Bishop Johnson College of Nursing - Stethoscope Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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.f v-, Sy . X... Ur .3 I xl ' 5 an the some which the ig, and udents 1 fund instru- were istruc- hours iision. v- A- -- -v-1.1.-Q-.4-Q.-or Q?-as 1-:Envy 414.-Q-nqo ,aous1rwu?4s-q--1-r .-q,4..-. r.. 7-....... - -...-5 .,-.-...- ,, 4 ,A , ,. 1 . 1, i- . 1 . THE NEW DORMITORY was completed in 1923 and housed both student and graduate nurses in the 132 single rooms. Room and board was still an integral part of the nurse's salary. The students furnished a recreation room and roof garden on the sixth floor. A student recreation room was also provided on the third floor of the Stewart Residence, although this building had become the home of supervisory personnel. Guests were entertained in the recep- tion room on the first floor of the Stewart Residence. Needless to say, this facility was not used frequently by the students. Later, a reception room was provided in the new building. fi .,,..... QQ f 5 , 'l'.' - -- T T. ' I ', ' f , i- .. 7 , , 'f -A . ., . .iff ,If , 1' , l, wiv- .i '5-

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ze. .Z -. JV Nw-Q25 V . . ' - .7 1- Vfv ' . - 1 1 - ' ...vel-. .f -1 1 I 4 . 4 . Y.- The Lyman Stewart property at the corner of Sixth and Lucas was purchased as a site for a nurses. home in 1921 5 tlge :arse year which saw dissolution of the Columbia Hospital Association and purchase of the entire properties in the block in w ic t e Hospital was located. At this time the preparatory and basic course extended over a period of twenty eight months, and in 1922 the School began offering post-graduate courses for which many of the graduating students enrolled. In 1926 a five year combined course was set up with Occidental College. A loan fund was also established by Dr. J. Margaret Roberts, first woman physician on the staff. The students continued to furnish their own thermometers, hypodermic outfits and dressing instru- ments as well as textbooks and uniforms. Maternity was the only service on which students were assigned after 10:30 P.M., but rather lengthy split shifts were the order of the day. In 1926 a State Board inspection report revealed that the school very much needed a second instruc- tor. The one, Miss Kershaw, was at the time teaching eight subiects an average of eighteen hours a week, arranging the class schedule, chaperoning all lectures and doing some floor supervision. Sixty two students were enrolled. THE 132 furni A stl this tion freqc I

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ri l.. H fl Construction ot the new hospitoil wos tremendously exciting, ond when it wos opened in April of T927 it provided oll of the modern equipment ond tocilities tor potient core. The copoicity ot the hospitol wos increosed to 380 beds. For some time however, only the second, third ond fourth floors were occupied loy potients. The ninth tloor provided tor the operoting rooms, lthere were tenl, the x-roy deportment ond the clinicol loborotory. Administrotion ottices, clossrooms ond phor- mocy were locoted on the first floor. The clossrooms were ot the end ot eoch wing, ond SmC1ll librory oreos odioined them. The groduote nurse stott wos increosed until there were ot leost two, in oddition to the heod nurse, on eoch unit during the doy ond one ot night. There were cilso on overoge of TOO privote duTY nurses during the twenty-tour hour period. Through Mrs. Wolker's ettorts, the eight hour doy WGS estciblished for privcite duty nurses. 1929 sow the cidvent of the tirst word helpers to ossist the nurses with their potient core. At first their octivities involved very little octuol potient core, but groduolly the nurses found thot theS6 women could be tought to do mony of the bosic, nursing procedures. They become on integrol por? of the word life. The on i corp were Prep peric Drug of N qucil Ther Los . They ln 11 Junic- JUnic Anot