tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post5218421456630955257..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: Nursing School Probies Had a Rough InitiationOldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-65916175861879017292020-01-04T18:32:21.668-08:002020-01-04T18:32:21.668-08:00That reminds me of the "visiting rooms" ...That reminds me of the "visiting rooms" we had in the lobby of the nursing dorm. a petitioned off area about 8X10 feet with a table in the middle. There was a rule that when boyfriends visited there had to be 2 pairs of legs visible on the floor at all times. There was a 2 1/2 foot gap btween the bottom of the partition and the floor for the housemothers to observe. Some of the more clever students would remove their boyfriend's pants and stuff the empty trouser legs with paper towels inserted into empty shoes to give the false impression of the 4 legs on the floor mandate.<br /><br />Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-14166264518961731932020-01-04T03:35:43.892-08:002020-01-04T03:35:43.892-08:00At least we had fun in the kitchen in the Nurses&#...At least we had fun in the kitchen in the Nurses' Home over our cuppa and cake in the evenings taking the mickey out of some of the crotchety old Sisters giving us a hard time. Gosh we did have a laugh about some of them - just as well they couldn't hear what was said.<br />That camerardery got us through it all I think. <br /><br />One of my friends got caught by the Home Sister climbing over the wall to the Nurses' Home after hours at night because she'd been out with her boyfriend. (Everyone had to climb over the wall after hours at some time but she got sprung..)<br /><br />Home Sister placed her in a new bedroom next door to her own office and checked she was safely in bed each evening by checking on her with a flashlight! It was like living in a convent...<br /><br />She's been married to that man for 40 years now and still loves to remind him how much trouble he got her into back then! They're still close friends of mine too! Cheers from SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-77358996429375570352020-01-03T18:29:28.366-08:002020-01-03T18:29:28.366-08:00How true!!How true!!Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-6174092941508360202020-01-03T18:28:52.259-08:002020-01-03T18:28:52.259-08:00And those were the good old days!And those were the good old days!Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-65809733550120091362020-01-03T02:29:23.882-08:002020-01-03T02:29:23.882-08:00We were called probationers too OFRN - also known ...We were called probationers too OFRN - also known as Preliminary Training School nurses for our first six weeks, generally referred to scathingly by more experienced nurses (including those only six months ahead of us!) as "those wretched little PTS nurses". The situation was made worse by not giving us our white aprons until after six weeks, so we were the only ones wearing all blue uniforms meaning we stood out like beacons. We victims were easy to spot!<br /><br />And what probationer nurse on a women's ward didn't go through the initiation of being told to find a patient called Malaena Stool...<br /><br />Regular punishment for any minor misdemeanour (such as your hospital corners on the bed not being an exact 45 degree angle) meant you had to scrub every bedpan in the sluice room with steel wool until it shone sufficiently for Sister to be able to view her reflection in it....<br /><br />The patients weren't entirely innocent either - orthopaedics was full of bored young men who loved to frighten a probationer nurse by putting their thermometers in a mug of tea so the poor nurse would be horrified and get Sister immediately - only to then receive a blast about what an idiot she was...<br /><br />Thanks for bringing back the happy memories! Sue<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-80673516484359978642020-01-02T11:32:56.335-08:002020-01-02T11:32:56.335-08:00One of my great life discoveries happened several ...One of my great life discoveries happened several months into my freshman year at college. Women were capable of at least as much disgusting or treacherous behavior and language as men. They were just much better at keeping it discreet until it needed to be unleashed. It was a very important life lesson!jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.com