The Michigan Nurse - May 1954 No. 4 - Happy Birthday To You!

Sep 21, 2026

May 1954 issue of The Michigan Nurse, official organ of the Michigan State Nurses Association, presenting organizational leadership, publications committee listings, and subscription and distribution information. Includes a detailed contents overview covering editorials, membership, legislation, public relations, hospital school progress, collegiate education resume, nursing registries, and district news. Features the editorial “Happy Birthday To You!” by Mary M. Roberts, discussing formal association as the foundation of professional existence, alongside institutional and proclamation materials for Michigan Nurses Week honoring the association’s Golden Anniversary.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages20

Reading Time50 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Editorial

Legislation

Membership

District News

Editorial

Happy Birthday To You!

MAY 12195 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE MICHIG AN STATE NURSES AS SOCIATION VOLUME 27MAY 1954NUMBER 4MRS.LYSTRA L.GRETTER19041954 FLORENCE C.KEMPF 1904 ·ANNIVERSARY·1954UU THE MICHIGAN NURSE Official Organ of theMichigan State Nurses Association353 Hollister BuildingLansing 8,Michigan President:Florence C.Kempf,East Lansing 1st Vice President:Phyllis MacKay,Grand Rapids 2nd Vice President:Sister M.Benedicta,Kalamazoo Secretary:Eleanor A.Dryer,LansingTreasurer:Evelyn C.Andersen,Detroit Headquarters Staff:Hazel Gabrielson,R.N.,Exec-utive Director;Mrs.Emma J.Antcliff,R.N.,Assist-ant Executive Director;Florence E.Haldeman,R.N.,Public Relations Consultant and ManagingEditor;Freeda Haynes,Office Manager. COMMITTE ON PUBLICATIONS Ann Reynolds,Chairman Mary E.Blackburn,Helen I.Brooks,MarjorieKinney,Mrs.Lucile Van Horn,Mrs.Angie VanHoven and Pearl Weatherhead. Published monthly,except February,July and August,by the Michigan State Nurses Association,353 HollisterBldg.,Lansing 8,Michigan,and entered at the post officeat Lansing,Michigan,as second class mail under theact of March 3,1879.Subscription price $1.50 per year. PAGE. CONTENTS Editorial Happy Birthday To You! By Mary M.Roberts,R.N.. ...63Nursing Through The Years By Grace Ross,R.N.,D.Sc.…… ………...65Membership……… ….....69Yesteryears .......… ..............70Legislation By Sister Marie Bernard,R.S.M.,R.N.…...72Whither-Public Relations By Margaret E.McLaren,R.N…… ..73Progress-Hospital Schools By Leone Sweet,R.N.,B.S.…… …..74Resume-Collegiate Education By Florence E.Haldeman,R.N.,M.S……..74Nurses Registries By Ethel E.Mull,R.N………………...76District News........ .............77Wanted ...... "To graduate Nurses of the State of Michigan: "You are cordially invited to attend a meeting to beheld in Detroit on Tuesday,May 10,1904,at 9:30 A.M. standard time in Chaffee Hall,708 Woodward Avenue, corner Willis Avenue,for the purpose of forming a State Association to effect State Registration for graduate nurses. "It is to be earnestly hoped you will come prepared to stale your view on these subjects which are of vital im- portance to the nursing profession. "Honorable w.C.Mayburn,Mayor of the city will deliver the address of welcome. "Dr.J.H.Carsten and Mr.C.A.Kent will give ad- dresses on state registration. "The credentials required will be the presentation of your training school badge or diploma to the credential committee. "Special rates on railroads will be available on this dateon account of the Knights of Pythias Convention meeting in Detroit. "Hotels—Wayne Hotel opposite Michigan Central Rail-way Depot;St.Claire Hotel,corner Monroe and Randolph;Young Woman's Home,Clifford Street and Adams Avenue,West. L.E.GRETTER,Farrand Training School J.LENNOX,Farrand Training SchoolM.E.SMITH,Farrand Training School J.REGAN,St.Mary's Training School A.G.DEANS,Farrand Training School" S TAT E O F M I C H I G ANExecutive Office □ Laa sing PROCLAMATION MICHIGAN NURSES WEEK On May 10,1904,a group of two hundred andseventy-five nurses,whose aim,like those of thenursing profession today,was better care of thesick through better preparation of the worker,founded the Michigan State Nurses Association.Fifty years ago there were few properly quali-fied nurses and schools of nursing.Correspond-ence schools granted certificates on completiouof a six weeks nursing course.Doctors andadministrators,in many instauces,were moreinterested in the needs of their hospitals thanin the patient and the nurse.There had longbeen need for an organization to act as spokes-men for the nurses with the public and withgovernmental groups. Five years after the State Nurses Associationwas established,an intensive educational cam-paign,designed to promote standards of pro-fessional nurse practice,helped to ensure pas-sage by the Legislature of au act providing forthe examination,regulation,licensing and reg-istrati

FAQs

What organization publishes this issue of The Michigan Nurse?

It is published as the official organ of the Michigan State Nurses Association.

What is the purpose of Michigan Nurses Week mentioned in the proclamation?

It honors the Golden Anniversary of the Michigan State Nurses Association and urges citizens to pay tribute to pioneering nurses and those contributing to health and welfare through advances in healing.

What central idea does the editorial “Happy Birthday To You!” emphasize?

A profession exists when practitioners form bonds through formal association.

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