SCHOOL Conducted by FRANCISCAN SISTERS ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL KEWANEE, ILLINOIS I ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING Kewanee, Illlinois # # # GOVERNING BOARD Reverend Mother Mary Bernard, o.s.f. Sister Mary Malachy, o.s.f. Mother Mary Christopher, o.s.f. Sister Mary Elizabeth, o.s.f. Sister Mary Celestine, o.s.f. Reverend Robert Prendergast—Chaplain > / * # # OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF H. R. Varney, m.d......................................................................................................................President R. M. Younglove, m.d...................................................................................................... Vice-President S. Apathy, m.d. ....................................................................................................... Secy.-Treas. # # # COMMITTEE ON NURSING EDUCATION Dr. O. B. Giltner, Chairman.........................................Medical Staff, St. Prancis Hospital Sister Mary Xavier, o.p........................................Supervisor, Sinsinavoa Secondary Schools Mrs. W. H. Harper .......................................Chairman, Civic Nurse Board, Kewanee, III. Miss Grace VanVooren ................................................Henry County Tuberculosis Nurse Mrs. R. R. Peden ..............................St. Francis School of Nursing Alumnae Association Sister Mary Malachy, o.s.f.............................................. St. Francis Hospital Administrator Sister Mary Immaculate, o.s.f...........................Director, St. Francis School of Nursing * # # ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE Sr. Mary Immaculate, o.s.f., Chairman Sr. Mary Immaculate, o.s.f., Chairman Mrs. R. R. Peden Mrs. R. R. Peden Miss Muriel Lee Miss Muriel Lee Miss Grace VanVooren Miss Eva Hodgson LIBRARIAN: Sister Marie Immaculata, o p. HOUSE HOSTESS: Mrs. Mary Peterson SECRETARY: Mrs. Minnie David 1 I Lord, make me an instrument of your peace! Where there is hatred .... let me sow love. Where there is injury .... pardon. Where there is doubt .... faith. Where there is despair .... hope. Where there is darkness .... light. Where there is sadness .... joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled .... as to console, To be understood .... as to understand, To be loved .... as to love, for It is in giving .... that we receive, It is in pardoning .... that we are pardoned, It is in dying .... that we are born to eternal life. Sr. Francis of Assisi 2 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 1956 - 1958 FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING Sister Mary Immaculate, r.n., b.s., Director of St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing Education. Diploma, St. Anthony’s Hospital School of Nursing, Rock Island, Illinois, 1933. Postgraduate courses in Pediatrics and Physical Therapy, St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois, 1934. B. S. in Nursing, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., 1939. Supervisor E.E.N.T., St. Anthony’s Hospital, Rock Island, Illinois, 1935-36. Assistant Director, School of Nursing, Rock Island, Illinois, 1936-38. Director, School of Nursing, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1945-. Mrs. R. R. Peden, r.n., Science Instructor. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, 111. 1926. University of Illinois, S.S. 1931-1935. University of Minnesota, 1936. Supervisor Operating Room, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1927-1928. Supervisor, Obstetrical Dept., St. Francis Hosp. Kewanee, Illinois, 1928-1935. Instructor, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, 111., 1943-. Miss Muriel J. Lee, r.n., b.a., Nursing Arts Instructor. Diploma, St. Mary’s School of Nursing, Rochester, Minnesota, 1949. B.A. Mary crest College, Davenport, Iowa, 1953. Red Cross Home Nursing Instructor, Henry County, Illinois, 1949. Instructor, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1950-. Miss Eva Hodgson, r.n., b.s., Clinical Instructor. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1952. B.S. in Nursing, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa, 1954. Graduate study, Western Reserve University, 1954. Asst. Clinical Instr. St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1954-55. Clinical Instructor, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1955-. Mr. John Denning, b.s., m.a., Instructor in Chemistry. B.S. University of Nebraska, 1916. M.A. University of Nebraska, 1934. Science Instructor, Kewanee High School, Kewanee, Illinois, 1945. Instructor, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1945-. Mrs. Josephine Peterson, r.n., b.e., Instructor in Social Sciences. Diploma, Presbyterian Hospital, Denver, Colorado, 1933. B.E., Northern Illinois State Teachers College, 1928. Instructor, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1939-1946. Social Science Instructor, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1953-. 