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T r r y ! ' I as con- -scribed nt was 2 only work- Beyond cilified ll6QV9e pn the iounti' eriod litart care l be' l ' l N X li Z , if i 4 - ' 4 I l T v , 'lb . y g hx 1 ' OM r S l ii 5 T i 'il ln order to maintain the quality of patient care, despite staff shortages and an accelerated employee turnover rate, Volunteers were introduced to our Hospital, Red Cross Nurses Aides and Gray Lady Corp members assisted from T942 until the Spring of '44 when they were withdrawn from private hospitals. In the meantime, the Hospital had organized a Volunteer department and had begun its own volunteer training program. By 1944, the 80 hospital Volunteers were giving over seventeen thousand hours of service in direct patient care and in preparation of supplies. They became an indispensable part of the Hospitals life. Above is a group of the Hospital Volunteers with Martha Easley, the first Volunteer Director. The United States Cadet Nurse Corps was created in June T943 to help relieve the shortage of nurses in civilian and military hospitals by intensified recruitment of students and provision of tuition, fees, uniforms and stipends for students in approved accelerated nursing programs. The schools were paid for maintenance of students during their first nine months. Approximately 87 75 of the Student Body elected to ioin the Cadet Corps when the school was approved in July T943. The students, in return for the governmental assistance, agreed to stay active in nursing for the duration of the national emergency. During the final six months ot the troining period, students were permitted elective ser- vice in this or Federal Hospitals. The last student group to enter under the Cadet Corps was in October l945. A total of twenty-eight students from other schools spent from 3-6 months Senior Cadet experience here. According to Red Cross records, sixty of our alumnae served with the Armed Forces during World War ll.
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uf X Ciirlfm flfliuuwv 1945 The '4O's may perhaps be symbolized by the picture above. The impact ot World War ll was con- siderable. The most obvious changes, the introduction ot Volunteers and Cadet Nurses, are described on the following page. The school expanded rapidly in size and then grew smaller again. Peak average enrollment was 162 in 1945. Entrance requirements were increased to two years college pre-nursing in 1942 only to be cut back, because ot the war, to high school graduation. ln '41 statt nurses first started work- ing straight eight hour shitts-students often worked split hours but these did not extend beyond 7 PM. The forty hour week was instituted in January ot 1947 tor both statt and students. One year ot college was required again, 1946-1948. Finally in '48 it was decided that qualified students would be admitted directly from high school. A program leading to a baccalaureate degree was also ottered in coniunction with Los Angeles City and State Colleges. Students entering on the latter program had a minimum of one year ot college pre-nursing. The tirst psychiatric attiliation ottered to all students was a three week period at Alameda County Hospital started in 1940. In 1944 this attiliation was changed to Compton Sanatorium, for a peViO0l ot eight weeks. This increased to 12 weeks in 1947. Later, Brentwood Hospital and Metropolitan State lNorwalk1 were used for this attiliation. Throughout the '4O's, this and other hospitals were taced with an acute shortage ot patient care facilities. Plans were made tor the addition ot a new wing, but construction had to be delayed be' cause of a shortage of materials.
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