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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, MAY 1. 1980 NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MAY 1, 1 980 PTA AWARD GIVEN Andy Anderson, third from left, president of the North Davis Secondary PTAP- Council, presents Kaysville Junior High School with an award for having the largest junior high PTA membership. Ac- - tA cepting the junior president traveling trophy are, from left, Mrs. Don Lans:-TSberry, PTA president, Mrs. Merle Homer, membership chairman, and Farrell J. First grade children at Crestview Elementary School in Mrs. Beards class, pooled their efforts after school hours to make this huge paper mache model of a dinosaur and have named him Rex. The project took the students six weeks to complete. THE GREAT REX Chris Watkins, Robert Cheney, David Clawson, Susie Keith. Also, Sarah Watkins, Natalie Taylor, Andrew Clawson, Mary Morgan, Pam Willie, Holly Bingham, James Claw Barbara Nichols Addresses Nurses The home and yard of Col. and Mrs. Robert (Judith) Graff, 1515 E. Gentile, Layton was the setting Sunday afternoon, April 27, for an open house honoring Barbara Nichols, the president of the American Nurses Association who was the keynote speaker for the National Student Nurses Association. This group held their annual convention last week in Salt Lake City. Barbara will also be attending the Utah Nurses Association Convention which is held April 30 through May 2 in Park City. ATTENDING THE open house were many of the leading heads of nurses groups of Utah including Norma Han- sen, president of the Utah Nurses Association; Ann Heffner, executive director of the Utah Nurses Association and Annette Evell, the dean of the U. of U. College of Nursing. Mrs. Judith Graff is the coordinator of the U. of U. baccalaureate extended education program on the Weber State College campus. She is also a personal friend and for- - mer classmate of Barbara Nichols. Barbara Nichols, a native of Maine, is a graduate of the Mass. Memorial Hospital School in Boston. She has been a nurse for 21 years. At the present time, Barbara is the 'director of Inservice Education at St. Marys Hospital in Madison, Wise. SHE WAS elected president 185,000 members of the American Nurses Association in June of 1978. Her term of office expires in June of 1980. She is the first Black person to hold this important office. Members of the American of the JACOBSEN ARIENS MOWER SALE TILLER Nurses Association come SALE from all 50 states and the territories of Guam, Washington, D.C. and the Virgin Islands. The Utah Nurses Association is a constituent group of the national, organization . The Jacobean Super Bagger U: V 1 SAW UP 0 o J TO 40 1 HEYW00D AUTO CLINIC 132 North 1st West Kaysville hi 376-20- Muter charge children who, during school vacation periods, travel with her. SHE IS married to a systems analyst who works for the state of Wisconsin. She has three NURSES ARE now involved rt of policy, in making policy function and in decision making areas that effect health care. There are three training programs a person can enter to become a registered nurse. They are a two year associate program; a hospital three year school certificate program and a college or university bachelors, masters or PhD program. They all prepare an individual for the RN licensing exams. Each state controls the RN in formulation FACTORY OUTLET Building 12C Freeport Center Clearfield, Utah Open to The Public Tues. Sat. 1 0-- 5 's Day Special On 1980 ESA son, Katie Watkins, Valerie Taylor, Stephanie Bingham. years. Barbara says there is a trend for women with families to stay in nursing. Problems in nursing include the burn-ou- t factor. Nursing is a high stress profession and Mrs. Mr. Tony Stephens of Ashton, Ida., mer Layton for- residents, announce the birth of a baby girl. She was born April 22, 1980 and weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. Her name will be Holli. Mrs. Stephens is the former Michelle Morgan of Layton. Grandparents are Mr. and and those individuals who work with the elderly or chronically ill are under unbelievable pressure to perform well over a long period of time. Sometimes this is very depressing and hard for a person to handle emotionally. Barbara feels this burn-ou- t factor is now being recognized and the nurses as well as other professionals in the health care fields are beginning to deal more effectively with it. Convention Peterson, Wendy Clawson, Carol Child, Loma Peterson and Yvonne Willie. The third recital will be held May 3 at 7 p.m. and will include students Laurie Peterson, Colleen Child, Mrs. Dixie Taft, Mrs. Sheryl Sase and Louise Bingham. new mother will be remem- bered as the former Stacy Wright of Kaysville. