KAPI'OLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CLASS OF FALL 1994

THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER

IT TAKES VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE

The Queen's Medical Center congratulates you on your entry into the nursing

profession. Nurses have been a special part of the Queen's family for over

six generations. Welcome to a challenging profession of caring and aloha.

Nurse Recruitment The Queen's Medical Center 1301 Punchbowl Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 547-4622

Congratulations! from the Provost

December 16, 1994

Dear Nursing Students:

Congratulations! We recognize your achievement in a program which demands a tremendou amount of teaming in a very short time. We acknowledge you with respect and pride.

You serve as an integral part of a caring profession which provides a great service to humanity. The advancement in medicine has added additional challenges to the nur ing discipline creating and increasing the need for complex technical skill and critical thinking. You deserve prai e for completing thi challenging program. Once again, we congratulate you and wi h you a succe ful and meaningful career.

Sincerely,

~~ Provo t

Joan Matsukawa, Nursing Department Chair

Karen Coker ADN Coordinator

Elsie Choy Counselor

The ADN Program at KCC

The Nursing Department moved into its new home in the Kopiko building this year, another milestone in a program that has produced nurses of high quality each semester. An accreditation team which reviewed the program in October, 1992 concluded the ADN program has a "strong, well­organized curriculum," "excellent campus support and

. resources," "strong working relationship between depart­ments," "strong working relationship between the college and community agencies and enthusiastic students" and a campus doing its best to "respond to the need for nurses."

Evelyn Takazewa Instructional Resource Coordinator

Elv ah Yoshihara Recruiter adviser

The faculty: First Row: E. Takazawa, A. Hancock, D. Demello, N. Yoshimoto, M. Kealoha Beck, K, Shideler. 2nd Row: E. Bahrami, L. Ottoson, A. Demello-Stevens, C. Mikolajczyk, K. Sullivan, K. Coker, K. Char, E. Choy.

Clerical staffers are from left to right: Jon Ogata, Mae Shimabukuro, Keri Castillo, Jeannie Watanabe, and Lynn Watanabe.

To share often & much .... To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have suceeded. -Ralph Waldo Emerson-

Graduation and Yearbook Committee

Susan Huggins, Rebecca Eby, Deborah Dominici,

Missing: Yvonne McNamee

Yearbook Committee

Sandra Simon, Charles Carsten, Denise Talbert,

Elena May Legaspi-Cruz

Graduation Committee Elena May Legaspi-Cruz, Faye Dimanlig, Susan Yee­

Loh, Kari-Jo Call, Debbie Aoki, Tamie Hilliker, Sandra Simon, Blythe Yamada, Geraldine Kent, Cathy Roscoe, Dennis Arashiro, Mona Marie Twiggs

Graduation and Yearbook Adviser Elsie Choy

%e Vorence :Afin!itinga{e P{ecfge

I so[emn[y promise myself 6efore yo a ana tfiis assem6[y to practice my profession faitfijul[y ana in gooa conscience.

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continue to grow in re[evant /(now[eage.

I uJi{{ ao a[[ in my power to maintain ana e[evate tfie stanaara of my profession ana uJi{{ fio[a in confiaence a[[ persona[ matters committe£ to my l(g_eping ana fami[y matters coming to my /(now[eage in tfie practice of nursing.

Witfi respect ana aignity, I wi[[ wort( togetfier Ulitfi a[[ otfier fieaftfi professionafS in wor/(jng for tfie welfare of tfiose unaer our care.

5l :A!urses' Prayer

(jive to my eyes Ligfit to see tfiose in neea

(jive to my fieart Compassion ana unaerstanaing

(jive to my mina 1(nowfeage ana uJisaom

(jive to my fiarufs s l(i[[ ana ternferness

(jive to my ears %e a6uity to [isten

(jive to my fips WordS of comfort

(jive to my spirit %e aesire to sfiare

(jive to me [ora strengtfi for tfiis self[ess service ana ena6[e me to Gring joy to tfie fives of tfiose I serve.

-1.1nf(!wwn

Valedictorian Michele Wood

Salutatorian Charles Carsten

Carol Alameda What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Debbie Lee Aoki Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.

