Good Times Outweigh Bad
KEEPING EQUIPMENT UP-TO-DATE—Frances R. Perry, who is retiring next week, has
been the Department of Anesthesiology's technical supervisor for the past four
years. (Photo by John Becton)
After 35 years at Duke, Frances R.
Perry has "mixed emotions" about
leaving, but she is "looking forward
to doing some things I've never done
before, and not having to set the
alarm clock," she said.
The technical supervisor for the
Department of Anesthesiology will
retire Aug. 31. She. plans to devote
some time to her new home.
"I'm going to get things arranged
and fixed up like I want them in the
house and out in the yard," she said.
Her husband, Wayland Perry, will
also retire this fall, and the couple
plans to spend a lot of time traveling
in their new Winnebago.
Sought a Specialty
A native of Stanley County,
Frances Perry entered Duke's
nursing anesthesia program in
January, 1941.
"I wanted to go into a specialty
after nursing training," she
explained. "I had a friend who was
an anesthetist, and after talking to
her, I thought I would like this field."
Upon completion of her training in
January, 1942, Perry was appointed a
clinical instructor with the program,
a position she held until she was
made techiucal supervisor in 1971.
During the past four years, she has
been responsible for setting up an
improved operating room system,
updating equipment and
coordinating between the
department and companies which
sell anesthesia equipment.
Many Good Times
The hours are not as demanding as
they have been in the past, she said,
because the nursing anesthesia staff
has grown.
"There have been times when
we've been awfully short of help,
and these times were trying," she
stated. Then she quickly added, "But
we always got over them. There have
been many more good times than
bad ones."
She said that being at Duke has
been one of the important positive
factors about her career.
"I think Duke is a good place to
work," she said. "The fringe benefits
are as good as or better than you'd
find anywhere else."
Administrators Sharpen Skills in Programs
HAMIP Begins Nurses Graduate
Twenty-five practicing health
administrators are enrolled in this
year's Health Administrators
Management Improvement Program
(HAMIP) which began last week.
The class of 1977-78, whose
members represent health care
institutions in North and South
Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee,
spent last week at the medical center.
Tlie week included orientation, a
tour of the medical center and the
program's initial classes.
Further classes will be conducted
one weekerid per month for the next
11 months and during a final
week-long session next summer.
Graduates of the program receive a
certificate from the Department of
Health Administration.
The new HAMIP class includes
administrators from 22 hospitals
ranging in size from 12 to 833 beds.
From Durham
Participants from Durham are Andrew
Hanson Jr., admission and outpatient
interviewing and classification and Larry
C. Silver, information service
coordinator, Duke Hospital; A. J.
Verricchia, director of plant operations
and maintenance, Durham County
General Hospital; and Timothy B.
Williams, chief, pharmacy service, VA
Hospital.
Others from North Carolina include
Julian W. Bradley 111, pharmacist, N. C.
Department of Human Resources,
Raleigh; Joseph T. Brugnolotti, assistant
director, professional supfjort services,
and Bill J. Fuller, associate director of
fiscal services, N.C. Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill; Richard L. Hart, director,
human resources. Wake Medical Center,
Raleigh; Percy A. Kahaduwe, assistant
director, nursing administration.
Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville;
William T. Manson HI, field
representative, the Duke Endovyment,
Charlotte; Cornelia R. Perry, personnel
director, Moore Memorial Hospital,
Pinehurst; and Georgia T. Reinhardt,
bookkeeper, Catawba Memorial
Hospital, Hickory:
Margarette A. Suggs, manager, public
relations and information. Wake County
Hospital System, Iric., Raleigh; Jerry L.
Waller, assistant administrator.
Huntersville Hospital; Daniel C. White,
administrator, Robersonville Township
Hospital; Philip W. Williams, controller,
Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount;
and William D. Williams, assistant
administrator and business manager.
Good Hope Hospital, Erwin.
Out of State
Those enrolled in this year's class from
other states are Joe R. febb, director of
admission, Sp>artanburg (S.C.) General
Hospital; David E. Ferrier, director of
pharmacy services, Orangeburg (S.C.)
