniors at her church of the class responds for the next senior systems analyst with an the mix right now, so I continue and now she is one. Donna issue. If you did not get an email oil company, and the other is to work in staff development Stonesifer Hargett has gone (some bounced back) or did but a director of financial aid at a at Bay Pines VA Healthcare from having one post-retirement did not get a chance to respond, big city university.) Again the System, and Laird continues to job to two. In addition to working send your news to gwessel@ Hopkins “always keep moving” work for the Salvation Army. as a Magnet Appraiser for the howardcc.edu. The responses strain sees her active in a book Not a bad life here in Florida, American Nurses Credentialing were all 5th floor residents at club and a quilt guild. If you are but we would rather be in the Center, she is now working 1-2 Hampton House so take a look… in Philadelphia, look for her Southwest. Now on to the other days in a new pediatric cardiology Marilyn Link Winkelstein lets us at Hopkins sponsored alumni news: Jan Wright Kilby and her clinic in Frederick, MD. She is know that after 27 years teaching activities. Marty says, and I husband have moved, and Jan still our class’ Dancing with the pediatric nursing at both the think we all agree, “Nursing has has retired! They are living in Stars candidate! She reports that University of MD and Johns been good to me.” As for me, Murrells Inlet, SC. Her email son Gordon and daughter Kim Hopkins University School of Genie Lipa Wessel, I am also address is the same:jwkby@ and families are doing well. She is Nursing, she retired in 2005 from still working and loving nursing. hotmail.com. Her retirement grandmother to six girls ranging the faculty at Johns Hopkins. Retired from the Maryland State plans include volunteering, doing from 12 years to 6 months. Marilyn’s name should be familiar Health Department and the some traveling, decorating the Charlotte Kunkel Taylor sends to you from seeing it on the cover University of MD but now do condo, walking the beach, and greetings from St. Louis; Julia of the Wong Pediatric textbook. consulting and for the last eight trying to smell the roses! Kris Gooden Bolten from MA; Lois She says it was great fun and years at Howard Community Milillo Lifari writes that she still Messler Gustafson from TN. that she loved and treasured her College in Maryland have works as an investigator for a Although Art and I were lucky association with Donna Wong. managed a HUD grant to medical malpractice company enough to travel to Europe again Marilyn’s husband retired at the bring people into nursing. One defending doctors, NPs, PAs, this fall, we weren’t lucky enough same time. They now spend the daughter, one granddaughter staff and is in her 24th year to spend time with Ginny Null summer months (June through and my husband of 44 years (the doing so! Her husband is retired. Holst and Ole in Denmark. Ole Sept) in Maine. In the winter, product of a Hopkins mixer) Her son is working in Florida had spinal and knee surgery they return to Baltimore and make life good. Please send your now and planning to be married during the year. This has limited their two grandchildren, Lily news to me as soon as you can! in April ’09. Her daughter is their travel except for a trip and Jonah. Marilyn, never one Be well. considering graduate school. Pam to their partner city in Latvia. to be idle, is a tour guide at the Magnuson writes that she is Ginny made several trips back newly renovated Basilica of the ’64 Mark your calendars— currently working full time as a to the states to visit family and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin September 25 and 26! Make home visiting First Steps public attend her 50th high school in Baltimore. She also volunteers plans to be in Baltimore for the health nurse for the Snohomish reunion. As she wrote, she was at Our Daily Bread, a local soup Class of 1964’s 45th reunion. Health District, Washington. She preparing for the holidays when kitchen. Marilyn missed the says that there are MANY needs, all of their kids and grandkids 45th reunion but is hopeful to ’71 Class Reporter—Joan and she does a lot of work with would gather together Christmas make the 50th. Marty Laney Monchak Lorenz, 3323 South pregnant women on methadone Eve for the first time.Kathy reports she is still working full Manhattan Avenue, Tampa, FL maintenance treatment and Downs Cayward continues to time. Thinking about retiring 33629. Hi everyone. I certainly Children’s Protective Services. work for Delmarva Foundation last year, she decided that she like hearing from you and enjoy She writes that “all those visits for Medical Care reviewing just wasn’t ready to stop working. putting together news from our to homes over bars with space nursing homes in DC. Her three Marty manages two pre- class. Please email me if you heaters in my public health daughters and their families are admission testing departments have not been getting emails rotation at Hopkins have come all doing well. She sees the two in a large health-care system from me. If you correspond with in handy.” Pam also wants us to who live close by often. Her other southwest of Philadelphia. In someone who doesn’t hear from know that she is five years post daughter lives in OH. Like many addition, she taught a course at me, please encourage them to heart transplant. of you, Kathy and I returned to a local university in their RN write so that we can all keep our high schools for our 50th completion program. Like all in contact. My email address is ’69 Forty years! It’s hard to class reunions, which serves as a of us, Marty says her Hopkins [email protected]. My mobile believe but mark your calendar reminder that our 50th is coming beginning has served her well, phone is (813) 784-2187. We and contact your Hampton House faster than we think. Please plan and she continues to brag have a lovely house in Tampa, friends. Get them to come back to attend in 2011. about her nursing credentials. Florida and welcome visitors. So with you to Hopkins this fall. Marty did add an MSN from here is my news: our daughter ’63 Class reporter—Genie the University of Pennsylvania Nika is graduating with her ’78 Class Reporter—Eileen Lipa Wessel, 10517 Catterskill in pediatric nursing working in master’s from U of Florida this Gallagher Leahy, 110 Archwood Court, Columbia, MD 21044, inpatient maternal-child health spring—GO GATORS! And Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401, (410) 740-2523, gwessel@ care settings for many years. our son Calder is graduating (410) 263-6077, gosail200@ howardcc.edu. No more empty Marty is certified in nursing from U of San Francisco with yahoo.com. Please send me spaces in the Nursing Alumni management and had an article his master’s in Creative Writing some updates for the next magazine for the class of 1963! published about five years ago this summer. If we could sell magazine. We’d like to know Emails went flying and with in the Journal of PeriAnesthesia our house, we would be ‘on the