Merlene Aquino Aim high .... Be a Nurse.

Dennis Arashiro "What?"

Lori Campbell The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by other peoples rules, while quietly playing by your own. -Michael Korda-

Charles Carsten "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are a few." -S. Suzuki-Thanks to my family and friends for all your support.

Mel Caspillo "Climb every moun­tain, ... Follow every rainbow, ... 'til you find your dream."

Jean Cochrane "Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and go on increasingly higher planes. To keep progressing, we learn, commit, do-learn, commit, and do again. -Steven R. Covey-

Kari-Jo Coll Any idiot can face a crisis, it's this day to day living that wears you out. -Anton-

Doris Cueva Thanks for the love, support, and patience Derrick, I could not have done it without you.

Faye Dimanlig A fulfilling aspect of life is when you've achieved your goals. A nursing career will always be gratifying especially after you've touched someone' s life. Thank you to my family & friends who have supported me.

Deborah Dominici I share my patient's victories, and losses, rejoicing with them, crying with them, and sometimes just sitting silently with them. -Margaret C. Curry­Thank you Mom and Dad, I wouldn't be where I am without you.

Eby Rebecca "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the un. f II

-Katherine Hepburn­Thanks for all the support and encourage­ment Mom &Dad, I love you.

Sheree Fitzgerald I'm done, I'm here today, gone tomorrow, My horizons are clear. No wait, I'm going for my BSN Oh well ... I will my uniform to anyone, may they be able to fill it out as I did. Thanks to my family, Derrick, Jonathan, & Peter for putting up with me.

Dona Gripp If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. -Catherine Aird-

Lorrie Gunnels My beloved India you blew into my life & as quickly as you came you left. Your short sweet life gave me direction to go to school & a depth of love I'd never known. I love you. Summer & Baby, this is all for you.

Tamie Hilliker Thank you ... to my Dad, Mark, & other family members for your special love, support, and patience, and also for lending me your ear (whether or not you were actually listening).

Robin Hong Thanks to my husband & family for all their support and Thank God it's over.

Susan Huggins People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. Thanks and love to Brad, Josh, & Jake for believing in me.

Anthony Hunt To God be the glory!!! I'm outta here!!!

Geraldine Kent It is good to have an end to journey towrds; But it is the journey that matters in the end. -Ursula K. Le Guin-

Elena May Legaspi-Cruz I would like to thank my family & friends , especially my Mom and Dad for the unending emotional and financia l support they provided ... Most of all I would like to thank God ... For everything.

Jocelyn Leung It is better to have tried and lost than never to have tried at all.

Lori Mann I want to thank my teachers, especially Andre & Bonnie, and friends for being supportive throughout the course. When the going was rough I wouldn't have made it without them.

Yvonne McNamee For future nursing students-don't quit your day job.

Donna Murakami Dustin, Bryson, Mom, Dad, Irv, Ma, Stan, Grampa, Lisa, and Ryan-Thank you for all of your support, understand­ing, and for allowing me to fulfill my dreams ... Thanks. cjo 94 for your friendship during these "fun" 2 years!

Nadine Oshima Please hire me, I need a job. I would like to thank the many voices in my mind for helping me with every exam.

Kathleen Pagala Thank you to my Family and all of my friends for their support especially my son Kenji-boy for taking care of me, the house, and cooking when I'm swamped with nursing care plans. I love you Thank God it's finally over!

Joe Perry When you are good to others you are best to yourself.

Judy Pratt Congratulations my fellow classmates, we did it! Thank you Mom and Dad.

Marilou Rogers Joseph, you sure made the whole ordeal easier, thanks from the bottom of my heart. Ryan and Clark, all this hard work is for you.

Catherine Roscoe Thanks to my husband for putting up with me these past two years (Qam, Qpm & Qhs). I will give my Med Surg book to any faculty member who can correctly calculate it's weight into kilograms, & hope they get it right the 1st time. To the rest of my family, friends, and fellow classmates, the end is here!

Rabeya T. Rumi Looking back to the last two years, I see three beautiful faces--Rumi, Rushdi, and Alavi. Thank you for standing by me and showing how much you care. I owe it all to you guys!

