Theodwe Johnson, pathotogy, was among those honored for thirty years of service to the medical center.
He is being congratulated by Dr. William C. Aniyan, vice president for health affairs. Also participating in
the spirit of the moment is the Rev. Wes Aitken (left), hospital chaplain, who was a 20-year award recipient.
Aniyan presented awards to those marking 30- and 40-year anniversaries and to retirees. Dr. R.R. Robinson,
chief executive officer of the hospital, and Richard Peck, administrative director of the hospital, presented
10- and 20-year awards.
Dinner Honors Employees
k
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Ossie Leonard, anesthesiology, a 10-year employee is shown with her husband
Royster Leonard and Mary Campbell, director of the nursing anesthesiology program.
Intercomments
rVTeam
LPN Eldcnia Bass has been discharged
from the Hospital and is recup>erating at
home. She has been hospitalized twice,
once each on Mcl>3well and Reed Wards.
RN Penny Coble is taking a temporary
leave of absence.
Repoiten Lauia Chambers
Physiology & Pharmacology
The First Annual Easter Seals
Medium-pitch Softball Tournament was
held May 14-15 at Rock Quarry Park. The
Eye Center sponsored the Triangle
Photography softball team in the
tournament and the team, comprised
mainly of students from the Department
of Physiology and Pharmacology, won
first place and a prize of $50.
All the proceeds from the tournament
vidll be used to help send handicapped
people to Easter Seals camps this
summer. To further help this effort the
team donated their prize money back to
Easter Seals.
Repoiten Susan Eiuquhait
Aging Center
Jerri Ardis will be re{dadng Jocelyn
Peity as secretary of KWIC. Perry will be
attending graduate school at
UNC-Chapel Hill.
Christine Hotchinsonu data technician,
kft the center on May 27 for Pak) Aho,
Odif., where her husband is starting
graduate work at Stanford University.
Reporter Dorothy Heyman
Intensive Care Nursery
Sharon Clark, LPN, is engaged to be
married this summer. Becky Schilling,
RN, was married to Walter Brice, April 2,
and has moved to Charlotte.
Terry Bean, Sue Perkins, Annette Price
and Sheila Robinson are new RN's.
Donna Moultroup, RN, has resigned.
Reporter: Melodie Starr
Camp Scholarships
The Duke Summer Daycamp,
which began Monday, has
scholarships available to full-time
Duke bi-weekly employees on a level
8 wage scale or below.
These scholarships, a gift of
Duke's Class of 1971, can provide
free or heavily subsidized tuition
payments for 10-20 children.
The daycamp runs through Aug.
19 and features activities built
around weekly themes. It is open to
children ages 5-12.
There is one counselor for every
five children.
For more information, contact
Peter Strimer, 682-5317, today or
Saturday.
Photos by
John Becton
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A happy award recipient is congratulated by Sam Andrews,
employee relations coordinator. Employee Relations was in
charge of the awards dinner.
OB Nurse Happy in His Role
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puzzlement, but good acceptance. 1
had a great interview with Ruth
Bowers (nursing supervisor). We
talked for about three hours, first
about the department here, and then
about philosophy of nursing in
general."
Little Resistance
Since joining the Carter Suite staff
in March, 1975, he has had
significant resistance from only two
patients. And both of them were
from other countries where most
obstetric care providers, including
doctors, are female.
"If a patient prefers a female nurse,
that is her right. She should be as
comfortable as possible," Tschannen
said.
At other times, a patient has
initially said she preferred a female
nurse, but Tschannen has asked only
"for a chance." He explains what he
will be doing, promising that if the
patient becomes uncomfortable with
him at any point, he will call in
another nurse.
"Sometimes someone will say, 'I
have never had a male nurse,' and I
just say, 'I've never had you for a
patient before,' and we begin on this
common ground," he said.
Responding to Needs
Usually any misgivings are allayed
by professional response to the
patient's immediate needs.
"When people need some kind of
support and you're there to give it, it
doesn't matter if you're female or
male, doctor or nurse," Tschannen
believes.
'Kind of Neat'
Dan Tschannen enjoys being a
pioneer.
"It's kind of neat to go into an area
where no one's been before and map
out your own way. I'm not limited by
what has or hasn't happened
before," he said.
Some of the rewards have come at
points where his personal and
professional lives have overlapped.
He got to know one couple, who,
shortly after their baby was bom,
invited him to live on their farm.
There he got to know a second
couple whose baby he deUvered
(with the doctor's supervision) six
months later.
It was his first delivery and it
seemed very appropriate that it was
an experience he shared with two
close friends.
Contributes to Profession
Tschannen also thinks he has
definite contributions to make to his
profession.
"There is no way I can ever bring a
preconceived notion to the
childbirth situation, while a nurse
who has experienced childbirth
might do so. Yet each woman has
different responses to the
experience," he points out.
And then there is what he can offer
the father.
"Where do males who are about to
become fathers get support?"
Tschannen asks, pointing out that
attitudes about sex roles make it
equally difficult for a man to discuss
this subject with either a woman
nurse or his local bartender.
"They want a professional male to
tell them what to expect, to get
through the 'shroud of mystery,"'
Tschannen says. "So 1 am able to
help the father become part of the
picture."
Breaking Down Sex Roles
Finally, he points out ^
contribution he makes, which he has
in common with a number of other
pioneers.
"Whenever sex roles in a job break
down, the field is enhanced," he
states. "Everyone adds his or her
own unique perpective."
The St. Louis native earned his
undergraduate degree at Southern
Illinois University. This fall he will
enter the University of Colorado,
Denver, to pursue an M.S.N. in
matemal-new bom nursing.
He plans for the graduate degree to
lead either, into university teaching
or further training to become a
certified midwife. (He knows of two
males already certified in the U.S.,
and a few more in training.)
After he leaves, how long will it be
before there is another male RN on
Carter?
"It's no longer a foreign idea,"
Tschannen says. "TTiey're ready."
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