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what’s happening personally and Class Reporter—Sarah Hopkins Nurse is Flying High professionally. ’00 Gauger, 1518 Redmond Drive,

Durham, NC 27712, (919) 321- just love taking care of patients no matter what’s wrong Kristen Kanerva Richards ’97 8849, [email protected]. Kim “ with them. The more challenges that are presented to me, and her husband announce the I Connelly is finally on her way the more interested birth of their daughter born on back to the U.S. after having I get,” says Sandra January 8th (her actual due date). spent several years abroad in MontagueWinfield several different countries, most ‘70, who had Class Reporter—Kellye ’99 recently the Congo, working for always dreamed of Scribner-Wright, 9116 Summer the IRC. She expects to be back Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21234, becoming a nurse. by the end of March. Rachel [email protected]. Hello, “My first nursing Griffin is working as a staff traditional class of 1999! I hope paycheck seemed nurse at Stanford in the neuro/ this new year finds everyone unreal to me since I trauma/med/surg ICU. Outside of happy and healthy! I am still busy was actually doing work, her life is consumed with being a full-time mom to my two something I wanted competitive outrigger paddling. boys and working prn at Patient to do!” Whether in Helen Yee Borte is proud to First, right here in Baltimore. I her nursing career, announce the birth of her heard from Jenny Brady who hobbies, or her daughter in December. Everyone recently accepted a position as a personal life, Winfield seems to have a knack for turning her is doing well and enjoying their Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in dreams into a soaring success. newly renovated home. Jen the gastroenteritis and nutrition Winfield arrived at Hopkins in 1966, “almost 17 years old and Rapp Kurian is still busy running department at the Medical green.” Her first instructor wasM artha N. Hill, now the Dean after three young children, who College of Virginia. She definitely of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, who guided are now involved in soccer and has her hands full, especially after Winfield through the basics of nursing, from making a bed gymnastics. And somewhere in welcoming her third baby last between, she still finds time to correctly to taking vital signs. Her first nursing positions were at year. For those of you who like work with her dog Sophie on the Johns Hopkins Hospital, working in a surgical recovery unit Facebook, you’d be interested to agility training. Anna Gorsuch and later in a pediatric ICU. know that there is now a page on Duttera continues to work as One of her first nursing challenges came in April 1968, it for the JHUSON alumni! This a CNIII at JHU’s NICU with following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., when civil is a great chance for us to connect special PICC line training. Anna order disintegrated in Baltimore as riots swept across the city. and share news, so please keep in is also busy being mother to a 6 The Hopkins medical campus was locked down and Winfield and touch. I hope to see everyone at year old and planning a family her classmates were called upon to relieve the exhausted nursing our Homecoming on September trip to Disneyworld. I continue to staff in the hospital. Although she was horrified at the spectacle 25 and 26. In case you haven’t work as an inpatient diabetes NP. unfolding right below her dorm window, she had little time to realized it, this year marks our I enjoyed a great trip to Europe in reflect on its significance.W “ e simply responded to the need to 10 year reunion! My how time October. Finally, many of us are staff the hospital for relief without question,” she remembers. flies when you’re having fun in on Facebook; it is a great way to nursing! Until next time, take In the 1970s, Winfield relocated toH ouston, Texas, where stay in touch, and I look forward care and God bless! she worked at the Houston Methodist Cardiac Catheterization to becoming friends with more Research Lab and was introduced to two of the loves of her life. of you! Master’s The first was her husband, Jerry, and it was Jerry who introduced ’99 Class Reporter—Eileen Cordoba her to the second passion, flying.T he couple was married in Class Reporter—Cindy Tongson, 10024 Loblolly ’01 1973, but Winfield’s love for flying didn’t take off until 1997. Bode, 9 Trenton Lane, Bel Air, Pine Circle, Orlando, Florida, She learned to fly in an aerobatic tail-wheel aircraft —a plane MD 21014, (410) 836-8617, 32827, [email protected]. that rests on a small rear wheel, meaning that it tilts upward [email protected]. Becky Congratulations to Cheryl while on the ground. “Steering it is kind of like pushing a Kingsbury is a healthcare Baugham-DuRant! Cheryl backwards shopping cart down the runway,” explains Winfield. consultant. Farrah Lauten reports that she and her husband Today, Winfield lives in the Fort Worth area and serves as Brown is a cardiac cath lab will celebrate 20 years of marriage the chief of her community’s EMS crew. An EMT’s work is very nurse in Illinois. Laini Hamm this year! She will also celebrate different from a nurse’s, but after many years in hospitals, she is an ortho trauma nurse at nine years in the position of nurse says, “I have a much better idea what I’m preparing the patient University of Pennsylvania case manager for the Department for.” With her background in nursing, Winfield makes sure that Hospital. Stephanie Ruales of Medicine at Johns Hopkins appears to be in medical school her team’s pre-hospital assessments are as timely and accurate Hospital—one that was new to in the Philippines. Hillary as possible. this department when she began. Ittner-Mennella is an FNP in Living and working in the busy Forth Worth area, where I, Eileen, have moved to Orlando LA. Amber Zupancic-Albin is traffic is often bad, could be stressful for some people, but not with my family where my hus­ a lawyer in Oregon. Christiani for Winfield – she commutes by air. “I go out on ambulance calls band accepted a new job. We are Guerrero Gatto is still in the during the night and I fly during the day,” she says. “What could expecting our second child (a Boston area. Emily Bahne lives be finer?” —RM boy!) this June. Big sister Isabel in Fresno. Mike Cox and I just is very excited!

