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Page 4 Duke Hospital, InterCom Supt^^ Cotnet By F. Ross Porter It is an exceptional honsewife who does not cringe occasionally at the thought of planning, preparing and cleaning up after an endlessly recur ring cycle of meals for her family. If someone in the family is sick the ])roblem is compounded and Mom is sometimes confounded. Of co\irse. Pop can be persuaded, now and then, to take the family out to eat, but we have heard rejjorts that such exjiedi- tions can be rather strenuous affairs. All this is leading uj) to a compari son with the i)light of a hospital dieti tian in a place like ours. Her great big headache is the responsibility for more than 8800 meals and nourish ments each day for patients who are all sick and for staff and students w'ho rate themselves j)retty highly as food experts. Like the housewife, her food budget takes a beating when Florida makes like Alaska or when steers be come gold-plated. Nothing puts such a damper on family peace as j>oor meals or meals that don’t cater to individual prefer ences and nothing gives a hospital a black eye as quickly as a similar fail ure in hospital food and food service. P^ortunately, there are housew’ives who think it is fun and not a burden to tempt the appetite of their families. There are hospital dietitians like that, too. And we think that Miss Ratliff and her staff' are that kind. During a very difficult transition jieriod in a new location and w'ith an almost completely new staff they have demonstrated that they think their job is both important and fun to ac complish. Our hats are off to them, not only for the continuing improve ments in our food and food service, b\it also for the eagerness with which Miss Medical Center Personality of 1958 A patient visiting the insnraiu-e of fice connnented that lie thought there were so many em])loyees at the lios- liital that it was necessary to number them when he was told to see 908. Nina Waite or 908 has been employed at the liospital since 1984 as cashier, admitting officer, and now as super visor of the hospital insurance office. Daugiiter of the late Reverend and Mrs. .lames Waite, Nina was born in Pennsylvania, lived in her mother’s home state of South (Carolina in early childhood, and sjjcnt her high school and college years in Texas. She re ceived the B.A. degree from the Uni versity of Texas and a stenogi’a])iiic diploma from Massey Business (’ol- lege, Houston, Texas. Her long stay at Duke began with a summer visit to Durham. Employ ment at the hosj)ital brought her to rest in a locale she is proud to call home and to a career of activities she has always found interesting and cliallenging. Particular interests and activities outside of working hours are a result of her pride in being part of the Med ical Center. Membership in the Duke Hospital Women’s Auxiliary, ]>artici- pation in the iiatient-service projects, and friendship of the Pink Ladies have brought her great pleasure. She is a charter member and past president of the Durham chapter. Na tional Secretaries Association. NSA membership has given her many edu cational, civic, and social opportuni ties. She took the Certified Profes sional Secretary examination spon sored by the Association and in 1955 they have tried to mc(‘t every reason able re((uest from patients and staff alike—even it they do put basil in the turni]) greens. — and our Blue Cross, have you kept that up?" received the CPS designation. For the past year she has been a member of the Durham Business and Profes sional Women’s Club. Reared in a large family, Nina has a keen appreciation of the value of I family ties. She shares an apartment at the University Apartments with her sister Lucille, who, like Nina, has been a part of the Medical Center for many years. Her sister Margaret lives in a neighboring section of tlie University Aj)artments and is em ployed by the Metrojiolitan Life In surance Comjiany. The three sisters share many interests and ])articularly enjoy holiday celebrations together. Part of each vacation is spent on visits to her brothers in Florida. The family Presbyterian back ground is maintained in membership in the First Presbyterian C^hurch. Nina enjoys spectator sports, ])articularly football and basketball. She likes swimming and recently joined the YMCA to take advantage of its wonderful |)ool. She is chang ing from a bookworm to a magazine addict with the Atlantic being her favorite. She is not a T\^ fan yet, with a good reason being that she doesn’t have oiii*, but loves radio and records. She occasionally goes to sleep with her bedside radio still on but at least gets some agricultural education when she is awakened by farm news.
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