Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

after dlnner, and Miss bktthews didn't say anything to m bhen. Oh,
was so dear. The next day she said, "Did you iron here 1+t ni@t?I1
said, "Yes, I did." She said, "Well, come in. I want to show you s
thing." I didn't take into account, you see, that there rrgs a pad o
table and there was glass underneath that. So I cracked the glass.
said, "It Is all ri&t, but just don1 t do it agaln. " And T said, "I
won't ,I1 of course. Another incident that happened when I Ws on nip$
Student nurses di&ilt have what we thought was enom for lour supper
had the keys. Thatts when I was boss. I had the keys to $he
and I sad, 'mat do you want?" So I got sane nice-I f t was danned
fYuit. I don't know what it was now, but it suited
d I locked up
again. I didn't say anything to anybody, anybody in char in the daytime.
It seem that they missed the cat. That cat had followed7 in and I had
locked it In. (laughter)
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Q. So they mew. (laughter)
Q. Yes, they knew. They asked me if I had gone into the pupboarrd. I said,
"Yes, I did." I think it's better to uwn up as long as y re going to
get found out anyhow. (lawter) 9"'
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Q. P&Lcdarly when you let the cat In. !
A. Tnis Jams A. Anderson, had a picture of me and I c q
purse now. Would you like to see it?
Q. Cefiainly. (tape turned orf)
it around in
END OF TAPE ONE
Q. You were telling rre about the early nurses train4ng e at Springfield
Hospital. I wonder if you could recount for me what -your trabing
consiskd of in those days.
A. Well, Tt was divided into the practical phase--caring of patients--and
that included cleaning of the moms and of the bathrooms ~&d so forth, even
to the extent of mopping the floors. Then we had our themtical side.
Q. What did that consist of?
A. Tnere were courses. We assernbled in the classroom and some of it was
conducted by [Miss Hansw] the director of the hospital aql nursing service.
Her sister [Kss Selma Hanser] worked with her, but she w
keephg affairs. She [the dimtor] ta@t the practical
tice of nursing. Much of this we received ri@t mil
the [hospital], for instance, w to make a bed. We
rent inourclassroomat that t
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topracticeonan
see. An artificial patient [is a] big doll. I think
mean they do have them namd n But we'd get it [tr g] while we were
working on a patient. Then Ms Matthews took part in of that kind of
teaching.
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