J o h n s H o p k i n s N u r s i n g | w w w . n u r s i n g . j h u . e d u 51 Vigilando visited with each other on an DC, in the Critical Care CNS Amy Renner Clark is impromptu play date. Mary ’05 program. She is employed at In Memoriam currently stationed in Rota, Spain Rackovan just ran a marathon. Hopkins in the Weinberg ICU. Edith Nunn Cobb ’32 with the Navy Nurse Corps. She Way to go Mary! Paul More Elfleda Hallenbeck Ostrander ’32 was married in 2008. Amy was is still out there traveling with Accelerated deployed last summer on the ’06 Nancy Gordon Dameron ’38 Michelle. Renee Ebbert is a peds Ruth Loyer is working at Duke USNS Mercy, which is the sister Margery Ladd Eadie ’39 NP in Philly. Amy Haverland University Medical Center in ship for the USNS Comfort, Mildred Richards St. Pierre ’40 is in Seattle as an ICU nurse at Radiation Oncology. She’s a whose home port is in Baltimore. Louise Lyon Pope ’42 UW. Julie Simpson Pertman part-time Divinity School student Amy reports that during her Marjorie Grand-Girard Myers ’44 has a beautiful new baby. Debbie and will begin FNP classes at deployment, they stopped in Frances Schlosser Scherer ’44 Katz Lieber is in New York Duke SON. Her long-term goal Singapore for a few days, and working as a nurse manager. is to integrate nursing and Elizabeth Repp Purdy ’45 she was able to give a tour to Eboni Clark works at JHU and ministry through work as an FNP Margaret Adalene “Winnie” some of the women from has a beautiful family. Christine in a community clinic and a Wynkoop Carter ’46 Hopkins Singapore. Catbagan Fulinara and Neil live minister of pastoral care in Catherine “Kitty” Hunt in San Diego with two children. the local church. Harrison ’46 ’05 Business of Nursing Taquoa Shamberger is living Rebecca Graham Catlin ’47 Certificate Kathleen Gross in Los Angeles. I have gleaned Accelerated works as a radiology nurse at ’08 Nancy Shearer Northam ’49 most of my information from my Class Reporter—Nicole Baur, Greater Baltimore Medical Susan Bumpass ’51 memory and Facebook. I have a 3145 Avalon Cove Court NW, Center. She is the editor of the Marcia Jacobs Block ’52 group on Facebook, JHUSON Rochester, MN 55901, (970) Journal of Radiology Nursing Helen Whissen Hayen ‘52 TRADITIONAL CLASS 2001. 376-8023. Hello Accelerated which is published quarterly Elizabeth Alwilda O’Hill ’54 Please join when you have time. 2008 Nurses! By now I imagine and is the official journal of It’s easy and fun. Looking forward most of us have settled into Jennie Uehara Yahuso ’54 the Association of Radiologic to seeing you in cyberspace. our new nursing profession and Audrey Rahm, mother of Brenda and Imaging Nursing (ARIN, are hopefully really enjoying Joyce Schwaab ’67 formerly ARNA). She also serves Accelerated having that RN title. I, Nicole Deborah Dietz, Accelerated ’96 ’03 on the Society of Interventional Melania Howell-Taylor is Baur, work at Mayo Clinic on Radiology Safety and Health working at the Specialty Hospital the Neurosurgical floor. Winter Committee and has been ARIN’s of Washington as a wound has been a challenging one in liaison to the PAD Coalition pediatric nursing!” Jenn Peacock care consultant and program Minnesota. I will never forget the (Peripheral Arterial Disease has some pretty big news: She coordinator for this long-term day when I had to walk to work Coalition) since 2002. She is