Nurse Reporter Spring 2009 - Wyoming State Board of Nursing

First Licensed
Nurse in Wyoming
Marcia L. Dale, RN, EDd, FAAN
Amy Edith Geis Richardson Miller was the first licensed nurse in Wyoming.
She was born November 27, 1881, in South Dakota. The school which she
attended was organized December 2, 1893, as the Wyoming General Hospital
School for Nurses. Amy completed the program with satisfaction in
oral and scholastic expectations and was awarded a diploma on December 3,
1904. The program was two full years in length. She was 25-years old when
she graduated. Interestingly enough, Amy believed that her program did not
give her all the knowledge she needed, so she completed three months of
general work at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Amy then took
the position of superintendent of nurses at Sheridan Hospital. There she
married Dr. Miller. Amy attended the first meeting of the Wyoming State
Nurses Examining Board on December 7, 1909. After her husband died,
Amy returned to Rock Springs and became superintendent. On June 25,
1914, she married Dr. Edward Lauzer. They lived in Rock Springs for 43
years. In 1946, they moved to the CL Bar Ranch at Cora, Wyoming. Their
grandson, Thomas L. Kitchen took over the ranch. It is the home of the
largest bison herd in Sublette County with over 250 head. Amy died May
5, 1951; Edward died May 1, 1960. They are buried in the Pinedale Cemetery,
Pinedale, Wyoming.
References
Pinedale Roundup, May 27, 1976.
Rock Springs Rocket August 26, 1988
Sublette County Chamber of Commerce www.sublettechamber.com
New Logo and 1 0 0th
Anniversary
Marguerite Herman
The Wyoming Board of Nursing is marking its 100th anniversary with a new logo! We are asking for ideas on the new design. Logos used by
nursing boards in oher states tend to feature a symbol of nursing care – the “lamp” that has been used by the Wyoming board (OR) and the
caduceus are typical. Others use abstract designs or a scene typical of that state but not particularly referring to nursing or health care. I drafted
the logo shown here, featuring the pronghorn as a recognizable emblem of Wyoming that is not already used by several other entities (such as
the bison).
• What do you think?
• Should our logo portray a traditional symbol of nursing or combine symbol and Wyoming icon? (Someone suggested putting a
blood pressure cuff on the pronghorn.)
• Do you favor an abstract design – and what would that look like?
• Please send your ideas to the Wyoming State Board of Nursing
o Deadline: May 1st, 2009
o Send ideas to: Mary Beth Stepans
mstepa@state.wy.us
State Board of Nursing
1810 Pioneer Ave
Cheyenne, WY 92002.
Marguerite Herman is the Consumer Representative to the Wyoming State Board of Nursing.
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