3 Miss Edith Willis, r.n., Instructor in Public Health Nursing. Diploma, Ryburn Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, Illinois, 1919. DeKalb Normal, DeKalb, Illinois, 1921. Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1922. Michigan University, 1939-40. Civic Nurse, Kewanee, Illinois, 1920-. Instructor, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1937-. Mrs. Bertha Young, m.t., Instructor in iMicrobiology. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1939-1940. Gradwohl School of Medical Technology, St. Louis, Missouri, 1940-41. Chief Technician, Alpena General Hospital, Alpena, Michigan, 1944-45. Director of Laboratory, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, 111., 1951-. Instructor in Microbiology, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, .> 1951-. Miss Grace VanVooren, r.n., Instructor in Tuberculosis Nursing. Diploma, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1940. Industrial Nurse, Walworth Manufacturing Co., Kewanee, Illinois, 1942-1944. School Nurse, Kewanee, Illinois, 1944-1948. Henry County TB Nurse, 1948-. Graduate study, Loyola University, Chicago, 111. Graduate study, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. Instructor in TB Nursing, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1950-. Sister Mary Gertrude, r.n., b.s., Dietitian and Instructor in Nutri­ tion, Cookery and Diet Therapy. Diploma, St. Anthonv’s Hospital, Rock Island, Illinois, 1929. B.S., Marvcrest College, Davenport, Iowa, 1942. Internship, St. Mary’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 1942-1943. Dietitian, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Rock Island, Illinois, 1943-1948. Dietitian, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1948-. Sister Mary Francis, r.n., Instructor Supervisor Operating Room. Diploma, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Rock Island, Illinois, 1933. Postgraduate course Operating Room Technique, St. John’s Hospital, Spring- field, Illinois, 1933-34. Postgraduate course, Anesthesia, Augustana Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1936. Graduate study, University of Oklahoma, 1949-50. Supervisor Operating Room, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1935-49; 195 4-. 4 Sister Mary Rose, r.n., Supervisor Obstetrical Department and Clinical Instructor in Obstetrical Nursing. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1935. Postgraduate course in Obstetrical Nursing, St. Francis Hospital, Peoria, Illi­ nois, 1948-49. Supervisor, Obstetrical Department, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Keshena, Wisconsin, 1935-38. Assistant Supervisor, Operating Room, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Rock Island, Illinois, 1938-41. Supervisor, Obstetrical Department, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1942-. Miss Mary E. Puskar, r.n., Medical and Surgical Supervisor and Clinical Instructor in Medical and Surgical Nursing. Diploma, St. Bernard's School of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, 1934. Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1934. j Private Duty Nursing, St. Bernard's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1935-36. Doctor’s Assistant, Chicago, Illinois, 1937-1944. Industrial Nursing, Supervisor of Emergency and First Aid Department, Chi­ cago, Illinois, 1944-46. Supervisor, Medical and Surgical Department, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1948-. Mrs. Margaret LeBlanc, r.n., Head Nurse Medical and Surgical. Diploma, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1933. Asst. Head Nurse, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1935-1949. Head Nurse, Med. and Surg. St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1952-. Mrs. Rubie N. Boswell, r.n., Administrative Night Supervisor. Diploma, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1925. Graduate study, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 1945-1952. Night Supervisor, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1952-. SPECIAL LECTURERS Wilbur W. Baumgartner, b.s.,m.d................. .................. E. E. N. T. Charles M. Berfield, b.s., xM.d......................... ......................Pathology William R. Bertelsen, b.s., m.d................... ...........................Physics Thomas B. Carney, b.s., m.d.......................... .........................Urology O. B. Giltner, b.s., m.d....................................... .......... Medical Diseases Edward J. Goetzman, b.s., m.d..................... ..........Surgical Diseases William D. Larson, b.s., m.d.......................... Communicable Diseases William R. Smith, b.s., m.d............................. ...................E. E. N. T. Richard M. Terry, b.s., m.d. ........................ ................ Orthopedics Robert M, Younglove, b.s., m.d..................... ...................Gynecology 5 i HISTORY In 1902, upon -the request of the Rev. D. L. Crowe, pastor of Visitation Parish, Kewanee, Illinois, the Sisters of St. Francis of Rock Island, opened a hospital in Kewanee. The beginnings were humble as are all pioneer efforts. The