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

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'ff f 2 Zi'-Q' Z-lf' li l THE HOSPITAL or THE oooo SAMARITAN-1912 The Hospital merged with the Columbia Hospital Association and moved to Orange lWilshirel and Witmer. The building was larger and of modern fireproof construction. By T913 there were 90 students enrolled and student body government was initiated. It was the first self governing student nurse group in the country. The first full time instructor, Miss P. A. Havens, was employed and one year later the first affiliation with Barlow Sanitorium began. Affili- ation with Childrens Hospital started in T916 and continued until the present-day. The program was now three years in length. Pre-admission education requirements gradually increased until, by l9l8, four years' high school was required. By this time, also, more and more classes had been added until over 600 hours were presented in the three year period. Clinical practice was scheduled for eight hours a day, six days a week, classes not included. Miss Emily Jones was the longest term instructor during this period, and the floor Supervisors and Doctors shared in the teaching. rkiwfal j n -- w CN - Pvi . Al? V fd-0 ng Sm I dui wurs-is l 0l'71DlOl,'Cfl w ia I A innistrfi fi- and suprr sory posvow I ', v l A K Llrcnw girlflvcn Q Vurlnn' s H' ,I .I if 'f . ,g .x , I4 ' ll , J it A 4 ' . I I . if i C flc and B flo were A flc salini partH D flo the c Us .. ln al

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He own s he am re- can that sant 1linQ will ' w f 'X ' 'fain fllllw. J'-lcmailcf lllcxfllwo do 3 Of, Tm flrspimb l9lQ - 1932 Mrs. Walker became Superintendent a few months before the Hospital moved to its present location. ' f h Ori inally from Canada, Mrs. Walker had come to California several years before because o er Q husbands ill health. He died in l9lO, and when Bishop Johnson talked to her about our Hospital and his dreams for its future, she accepted the challenge and it became hers. Mrs. Walker, a graduate of the Toronto General Hospital, had already had experience in adminis- tration and she brought many talents to her new position. Through the years that followed a number of very fine nurses, some from Canada and others from our own School, assisted her with the ' ' ' ' ' rshi which is most vividly operation of the Hospital, but it is Mrs. Walkers dynamic leade p remembered. A arl earbook sums it up this way: The greatest contributing factor to the progress of the n G Y Y Hospital has been the ability, character and personality of Mrs. Walker, whose energy, iudgment, executive ability, persistence, loyalty and untiring devotion to the interests of the institution have made her an inspiration to all who have been associated with her work. Mrs. Walker confers with Miss Gladys Morphy, Assistant Superintendent-T922 1927. A

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as The P. A. Affili- n was 1918, :idded ' eighf 'rucfor ,.., -f'fi,.,f:... T A C floor, picTured here in The '3O's, earlier housed a vvomen's ward in The cenfer, and boTh medical and surgical pafienfs To The EasT and Wesf. B floor Then had babies-large and small, The darlings of The sTudenTs' eyes. The MoThers' rooms were There also. A floor, The men's ward, was described as having fracTures and burns, Carrell-Dakin Tubes and saline irrigafions, dressings and dressings and dressings. . . . Classrooms, The l-lydroTherapy De- parTmenT and The Laborafory were also found There. D floor was The land of The orchid and lily. Where iewels we see and rare perfumes we smell and The charming eliTe of L.A. refire when ill. D floor was also The home of Surgery, defined by sTudenTs as The parT of The hospiTal ThaT paTienTs pray To sTay away from and all nurses pray To come To. In all The bed capacify was 140.