engaged to Lt. Nicholas John acute care hospital. She would in -41 degree weather! Yes, it gets also co-authored the American Grow and will be married in like nursing students to know of that cold here! I didn’t receive Radiological Nurses Association summer 2010 :) She is working this specialty in wound care as many updates, so keep them (ARNA) Core Curriculum 2nd in the SICU at URMC, and will a career option, something she coming for the next edition. Erin ed chapter on Contrast Media be finished with orientation soon. was not aware of when she was in Heximer writes, “I am working which was published in July 2008. Carrie Dean reports, “I am just nursing school. on the VIP floor at Cedars Sinai finishing up the Critical Care and Hospital in LA. I am living just Trauma Nurse Internship here at Accelerated ’06 up the hill, so I can bike to work. ’04 Class Reporter—Lisa Kowal, Parkland Hospital in Dallas and Christina Khaokham RN, MSN/ The job is good, the people have 1006 South East Avenue, have just started orientation on MPH (’08) has been selected as been great. Who knows how long Baltimore, MD 21224, (410) the Burn ICU. Loving it!” Abby an officer in CDC’s prestigious I will last on the West Coast, but 732-3808, [email protected]. Rose Witt is in Chicago, working Epidemic Intelligence Service it has been good to me.” Congrats “It is hard to believe that we in the Neuro-Spinal ICU at (EIS), two-year postgraduate to Diana Priddy! She made it have been out of JHUSON for Northwestern Memorial Hospital. program of service and on-the-job into the Army and is currently almost three years. Let’s have Adina Ungar writes, “I am in training for health professionals stationed at the Walter Reed an all out effort for everyone orientation in Sinai Neuro unit. interested in the practice of Medical Center! Tess Deanehan to email me and let me know It’s going really well! My husband epidemiology. While in the is living in Canton and working where you are, your professional and I are enjoying watching our MSN/MPH program, Christina on the Neuro Sciences unit accomplishments, any academic 11-month-old baby grow!!” Darcy also completed our Occupational at Johns Hopkins Bayview. or certification achievements so Vetro Ravndal writes, “that my and Environmental Health Kristin McQuiddy writes, “I am we can share in your success. This son was born on September 21 Nursing Program (OEHN), working at Driscoll Children’s is not a time to be humble so be at Sinai Hospital. Anne Cavett part of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX proud and please email me so graciously (and thankfully!!!) Education and Research Center on a special work assignment the next JHUSON magazine can served as my doula. I figured (ERC). Christina’s selection is team (SWAT) where we travel catch everyone up as to where this would be a good way to let particularly notable because, of all over the hospital to each and how you are doing. I look everyone know baby is here and the 80 applicants selected each unit ... med/surg, PICU, NICU, forward to your responses. Nancy is healthy. Hope all is well!” Feel year, only a very small number do ED, Heme/Onc ... you name it. Gruber is currently enrolled in free to contact me anytime!! not hold a doctoral degree. It’s been really great getting to the MSN program at Georgetown learn all the different fields of University in Washington,

