Charity Hospital School of Nursing - Caps and Capes Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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o ‘ ' The individual and the race are al¬ ways movmg; and as tve drift into new latitudes new lights operi in the heavens more immediately over us ' —E. H. CHOPIN. GRADUATES

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On the site of the century-old structures a new Charity Hospital is rising. February, 1937, saw the last of the original buildings razed. In their place is a magnificent monument to the same Lou¬ isiana liberality which has made possible the continued growth and development of the Charity Hospital, from the “hall” which constituted the Jean Louis Hospital to the present huge edifice which will, when completed, have a bed capacity of over 2,.500 patients. It was through a gen¬ erous grant of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and an act of the Legis¬ lature of the State of Louisiana providing funds that this new hospital has been made possible. A total bed capacity of over 3,000 will be available in this great institution to the poor of Lou¬ isiana. This number includes beds in those buildings which remain of the former group. Standing as a great teaching center as well as an institution of public welfare, the new Charity Hospital will afford almost unlimited opportunities for medical education. Over and above the major divisions of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and pediatrics, the hospital has a large well- equipped contagious unit, an active out-patient department, and a tuberculosis hospital. Oppor¬ tunities for specialization are manifold. The South looks to this great institution for leadership in nursing education also. A new residence for nurses is under construction. The hospital not only provides experience for its own students but serves as a rich mecca for smaller schools in the South which send their students for varying periods of time for affiliation. Here graduate nurses may also come to supplement their basic nursing course and to secure special preparation in varied fields of work. Twaiitif-siX

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I solemnj ledge myself before God and in the presen| of this assembly: To pass my life in purity d to practigg; jii -pi;Q ssion faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous and will not t iro or knowingly admiriist©f=ei»v==fTOfInfur drug. • I will do all in my power to elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidejjce:3cdi= p?F! ' 5cmal matters committed to :eeping, and all ramily affairs coming to my knowledge in the pMctice of my profession. With loyalty will endeavor to aid the phy¬ sician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of jl committed to my care.