Ethel Sanqui­Miranda Thanks to my wonder­ful husband, my family and my fetus for keeping me awake to do my care plans.

Sandra Simon "Surprise, Surprise"

Denise Talbert I dedicate my life to you Lord, Thank you for your guidance and for carrying my burdens. I love you Jesus.

Mona Marie Twiggs Because He lives I can face tomorrow. Because he lives all fear is gone. Because I know he holds my future my life is worth the living just because He lives. Thank you Jesus for the miracle.

Noreen U dasco I would like to thank my mother, whose always been there to support and encourage me whenever I feel down. To my auntie, Grampa, friends and classmates, I thank them for their support. Lastly, I thank HIM for the strength that he gave me to overcome all the hardships and obstacles during my stay in the nursing program.

Sharlene Wiley Patience, persistance determination; that's what got me here. Thanks Mom and Dad, for the encouragement, I love you.

Michele Wood I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. -Etienne De Grellet-

Blythe Yamada Wayne, thank you for all your support and understanding, and for making me feel good when times were hard. I also want to thank my wonderful parents, without your help and Wayne's I would not have been able to become a nurse.

Tracy E. K. Yamada Mom & Daryn, thank you for your love, support, and prayers. Megan thank you for your patience and unconditional love. Dad, thank you for watching over me. I'll always be grateful and love all of you .

Susan Y ee-Loh I will never forget that nursing is a noble and demanding profession that requires courage, strength, and personal commitment. And I remember that I have these qualities-! have what it takes to be a nurse. -Margaret C. Curry-

Janice Yonemoto Dear Dad thank you for encouraging me to be in the program. I'm sorry I could not spend more time with you before you died.

Yvonne and Susan finally smiling.

Michele before officially named "smartest person"

Susan, Rebecca, and Denise studying for finals.

KCC Class of Fall1994

Bottom row (seated) Sandra Simon, Judy Pratt, Blythe Yamada, Susan Huggins, Debra Aoki 2nd row: Doris Cueva, Ethel Miranda, Rebecca Eby, Cathy Roscoe, Sheree Fitzgerald, Debra Dominici, Michele Wood, Rabeya Rumi 3rd row: Yvonne McNamee, Tamie Hillaker, Robin Hong, Faye Dimanlig, Elena May Legaspi-Cruz, Dennis Arashiro, Geri Kent, Lorrie Gunnels, Lori Campbell, Marie Mona Twiggs, Charles Carsten 4th row: Nadine Oshima, Jocelyn Leung, Kate Pagala, Lori Mann, Noreen Udasco, Donna Murakami, Marilou Rogers Missing: Carol Alameda, Merlene Aquino, Mel Caspillo, Jean Cochrane, Kari-Jo Call, Dona Gripp, Anthony Hunt, Joe Perry, Denise Talbert, Sharlene Wiley, Tracy Yamada, Susan Yee-Loh, Janice Yonemoto

Are you into restraints this year Lori?

May and Noreen in a Fuji Moment.

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The Class of Fall1994

1st Row: Doris Cueva, Susan Yee-Loh, Debbie Aoki, Kari-Jo Call, Merlene Aquino, Yvonne McNamee, Kathleen 2nd Row: Donna Murakami, Robin Hong, Faye Dimanlig, Susan Huggins, Rebecca Eby, Elena May Legaspi-Cruz 3rd Row: Carol Alameda, Mel Caspillo, Tracy Yamada, Sheree Fitzgerald, Blythe Yamada, Rabeya Rumi, Denise Ti 4th Row: Cathy Roscoe, Mona Marie Twiggs, Sharlene Wiley, Jean Cochrane, Geraldine Kent, Michelle Wood, Tan Top Row: Anthony Hunt, Lori Campbell Missing: Dennis Arashiro, Charles Carsten, Lori Mann, Nadine Oshima, Joseph Perry.