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Owen H. Wright, Sandy; Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Strong, Layton. Mrs. Mary Stone of Salt Lake City is the Mrs. Samuel T. Morgan, Layton, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stephens, Ashton, Ida. Sales and Installation are Mrs. Carrie V. Morgan, Ogden; Mrs. Annie Wirick, Ashton, Ida., and Mrs. Nellie Stephens, also of Idaho. Excited over the arrival of their first child, a son, are Mr. : SALARIED are low and fringe benefits are few. Barbara notes that even though there is a nursing shortage, Invites you to visit our hew and Mrs.' Bill Strong of showroom. Layton. The 7 lbs. 9 oz. lad arrived at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful on April 7. He will be named Jacob William. The salaries are not increasing, dmg Time: FLOOR COVERINGS & INTERIORS TILE DIVISION LEE State The Alpha Tau Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International met Monday evening at 7:30 at Citizens National Bank in Roy for the purpose of making promotional materials to support the Chapters bids at the ESA State Convention. The ESA State Convention will be held at the Tri Arc Lodge, Salt Lake City, June ALPHA TAU Chapter will be bidding for the next ESA State Convention to be held in Ogden in 1981. The Chapter announces that one of its members, Dianne Gamer, will be a candidate for ESA state parliamentarian. Mrs. Garner has been an ESA sorority sister for four years, in which time she has been elected Chapter secretary and has served as welfare chairman, historian and parliamentarian. She has attended three state conventions. THE SECOND recital is on May 3 at 5 p.m. Students will include Diane Keith, Christie Welch, Susie Summers, Lisa Layton Births 25-4- While she was in Layton, Barbara made a few statements about the nursing profession. She said the American Nurses Association supports nurses unions if the nurses choose to join a union. This policy has been in effect since 1946. The Association feels the state association can be the nurses union or the two organizations can operate separately. She noted the AFL and CIO have targeted the 1980s as the decade to organize womens groups especially nurses and secretaries. NURSES OF today are becoming more vocal in their profession, The Geld is open-- , ing up to specialisation as medicine becomes more specialized. In the future, nurses who specialize in fields such as open-heasurgery, mental illness, etc., will be in great demand. There are many career opportunities for staff nurses, educators, administrators and research nurses. Barbara states now is a dynamic time to enter nursing. Today, nurses are taking on the activities that were once considered strictly medical. A nurse today functions fully under their own license. A greet degree of independence is emerging. IN HER capacity as president of the Association, Barbara visits state nurses associations. She testifies on health related and nursing issues before congressional committees and she speaks before hundreds of health associations. During her two years as president of the Association, Barbara has traveled an 10,000 to 12,000 miles per month. are in the work force. Thirty percent are between the ages of 0 or the childbearing S. P0ULSEN COont!actors 1971 N. Main, ALL TYPES OF TILE WORK 825-00- Tues.-Sa- t 12:00-6:0- 0 10:00-6:0- 0 or by appointment Wide Selection Quality Products 54 North 100 East Farmington, Utah 84025 Layton Free Estimates Kim Robinson, Manager Home Ph. 2 1 Office Ph. CARPET, UNOLEUM, DRAPERIES, WALL COVERINGS and GIFTS Mon. Expert Workmanship Dewey Mortensen Unique Gift Line 773-27- 74 867-255- 2 licensing requirements for their state and the renewal program for the state. HIGH SCHOOL graduates V and students who are interested in nursing as a career should prepare by taking math, chemistry, biological and behavioral science classes. Ninety-eigh- t percent of all nurses are females. The number of male nurses has increased in recent years but so has the number of female nurses increased so that the percentage ratios of men to women nurses have remained the same over a period of many decades. -- ACCIDENT. IvK ,MmnrT0U are PHASE READ THIS- - CURRENTLY there are 1,400,000 licensed nurses in the U.S., 970,000 or 70 percent Layton Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hamilton and their family of Napa, Calif.; Mrs. Donna Hamilton of Fremont, Calif.; and Mr. and Mrs. Greg Sill and their son, Brandon, returned home Monday after spending a short vacation in RS SfSu CAL S in. mutual wscus torn car accident OTRcnc 'M FOR RN ft TREATMENT. n0CHARiSh jrii Layton visiting with their friends and family members including Greg's parents, Bishop and Mrs. Eldon Sill and Donnas parents (Mike's grandparents), Mr. and Mrs. J. William Firth. They enjoyed seeing Donnas sister and brother and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Firth. Z ' Chapter To Bid Recitals Readied Three piano recitals will be presented by the students of Mrs. Madalyn B. Taylor at her studio, 1454 Hill Field Rd Layton. THE FIRST recital will be Friday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. and will include Sterling Bingham, Bryan Willie, Doug Clawson, : Humphreys, principal. (HBEjIMISOlIBtBSiaiQIIIDlia wsmmst t qsi 220 NORTH. 95E ASTI KAYS V ILLn MONDAOHRU SATURDA , |