SCHOOL OF d\fux±inq ^Education ANNOUNCEMENTS 19 59-19 6 1 : :: m m m m Conducted by FRANCISCAN SISTERS ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL KEWANEE, ILLINOIS ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING KEWANEE, ILLINOIS * * * GOVERNING BOARD REVEREND MOTHER MARY ELIZABETH, O.S.F. SISTER MARY DOLORES, O.S.F. MOTHER MARY BERNARD, O.S.F. SISTER MARY FRANCIS, O.S.F. SISTER MARY CELESTINE, O.S.F. REVEREND ROBERT PRENDERGAST—Chaplain OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF C. P. WHITE, M.D. ___ ___ __________ __ ... ___________________ President R. M. TERRY, M.D. _____________________________________________ Vice-President P. M. SCHMIDT, M.D. ____________________________________________ Secy.-Treas. COMMITTEE ON NURSING EDUCATION DR. O. B. GILTNER, Chairman ______________ Medical Staff, St. Francis Hospital SISTER MARY XAVIER, O.P. ___ . .. Supervisor, Sinsinawa Secondary Schools MR. C. C. PRYOR __ ______ _________________ Counselor, Kewanee High School MRS. W. H. HARPER .... Member, Civic Nurse Board, Kewanee, III. MISS' GRACE VANVOOREN ______ _____________ Henry County Tuberculosis Nurse MRS. NATALIE PEDEN _______ St. Francis School of Nursing Alumnae Association SISTER MARY CELESTINE, 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. SR. MARY IMMACULATE, O.S.F. DR. O. B. GILTNER MRS. NATALIE PEDEN MRS. NATALIE PEDEN MRS. EVA HAPNER MISS GRACE VANVOOREN MISS PATRICIA SNIDER LIBRARIAN: Sister Marie Immaculata, O.P. HOUSE HOSTESS: Mrs. Mary Peterson SECRETARY: Mrs. Minnie David THE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THIS CATALOG ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 1 FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING SISTER MARY IMMACULATE, R.N., B.S., Director of St. Francis HospitaI School of Nursing Education. Diploma, St. Anthony's Hospital School of Nursing, Rock Island, Illinois. Postgraduate courses in Pediatrics and Physical Therapy, St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Illinois. B.S. in Nursing, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. Supervisor E.E.N.T., St. Anthony's Hospilal, Rock Island, Illinois. Assistant Director, School of Nursing, Rock Island, Illinois. Director, School of Nursing, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1945-. MRS. NATALIE PEDEN, R.N., Science Instructor. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, III. University of Illinois, S.S. University of Minnesota. Supervisor Operating Room, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace! Supervisor, Obstetrical Dept., St. Francis Hosp., Kewanee, Illinois. Instructor, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, III., 1 943-. Where there is hatred .... let me sow love. MRS. EVA HAPNER, R.N., B.S., Clinical Instructor. Where there is injury .... pardon. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. B.S. in Nursing, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa. Where there is doubt .... faith. Graduate study, Western Reserve University. Asst. Clinical Instr. St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. Where there is despair .... hope. Clinical Instructor, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1955-. Where there is darkness .... light. MISS PATRICIA SNIDER, R.N., B.S.N., Instructor in Nursing. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. Where there is sadness .... joy. B. S. in Nursing, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa. Staff Nurse, Mercy Hospital, Davenport, Iowa. Instructor, ST. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1957-. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so MISS EDITH WILLIS, R.N., Instructor in Public Health Nursing. much seek Diploma, Ryburn Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, Illinois. DeKalb Normal, DeKalb, Illinois. To be consoled .... as to console. Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Michigan University. To be understood .... as to understand, Civic Nurse, Kewanee, Illinois. Instructor, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1937-. To be loved .... as to love, MRS. BERTHA YOUNG, M.TV Instructor in Microbiology. for University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Gradwohl School of Medical Technology, St. Louis, Missouri. It is in giving .... that we receive. Chief Technician, Alpena General Hospital, Alpena, Michigan. Director of Laboratory, St. Fran’®is Hospital, Kewanee, III. It is in pardoning .... that we are pardoned, Instructor in Microbiology, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, !t is in dying .... that we are born to eternal life. 1 951 -. MISS GRACE VANVOOREN, R.N., Instructor in Tuberculosis Nursing. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Industrial Nurse, Walworth Manufacturing Co., Kewanee, Illinois. School Nurse, Kewanee, Illinois. Henry County TB Nurse. Graduate study, Loyola University, Chicago, lil. Graduate study, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. Instructor in TB Nursing, St. Francis School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois, 1950-. 