Regional Hospital; Barbara I. Hill,
assistant comptroller, Whittaker
Memorial Hospital, Nev>qx)rt News, Va.;
Theodore H. Johnson, director of health
centers. Baroness Erlanger Hospital,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Robert G. Lesesne, business manager,
Bamberg County Memorial Hospital and
Bamberg County Memorial Nursing
Home, Bamberg, S.C.; Barry S. Patterson,
personnel director, Cherokee County
Memorial Hospital, Gaffney, S.C.; Paul
L. Phipps, assistant administrator,
Southwest Virginia Community Health
Services Inc., Wise, Va.; and William L.
Young, assistant administrator, York
General Hospital, Rock Hill, S.C.
The Rev. C. Ralph Monk, a Roman
Catholic priest, has been assigned by
the Bishop of the Raleigh Diocese to
serve Duke and the VA Hospitals in
Durham and N.C. Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill.
This is the first time a Catholic
priest has been assigned to work at
the three hospitals on a regular basis.
Previously patients have been served
by priests in the parishes.
Monk will be here every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday to provide
ministry and counseling to patients,
their families and hospital
personnel.
He will be at Memorial and the VA
hospitals on Tuesday and Thursday
and will say mass every Sunday at 1
p.m. in Memorial's John M. Rroves
All Faiths Chapel.
When he is not in the hospital.
Sixteen nursing service
administrators from North and
South Carolina have completed a
new continuing education program
at the medical center.
The 10-month program, sponsored
by the School of Nursing and the
Department of Health
Administration, was designed to
help administrators from nursing
homes and hospitals meet increasing
challenges in patient care and
management.
Coordinated by Dr. Barbara P.
McCool, associate professor of health
administration, the schedule was
designed so participants would
spend minimal time away from their
jobs. After an initial week at Duke
last fall, the class returned for one
weekend each month for eight
months and a week-long summary
program on campus this summer.
The Nursing Service and the
Center for the Study of Aging and
Human Development cooperated in
the program.
Those receiving continuing
education credits upon completion
Monk will be on call. He may be
reached by calling the chaplain's
office, 684-3586, or his home,
383-6130.
of the program were:
NORTH CAROLINA - Ava T.
Albritton, Lenox Baker Cerebral Palsy
and Crippled Children's Hospital,
Durham; Carmela C. Castellucci,
Sampson County Memorial Hospital,
Clinton; Ava A. Gentry, Scotland
Memorial Hospital, Laurinburg;
Suzanne S. Hart, Granville Hospital,
Oxford; Liz Hilliard, Cannon Memorial
Hospital, Banner Elk.
Margie W. Lampley, Stanley County
Hospital, Inc., Albemarle; Barbara J.
McGrath, Fayetteville Area Health
Education Center; Sandra K. Priddy,
Stokes Reynolds Memorial Hospital,
Danbury; Mary L. Reitz, Forsyth
Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem;
Audrey J. Rudisill, Charlotte
Rehabilitation Hospital.
SOUTH CAROLINA - Sarah W.
Buchanan, York General Hospital, Rock
Hill; Peggy C. Deane, Anderson
Memorial Hospital; Mary Hogan,
Greenville Hospital System-Hillcrest
Hospital, Simpsonville.
Jane C.G. Howell, Lexington County
Hospital, Columbia; Patsy M. Morris,
Cannon Memorial Hospital, Pickens;
Frances S. Towery, Georgetown County
Memorial Hospital, Georgetown.
He said he would like to arrange
for mass at Duke at a time
convenient for the most people and
would appreciate calls from anyone
interested.
Monk emphasized that his
ministry here will not be limited to
those of the Catholic faith.
"I have a lot of ecumenical blood in
me," he said, "and I plan to be
available to the genei^ hospital
population to provide whatever
service is needed-"
This is Monk's first full-time
assignment in institutional ministry,
although he has worked previously
in hospitals, mental institutions and
prisons.
Before coming to Ehirham and
Chapel Hill, he was pastor of St.
Mary's Church in his hometown of
Goldsboro.
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