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Johns Hopkins Nurses’ Alumni Association Deadline for the next issue of Vigilando Church Home and Hospital Alumni Association Class reporters: Submit your class news to the Alumni Office by May 26, 2009. The news will appear in the Summer 2009 issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing. 2009 Homecoming September 25-26, 2009 Jobsite for Hopkins Nurses Whether you graduated five years ago or 50, Hopkins or Church Home, undergraduate or graduate, join your nursing colleagues Check out the job listings on the SON webpage— at Homecoming 2009. www.nursing.jhu.edu Thursday, September 24 Go to resources— 6:30 pm Leadership Dinner, for donors of • Employment services $1,000 or more this year • Student and Alumni • Services Friday, September 25, School of Nursing 8:00 am–3:00 pm Education Program 5:00 pm–8:30 pm Cocktail reception Saturday, September 26, Turner Concourse and Auditorium, East Baltimore campus 9:00 am Continental breakfast 10:00 am Annual meeting Keep the Tradition Going 11:15 pm reunion Class Photos Your dues help support: Noon Alumni Luncheon for all classes • the Pinning Ceremony for Evening Class reunion get-togethers undergraduates • nursing archives collection • networking events for alumni and Know Your History students • the Class News section of the Our Shared Legacy: Nursing Education at Johns Hopkins, Nursing magazine 1889–2006 And you receive discounts for all A stirring tribute to Hopkins nursing students and alumni Hopkins events and merchandise! along with unique insight into Send your check to JHU Alumni Association, the history of an admirable and 3211 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 or pay online challenging profession. at www.alumni.jhu.edu. To order, contact the Johns Hopkins • $40 annual dues University Press: • $20 for graduates of ’04 -’08 www.press.jhu.edu or 800-537-5487. • $1,000 lifetime memberships Alumni discount code – JAY To preview the book, go to www.son.jhmi.edu and click on Alumni News and Events. JHU InCircle is your key to staying connected! Cost: $37.50 Log in today at alumni.jhu.edu JHU InCircle is a new networking tool designed exclusively for The Power of Participation Johns Hopkins alumni, faculty, and students. JHU InCircle is a secure social online community that allows you to connect with Support the future of the Johns friends based on shared interests, profession, location and more. Hopkins University School of Login at www.alumni.jhu.edu to gain FREE access to this Nursing by using the enclosed exclusive network. You will need your alumni ID number to envelope to make a contribution register. You can find your alumni ID on the address label on the to student scholarships, faculty back of this magazine. programs, or the building fund. Be sure to fill out your profile completely, join your local chapter Your participation will make a group, and encourage your friends to join JHU InCircle as well. difference. Thank you.

