The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 May 1984 — Page 16

THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed.. Mav 9.1984

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From the Syracuse Police log — Vehicle stolen from parking lot

The following information was obtained from the log of the Syracuse Police Department May 2 4:10 a.m. — Subject on station to report a roll-over property damage accident on US 6, one-fourth of a mile east of SR 13 4:11 a.m. — Subject on station involved in accident, requesting contact his brother for a wrecker 9:30 a.m. - Subject advised a man's shoulder bag lost from PJ’s. 12:44 p.m. - Subject advised salesmen are going door to door and is it clear with our department 3:16 p.m. - Subject requested legal age to babysit . 4:05 p.m. - Subject with information reference child abuse 5:10 p.m. — Subject advised sister didn't come home from school 9:16 p.m. - Subject reports his vehicle stolen from uptown parking lot i 9:20 p.m. - Subject advised suspicious vehicle. South Lake, man sitting in it for about 30 minutes May 3 7:51 a.m. - Subject advised of theft in progress Minor damage as driver changes lanes Pauline T. Corbin. 68. r 4 Syracuse, was involved in a traffic accident Thursday, May 3. at 10:42 a.m. in Goshen The Syracuse driver was northbound in the 200 block of South Main Street and attempted to change traffic lanes due to traffic stopped ahead. Her 1983 Ford Escort clipped a northbound 1983 Ford Econoline driven by Charlotte E. Schrock, 41, York Drive, Middlebury Goshen City Police Lt Edward Dunithan reported damage was minor. t Attend seminar Bobi Doll and Jill Wolferman of Bobi's Shear Success in Milford attended a spring Redken Seminar at the Sheraton Inn in Fort Wayne on April 30 The seminar featured Jenny and Mark Bluestein from Saint Louis. Mo Mark taught make-up skills and Jenny showed new cutting . techniques

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8:02 a.m. - Subject on station asking for information on directions 7:02 p.m. — Report of a tire theft 9:21 p.m. — Subject on station requesting to speak to an officer ' May 4 4:39 a.m. - Woman reported two men beating up on a woman in the alley by a doctor’s office 11:15 a.m. - Subject reference injured duck on Benton Street 4:31 p.m. - Subject reported a hit/skip at the Huntington Building 8:02 p.m. — Subject requested an officer tomorrow to get personal property May 5 5:55 a.m. — Business wanted an officer 8:45 a.m. — Subject requested an officer to meet with them on South Main reference getting articles from a house 12:4& p.m. - Subject requested to speak to an officer reference theft of dog 3:21 p.m. - Subject requested officer, reference unwanted guest Lorraine Meek wins award - Lorraine Meek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Edwin Meek, 618 S. Main, Syracuse, was one of the recipients at Fort Wayne Bible College for this year’s American Bible Society national awards for excellence in Bible, theology, and Greek. She was honored at a convocation at the college on May 3. Miss Meek, a senior, will receive a Greek/English New Testament with the ancient Greek and Today’s English Ver sion texts side by side. Although the American Bible Society presents awards to the country’s schools in gratitude for thenwork in preparing their students for Christian ministry, it is each institution that selects the student to be honored. Miss Meek is a 1978 graduate of Wawasee High School and is working toward a bachelor of arts degree in Biblical Studies. While attending school she is also employed in the Christian Service Department of the college. Fort Wayne Bible College is a co educational, four year college specializing in the preparation of young men and women for careers in Christian service. The college is currently a candidate for regional accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