, Judy Pratt, Marilou Rogers, Jocelyn Leung el Sanqui-Miranda, Noreen Udasco t, Lorrie Gunnels, Sandra Simon illiker, Donna Gripp, Debbie Dominici

Graduation Day

Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to great places! You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself ,in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go. You'll look up and down streets. Look over them with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, Your too smart to go down any not-so-good street. And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air. Out there things can happen and frequently do, To people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too. OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights. You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best. wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't. I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you. You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on. You'll be left in a Lurch. You'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you'll be in a slump. And when you're in a slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done. You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win? And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind. You can get so confused that you'll start in to race, down long wiggled roads, at a break-necking pace, and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place ......... for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting. Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite, or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake, or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting. NO! That's not for you! Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where the boom bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you'll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you're that kind of a guy! Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV. Except when they don't. Because, sometimes, they won't. I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you. All alone! Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you'll be quite a lot. And when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on. But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though you're arms may get sore and you're sneakers may leak. On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are. You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure where you step. Step with great care and great tact And remember that life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3 I 4 percent guaranteed.) KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS! So ... be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So ... get on your way!

Debbie cheers, "Show us some more thigh Geri! !"

Debbie, Mel, and Jocelyn relaxed for the final.

Bonnie's Nightingales celebrating the end of clinicals.

Yvonne and Susan can finally smile.

A rare night out during 166 with Andrea, Xmas '94

the job Naomi?

Sandy finally can smile. Geri, Jean, and Debbie, Models Inc.in front of Kopiko

Tamie and Faye taking a breath between bites. Anthony contemplates his future .

Sheree and Joan share a moment.

Another inspirational lecture from Karen.

Denise brown-nosing with Carla McPherson

"Charting?? Patients?? What's that?" asks Sheree Fitzgerald.

"Still charting Becca?"

Carla's Clinical Group show us those ultra brite smiles!

Sheree, Kate, Lori and Debbie kicking back in the guest suite at Pali Momi.

Board question #556 for Denise Talbert and Susan Huggins, can you name the person on the wall. Bonnie and some of her nightingales

Mel Caspillo "She has how many meds?"

May giving her report.

Lori Gunnels, Judy Pratt, Debbie Dominici, Kate Pagala: Aren't you supposed to check for unresponsiveness first??

Carla McPherson and Marilou Rogers ... Are they having fun or what?

Charles Carsten has no need to worry; there's equal opportunity for nursmg.

Chris Mikolajczyk They did what??!!!

"In the beginning ... "

Donna, Tracy and May modeling the wonderful KCC uniforms.

The early days of our class

Charles asks, "What do I get for a dollar, Denise?"

Notes

Answers to page 13 1 Elena May Legaspi-Cruz, 2 Donna Gripp, 3 Lori Gunnels, 4 Catherine Roscoe( wearing the dress), 5 Debbie Doninici, 6 Rebecca Eby, 7 Tammie Hilliker, 8 Blythe Yamada, 9 Lori Campbell, 10 Lori Campbell.

Congratulations Nursing

Graduates!

The world will always need good nurses.

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I<AISER PERMANENTE

liP' =Kuakini=-· • _ r .A. Medical Center

To Kapiolani Community College·s

Nursing Class of •94

The doctors and staff of Straub congratulate you on your graduation and wish you well!

Straub CLINIC & HOSPITAL

888 South King Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER

(~ Tradition of Caring"

A philosophy of excellence in health care is practiced

within Kuakini Medical Center. We welcome you

to inquire about the nursing opportunities available.

For more information and applications, write or call the:

HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE 347 N. Kuakini Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 Phone: (808) 547-9148

Equal Opportunity Employer/ Affirmative Action Employer

Congratulations to the Class of 1995

KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTERS

KMC for Women and Children • KMC at Pali Momi

.. . first in health care for the whole family

Please call 973-8206 for information about our nursing opportunities.

Nursing is an art; and if it is to be made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion

as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work;

for what is the having to do with dead canvas or cold marble,

compared with having to do with the living body

the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts;

I had almost said the finest of the

Fine Arts

-Florence Nightingale-

Cover art: Drawing of Kopiko by Mari Sakamoto Production Editor: Debbie Yamao

Published by the Kapi'olani Community College Board of Student Publications