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By Deborah Corteggiano Kennedy ’73

Securing a Future for Our Past Class of 53 Celebrates Their 55th Reunion

want to take this opportunity At Homecoming 2008, a n October 16, 2008 eleven Harshman. Jane came all the to again ask everyone to Hopkins alum donated a letter Omembers of the Class of ‘53 way from Alabama and other I consider contributing to the to the archives, which was celebrated their 55th reunion travelers included Mickey new Johns Hopkins University written by Florence Nightingale at the waterfront home of Mary Shinnick Lagaza from California School of Nursing Building to a physician. At an archives Lou Long Hiortdahl’s daughter. and Connie Metallo Kuehn Fund. I know many of you share meeting, I had the distinct The house was decorated with from Florida. Those who could in my passion to have a space in pleasure of reading the letter. many fine needlepoint art and stay a second day celebrated the new facility named in our Miss Nightingale’s handwriting linens done by Mary Lou, and with brunch at Mary Lou’s honor. So far, I have received and grammar were nothing she gave each of us an embossed home in LaPlata followed by good faith promises of $1,000 short of pristine. I hope many towel with the CHH Cross. dinner at Captain Billy’s on the donations from a dozen alumni. of you will make time to visit The day included a boat ride, waterfront. There are tentative The financial payments have the Alan Mason Chesney luncheon, video, and shared plans for a 2009 reunion in not been officially worked out, Medical Archives in Mount memories. The tradition of Orlando at a Disney Resort! but paying $200 per year over Washington, where all of passing the “Friendship Ball” Of the 32 graduates of this class, five years is a real possibility. the Church Home collection was passed to Janice Lewis 24 remain. I know the economy is is kept, along with precious horrendous. However, I hope artifacts from Miss Nightingale. your alumni association and Allow me to sign off this the place where you received plea as Miss Nightingale did your nursing foundation have in her correspondence, as it is a place in both your heart and most fitting. your five-year financial plan. “Believe me yours faithfully,” Please contact me if you want to Deb Kennedy, CHH’73 be a part of this effort or have any questions.

Class of 68 has 40th Reunion

wenty members of the class me the class had a great time Tof 1968 celebrated their and “just picked up where 40th reunion the weekend of we left off in 1968.” Thanks Members of the Class of ‘53 (l to r): Standing: Jackie Bacon Humphries, Oct 18-19, 2008 at the home to Lynette for sending in an Millie Sprout McCormick, Janice Lewis Harshman, Mary Lou “Bugs” of Lynette Pearce Sewell. They updated class Long Hiortdahl, Dee Stough Sadarandanda, Joyce Dahlmeyer Ness, Connie came from OR, CA, WI, CO, list to ensure everyone stays Metallo Kuehn, & Mickey Shinnick Lagaza. Seated: Jane Miller Stambaugh, FL, VA, & MD. Lynette told up to date. Anne Morris Pritts & Gloria Holland Finch.

A Church Home or a Hopkins Nurse?

ore than one CHH alum Mnoticed the photo and caption on page 60 in the fall issue of the magazine, depicting a 1950s nurse performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Though she was acknowledged as a “Hopkins Nurse” for working at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, she was indeed wearing a Church Home cap! If anyone knows who this CHH grad is, please let me know.