2 3 SISTER MARY LAWRENCE, R.N., B.S., Dietitian and Instructor in HISTORY Nutrition and Diet Therapy. Member of American Dietetics Association. In 1902, upon the request of the Rev. D. L. Crowe, pastor of Visitation Parish, Diploma, St. Anthony's Hospital School of Nursing, Rock Island, Illinois. Kewanee, Illinois, the Sisters of St. Francis of Rock Island, opened a hospital in B.S., Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa. Kewanee. The beginnings were humble as are all pioneer efforts. The Sisters pur­ Internship, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. chased a private residence at the corner of Tremont Street and Central Blvd., now Instr., Adm. and Therapeutic Dietitian, St. Anthony's Hospital, Rock Island, III. occupied by the First Baptist Church, and on March 19th they were ready to receive Adm. Dietitian and Out-patient Clinic, St. Joseph's Hospital, Keshena, Wis. their first patient. This was a charity case and such charity has been typical of the Instructor and Dietitian, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1957-. history of St. Francis Hospital in the half-century of its existence. The original capacity was eleven beds; this was increased to eighteen the first SISTER MARY FI DELIS, R.N., Instructor-Supervisor, Operating Room. year. The hospital had been in operation only a few months when the Sisters real­ Diploma, St. Anthony's Hospital School of Nursing, Rock Island, Illinois. ized that the building was inadequate to care for the increasing number of patients, Postgraduate Course, Operating Room Technique, St. John's Hospital, Spring- and plans were soon under way for a new building. field, Illinois. In May, 1903, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Lyman donated the two lots on which the Supervisor Operating Room, St. Anthony's Hospital, Rock Island, Illinois. original buildings and heating plant now stand. An Advisory Committee consisting Supervisor Operating Room, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1957-. of Mr. A. M. Hewlett, Mr. B. F. Baker, Mr. John Fischer, Mayor Eugene O'Connor and Mr. Charles I. Pierce was formed. Plans for a new building were soon under *MISS ELAINE DESCHEPPER, R.N., Clinical Instructor Obstetrical Nurs­ way, and on December 8, 1903, the corner stone for the new hospital was laid. ing. This building, with a capacity of thirty-five beds, was dedicated on Sunday, July Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. 24, 1904, by The Most Reverend John L. Spaulding, D.D., Bishop of Peoria. Postgraduate Course, Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. It was not long before this building was inadequate, and by 1917, the build­ Advanced study, Chicago University. ing was enlarged to care for fifty-six patients. For the next twenty years this hospital did a splendid work for the people of Kewanee and surrounding towns. MRS. RUBIE BOSWELL KERSTEN, R.N., Medical & Surgical Supervisor. Then, there were dreams of expansion, and with the help of the E. E. Baker Fund, Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. a beautiful addition was made possible in 1940. This new wing almost doubled Graduate study, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota. the capacity. Supervisor, Medical and Surgical Department, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, The hospital has modern operating rooms and equipment, nursery and Illinois, 1 952-. obstetrical department, pathological laboratory, X-ray department and emergency rooms. MRS. WINIFRED TERMONDT, R.N., Administrative Night Supervisor. In 1906 the St. Francis School of Nursing was organized. The school is fully Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. approved by the Illinois Department of Registration and Education, a member Postgraduate Course, Operating Room Technique, Bellevue, New York City, agency of the National League for Nursing, and a member of the Conference of New York. Catholic Schools of Nursing. Night Supervisor, St. Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois, 1956-. HEAD NURSES THE PHILOSOPHY OF ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING MRS. MARGARET LEBLANC, R.N. Medical and Surgical Unit Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. In itself philosophy is that study which guides the individual in the acquisition of a concrete outlook on life, its values, its proximate and ultimate ends and on MRS. RUTH REYNOLDS, R.N...... Obstetric Unit human conduct in general. Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Kewanee, Illinois. To understand a philosophy of education one must have a knowledge of life MRS. ELOYSE SNIDER, R.N................. Medical and Surgical Unit out of