8:05 p.m. - Subject requested an officer reference shoplifter 9:25 p.m. - Subject requested to file assault charges May 6 12:32 a.m. — Woman called this station reference pocket book turned in this station 9:56 a.m. - Subject reference incident last evening 11:47 a.m. — Business requested an officer reference disturbance outside 3:54 p.m. - Subject on station with a head injury May 7 11:06 a.m. — Officer advised reference mobile home just went past station belongs to local company. Advised they would take care of the situation in the future and make sure it doesn’t happen again. 3:26 p.m. — Subject advised of a sick raccoon in a boat 4:11 p.m. - Subject for information on golf course 9:40 p.m. - Subject advised of threatening telephone calls on a dog 10:10 p.m. — Subject advised would like to see an officer 10:58 p.m. — Subject advised of a possible intoxicated driver May 8 2:02 p.m. - Subject requested information on boating and swimming laws 3:06 p.m. — Subject advised boat loose in the water 4:47 p.m. - Subject requested they would like to pick up dog 8:29 p.m. - Subject advised track bike stolen at Syracuse School 9:14 p.m. — Subject advised of a girls’ bike left at the school 9:46 p.m. — Subject advised found another bike at the school Jeans, jeans everywhere Open a typical American closet door and you’re more than likely to find a pair of blue jeans on the other side. A recent nationwide survey revealed that an average of 13.5 pairs of jeans hang in the closets of American families. Levis are the most popular brand, followed by Wrangler. Lee. and Calvin Klein. County man first in DNR stamp contest Three artists, including Jeffrey Klinefelter of Etna Green, received first place awards recently in the Department of Natural Resources 1985 Indiana Stamp Contest Klinefelter and the two other winners received first place awards of $750. The contest is held each year to find an original art work suitable for printing on the stamps Indiana sportsman purchase for hunting certain types of game and fish. The contestants can enter up to two artworks in each of three categories, waterfowl stamp, game bird stamp and trout-salmon stamp. Klinefelter won first place in the troutsalmon division, and also received honorable mention for two entries in the game bird stamp division and a second entry in the trout-salmon group. According to Klinefelter, who entered six original oil paintings in the contest, entries are judged on design, anatomical accuracy dnd suitability for printing. Enviromentalists. nature scientists and artists serve as a judging panel in the contests. Klinefelter’s winning entry was a steelhead trout. The amatuer artist and nature buff, says, he does most of his painting in the winter He is employed by a mowing firm which contracts with the highway department. Selected contest entries are on display at the Indiana State Museum. 202 N. Alabama, Indianapolis, through July 20.

JOINS BOWEN CENTER STAFF — Bowen Center executive director, Daniel D. Steiner and the board of directors, have announced the appointment of Donald D. Graber, M.D., Elkhart, as staff psychiatrist. Dr. Graber is certified by’the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is highly recommended by his professional colleagues. He will begin his practice at Bowen Center in June. * Graber is a member of the American Medical Association, Northern Indiana Psychiatric Society and the American Medical Society on Alcoholism. He is also a member of the Christian Medical Society and considers it "to be a vital Christian organization for medical and dental students who are interested in exploring the therapeutic value of faith and its relationship to medicine and dentistry.” He has been associated with Community Mental Health Centers in Ohio and throughout Indiana. Currently he is staff psychiatrist at the Samaritan Health and Living Center in Elkhart, and is also the chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Director for the Rennaissance Center for Addictions Treatment at Elkhart General Hospital. Graber is also past director of training in psychiatry and behavioral science at Spartanburg General Hospital Family Practice Residency program jn Spartanburg, S.C. Graber is a graduate of Goshen College, the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Indiana University Department of Psychiatry. He. his wife Sherrill, and son Scott, currently reside in Elkhart. ■■■■■ ■- O’- tr «vBB .JBBB YMCA HYPNOSIS CLINICS — The Kosciusko Community YMCA will be hosting two hypnosis clinics. Stop Smoking and Weight ControL presented by John Greer, president and hypnotechnician of Breakaway. Techniques, Inc. of Ortonville. Mich. John Greer is an experienced hypnotist working in the specialized field of hypnosis since 1973. He conducts numerous workshops and is a frequent guest speaker on television and radio shows throughout the nation, speaking on the subject of hypnosis. Greer specializes in group clinics for weight loss and smoking problems, conducted regularly in several cities. During the clinic participants will be hypnotized three times, plus receive tapes and additional ’ literature. Each clinic will be held at the Holiday Inn of Warsaw. Stop Smoking will begin at 6 p.m., and the Weight Control clinic will begin at 8 p.m. Pre-registration is necessary for admittance. For more information concerning these clinics, check the ad in this week's issue of 'the PAPER' or call the YMCA at 2C9-YMCA. Firemen called to foundation fire Wayne Blakesley notified Syracuse Fire Department at 3:12 a.m. Tuesday morning when he noticed a trash fire. The department was dispatched to property owned by Joe Hughes on the Syra-Web Road, south of Wawasee High School. When firemen arrived they found a pile of old lumber in than foundation of an old barn on fire. Several firemen remained at the scene. There was no damage.

