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i ■ -- __ - Nearly 10 years ago Kay Hill set out to accomplish something she had always : wanted to do - become o registered nurse at Presby teriaa Hospital' ; Her arduous personal Journey began first at Pres byterian aa a licensed practical nurse in 1909. She worked about a year and left the program when her son was barb. In 1971 she. returned to Presbyterian and “worked all over the bouse” wherever she was By 1975, after working m the Intensive Care and •£, Coronary Care Units, she made the big decision to enter tfae school of nursing full-time. In June, 1909, she was officially a registered aurae.. -V *T' Today, as tbe opsnfing room nurse responsible for overseeing sterile tech nique*, she can look back . *itb (irlde over far de ^^PRESBYTERIAJS NURSING STUDENT * . >■ a • ■ *,. / i .** • . "^SpJ *•• r *v r ■ ■* - * — •. . ,■» straight program-with no time for me to say ‘I can’t ' dott.’” And it wasn’t easy for her - as a single parent, As the mother of * six-year-aid son, she told him, “Erie, yen have to go through nursing with me. And I was lucky. There was a delight ful "wnan fa ow^neigh borhood who was always these tor Eric and for me.”'£ But sbll there were those tiona] responsibilities of lace in the comforting -words of the director of a very supportive. -mas 1 felt I Just couldn’t make it, sbe '^helped me out." ' jHfll says, , V "For Kay mil, R.N., the work day starts at 7:00 ajn. in the operating room, where she may bdp with an average of three surgery eases - sometimes more. “The eases range from elective surgery to emergency surgery,” she says. After her nearly five years in surgery, she knows the procedure pre medicattonsj^iab reports and X-rayS/£.. ' Responsible for sterility procedures, the says she ■spstlnun feds as bough she’s “casing the room, watching to be sure every technique is fdhftrad.” ... She wheels put the table of sterile instruments, each in a protective wrap. “As the scrub nurse, who The Presbyterian Hospi tal School of Nursing is the largest hospital-based school in the Cantinas. It* ; strong emphasis on clinic si smsrisaoe starting in tha program’s first year is Just one of the school’s many attractive features.: The SO year-aid program and backgrounds and Let Us Entertain You... THE CHARLOTTE F&ST ... •• ;■ ■>1 > ~ ■ r.. -/■ ■ " Offers The Entertainment You Won't Want To ^ Miss! Movfes, TV, locd Productions, & Much Mora. Call 376*0496 TnR^uyVn.* ■ EL' Xv-s1.v fit'' vijfijtY # '/.V-1 ■ ^ r> ■ BflEftTAEeOSNT Guide Eodt Week. I
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