Dispenser. Laura Lape, an alumna of the School of Nursing, counts out acetaminophen tablets from the Searcy Medical Center. Lape worked at the nurse's station this year after successfully graduating from Harding. - photo by Bill Tripp. The need to become a nurse I t was Thursday morning and I rolled over to see how much time I had left before I had to get up and get ready for clinical. It was 6:00 a.m. Most people on campus were rolling over and sleeping a while longer, but my panic button sounded. In 15 minutes there would be five other nursing students pounding on my door... it was my turn to drive to Little Rock. Out of fear, I rushed my body through the shower, slapped on make-up, and struggled to put on my support hose. (Have you ever tried putting on support hose i'n a hurry? It's like trying to put an elephant in designer jeans!!) By some incredible miracle, I got dressed on time and picked up my fellow nursing students. While on our way to Little Rock, I listened to a car full of snoring bodies; all the questions students ask nursing majors rushed through my mind. How can you bear to be a nursing major? Don't you hate getting up so early in the morning? Do you have a social life? Don't you hate being around dying patients? I have asked myself these questions a million times over, but as I approached the sign that reads seven miles to Little Rock, I had to ask myself the real question ...Why did I want to be a nurse? The answer came easy when I thought of the times that I've used these hands, and eyes, and voice to dispel fear, to help a child with cancer smile for a while, to show a helpless person that his life is worthwhile. My caring helped him care for himself. So with these thoughts, I arrived at our destination, and I continued to choose to be a nurse. - Arta Banks Mark Arthur Moore - Flint , Ml Melissa Ann Moore - Kensett , AR Bryan Douglas Morgan - Augusta , AR Savannah Lynn Morley - Fayetteville, AR Shannon Leigh Morris - Tutwiler, MS Theodore L. Morris - Cosby, MO Merlin Anthony Mosher - Doniphan , MO Frederick Jerome Moss- Shreveport , LA Karis Elyn Mullins - Pasadena , TX Abby Dora Murrell - W. !"aim Beach, FL Joelle Raines Nelson - Gulf Breeze, FL Paula Denise Nevil - Irving, TX Laura Lynn Nickerson - Queen City, TX Saundra Kay Niestadt - Fern Creek, KY Alah Rebecca Nixon - Judsonia, AR Sherry Beth Nosey - Memphis, TN Tummy Lynn Norris - Montgomery, AL Ouita Christina Northcutt - Clinton , TN Chris Eugene Olive - Fruitland Park, FL Andy Glenn Olree - Memphis, TN Norberto Otero - David , i"anama Kimberly Renee Otwell - Alexander, AR Juniors2r r Moore - Otwell 00
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