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Nursing on the night shift —

The beat continues long after the sun sets

By TOM CHARLES Staff Writer It’s 3:46 a.m. Erma, one of the patients on Goshen General Hospital’s Acute Medical and Surgical Ward, is disoriented. She pulls the intravenous tube out of her arm and slowly shuffles out of her room, attracting the nurses’ attention. With some reassuring words and a few gentle touches on her arm, the two nurses on duty guide Erma back to her room. While one helps Erma back into bed, the other quickly prepares a replacement I.V. tube. After nearly 20 minutes of work, Erma is resting comfortably once again. Welcome to nursing on the night shift. Often referred to as the 1 “graveyard shift,” the 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. nursing slot is far from boring. As Erma’s situation illustrates, patients require attention regardless of the time. “We are busier on the night t shift than people seem to give us credit for.” said Irene Culp, a nurses' aid who has worked the night shift for 15 years. “There’s a lot to do here at night.” “There is usually a lull between 3 a m. and 4 a m ,” noted Cathy Flint, an R.N. who works nights on the acute medical and surgical ward. “But I wouldn’t call this shift boring.” Peculiar to night nursing, however, is the fact that much of the nurses’ work goes unnoticed by patients. “I’ve worked the evening (3 p.m. to 11 p.m.) shift on this same floor and a lot of the patients don’t even recognize me

, r BB ■BMb" -1 V 1 i i KEEPING TRACK — Sheila Graber, R.N., is one of the nurses who work the night shift on Goshen General Hospital’s Acute Medical and Surgical Ward. Updating charts is just one of her many tasks throughout the night. A look at life on the night shift is the subject of today's front page feature.

from the night shift,” Cathy said. Cathy, and her night shift partner, Sheila Graber, R.N., are each responsible for 12 to 14 patients. They fill most of their time with routine tasks such as making hourly rounds, dispensing medication, changing intravenous bottles and updating patients’ charts. There is not much chance to interact with the patients themselves. “I don’t think we talk with the —patients very much," said Linda Amstutz, R.N., another member of the night shift crew. “There isn’t as much contact with them on the night shift as during the day.” “When the patients get awake at night, we usually want them to go back to sleep,” added Sheila. “So there isn’t much chance to talk with them.” / But the contact that does take place in the early morning hours can be significant. Darkness seems to bring out fears and anxieties which are often forgotten in the midst of daytime diversions Without television, visitors and lights it is not so easy to forget one’s worries. “It has been my experience that people who have aches and pains get more of them with the darkness," said Dr. Galen Miller, who sometimes works the emergency room night shift. “They seem to get more depress- » ed and anxious at night. “At home, people can find their way around in the dark,” he added. “But they wake up in the

hospital and I think they get disoriented. That causes them to be anxious.” While day shift workers may have more patient contact, people on the night shift find that they have more interaction with each other. The small staff takes on somewhat of a family character. Friendships are built and fostered through interaction on the job and at break time in the cafeteria. “We do things as a shift,” said Irene. “You just learn to know everybody better because there are fewer people on duty. During the day, people stay in their small groups at break time. But it isn’t that way at night. We pull tables together and sit in a big group.” That closeness is important in an environment where tough decisions are a normal aspect of work. With a small staff, and fewer doctors in the hospital, night shift workers have a lot of opportunity for decision-making. “Y<pu are a little more of your own boss at night,” noted Irene. * “But doctors have said that the night shift people are capable of making sound decisions, and have given us support for the decisions we make. “We are working . with a skeleton crew,” she added. “So. at night, it is more likely that people are called to other departments to help out if there is the need for it.” When emergencies do arise, it is usually the night shift supervisor, Elaine Harrison, R.N., who gets the call. It is her responsibility to assess the situation and decide whether or not it is necessary to call a doctor. “We usually end up calling at

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least one doctor per night, although it really depends on the situation,” Elaine said. “If we can. we try to handle several cases with one call.” The lack of contact with doctors can be both a positive and negative aspect of working the night shift. On the one hand, night nurses have less orders to take down. On the other hand, they may not feel as challenged working away from doctors. v “I like working days because it gives me more contact with doc tors,” said Cathy. “I like to know exactly what is happening with my patients.” “I don’t think I have used as many of my nursing skills working nights as I have during the day,” added Bonnie Borntrager, an R.N. who works on the pediatrics ward. “It isn’t as challenging.” The drawbacks of night nursing often make it hard to maintain a high degree of continuity on the 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift. It is

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common practice to assign new nurses to the shift only to have them transfer to another time slot when an opening is available. According to Elaine, the system could be improved. Night nursing demands responsibility, and responsibility comes with experience. However, because many nurses are anxious to get on the day shift, there are often few veterans on the night crew. “The system is really backwards, and I don’t think it is a good system,” she said. “Most nurses leave the night shift within a year.” But some people prefer to work at night. For them, the benefits of night work include freedom for husbands and wives to work without having to hire a babysitter, more time for family activities and a work schedule that is not extremely fast-paced. As patients like Erma can attest, it is a good thing those people are there.