54 J o h n s H o p k i n s N u r s i n g | S p r i n g 2009 Lindsey Hemrick Named 2009 Creutzburg Scholar ongratulations to Lindsey It is amazing to live and learn BRINGBRING CHemrick, accelerated ‘09, with students who have done on being named the 2009 Freda so many exceptional things. YOURYOUR TALENTSTALENTS Creutzburg Scholar. Lindsey I look forward to completing currently holds a degree in my education in August 2009 TOTO AA PROVENPROVEN History from the University and becoming an RN that Miss of Santa Cruz in California, Creutzburg would be proud of.” LEADER.LEADER. where she was born and raised. At the scholarship luncheon, Lindsey shared that she really likes life and school on the east coast and has learned to enjoy steamed crabs. In her letter of appreciation for the scholarship Lindsey wrote, When it comes to “being a recipient of the building your best career, it’s Freda L. Creutzburg Memorial important to choose an employer that Scholarship is an honor and for offers more…like proven stability, and the that I thank you. Your support Creutzburg Scholar Lindsey resources to deliver compassionate, clinically has enabled me to take full Hemrick, accelerated ’09, is con­ excellent care you believe in — that’s both high advantage of the opportunities gratulated by Deb Kennedy CHH quality and heartfelt. This is only the beginning at ’73 & Daria Malan, CHH ’75 provided to me here at Hopkins. Washington Adventist Hospital, an advanced acute care facility located in suburban Takoma Park, Purchase Your CHH Pin, Cap, or Ring Maryland, just minutes from Washington, D.C. The CHH Cap can be obtained from Kay’s Caps by requesting We have been providing excellent clinical patient School #33. The cost is $11.00 for each cap plus $6.50 shipping and handling for 1-5 caps. Caps are available in size medium or large. care for over 100 years, and in order to continue our Orders can be placed by phone (516-791-8500) or by tradition, we are seeking exceptional Registered mail (Kay’s Caps, PO Box 818, Valley Stream, NY 11582) Nurses for our NEW GRAD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. Exact replicas of the CHH pin are available in Our internships offer talented students like you the 14K or 10K gold. CHH school rings are available chance to learn new skills and benefit from the in gold or silver. Due to the increase in gold prices, call for an updated price. To order a pin or ring, expertise of our dedicated staff. call Vince Fino, 9650 Belair Road, Perry Hall, MD Internships are available in med/surg, critical care 21236, 410-256-9555. and stepdown units (other specialty units as needed). In Search of… Transcript Update Program Highlights Include: • Work with preceptor for the entire length of the After the fall issue of Church To obtain copies of your program Notes was published, I received transcript, contact Aniese • Receive RN salary during training a call from Martha Wheeler Gentry at Quinlan Storage • AACN Certified Critical Care course Addison, CHH ’75. Martha, a (formerly Chart One Storage) • Training program held during the day, occasional retired Lt. Colonel from the Air in Jessup at 888-416-5353 Force who now lives in Florida, (ext. 7550 or 3907). evening/nights was very interested in finding two • Clinical Ladder Program of her classmates, Dorcas Pace Updates Please e-mail your resume to: and Gloria Watts. It only took a Send any address changes or [email protected], few e-mails to a few of her class­ call: 301-891-6650, or fax: 301-891-5932. mates here in Baltimore to find notice of deceased members to: that Dorcas is here and working Deb Kennedy, 1990 Gulfstream EOE/Pre-employment drug screening. A Member of Adventist HealthCare. at Hopkins. If anyone knows how Court, Forest Hill, MD 21050; We are a tobacco-free campus. to contact Gloria Watts, please 410-893-2421, debkennedy29@ let me know and I will be sure to hotmail.com. pass this on to Martha. In Memoriam Archive Donations Evelyn Shipley Thomas ’34 John’s Hopkins University School of Nursing Ruth P. Taylor ’37 Thanks to Julia Webster, 9/1/2008, 3/1/2009 Doris Gleim Dugas, CHH ’42 ’48 for the donation of class 3035617-WA01241 Betty P. Harmon ’53 ADVHE1 memorabilia to the archives. 3.5” x 9.625” Ashley Murr v.5 J o h n s H o p k i n s N u r s i n g | w w w . n u r s i n g . j h u . e d u 55 DEFININGMoments

In 1922, these graduates of The Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Anesthesia for Nurses were some of the first nurses to receive “continuing education” at Hopkins. Founded by Margaret Boise, this training program for registered nurses was administered by the Department of Anesthesiology within the Johns Hopkins Hospital until about 1985.

The Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

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