| Show YOUR HOSPITAL PEOPLE CARING FOR PEOPLE Scan today's headlines and the impression Is that we live in a society We Weare Weare are it might appear appear a people people dedicated to fulfilling our personal whims at the expense of a any y who stand In our way It only appears that way In truth we weare weare are a nation of people who care about others And And nowhere is this con concern em for others more evident than in the nations nation's more than hospitals Within these hospital walls is an army of dedicated men women and teenagers working in concert toward a common goal the pro pro- provision vision of f the highest q l quality lity patient care The patient seldom see seen the majority of the hosp- hosp hospal al people but they are there In force Hospit- Hospit Hospitals als now employ more than two million per per- person per per- persons son sons and hospital lase pital occupations are among the fastest fastest growing in the nation The people who w fill these occupations come fr from m every every walk alk of l life e and anc from varying educational backgrounds High school graduates ates through on the job training fill such jobs as nursing aide electrocardiograph tech tech- technician technician food service supervisor dietary aide laboratory technician aide or surgical technical aide Professional nurses complete at least three years of education and training beyond high school in preparation for their work Colle College e graduates pursue careers In hos pital engineering ring purchasing relations or personnel personnel Persons with postgraduate training work as occupational therapists medical social workers hospital tors health science librarians or ch path path- pathologists observance I The 1968 observance of National Hospital Wee Week js s Way 12 12 t U It Is h a fitting week in which to recognize the vital contributions made by th these se rarely rarefy seen and too often fo forgotten gotten hospital employees employees |
