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

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Psychiatric Nursing This course offers concurrent theory and nursing experience in psychiatric nursing. Es¬ tablishing therapeutic nurse-patient relation¬ ships is the major focus of the course, with emphasis on understanding behavior, both normal and disturbed, and the role of the nurse in psychiatric care. Experience is gained in establishing one-to-one nurse-patient rela¬ tionships and in participating in group activi¬ ties with patients. ABOVE: Katherine Jacobson lends a help¬ ing hand to a patient in need. BELOW LEFT: Celeste Echelard plays cards with a patient.

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ABOVE: Denise Tingle and Denise Hebert discuss with the mother plans for the newborn infant. The mother responds with joy and students show their emotions also. BELOW: Barbara Burckhart feeds infant. This course prepares the student nurse for care of the maternity patient and the newborn, normal and pre¬ mature. Some theory in the care of patients with gyne¬ cology pro blems is also in¬ cluded with emphasis on the relationship of these prob¬ lems to maternity nursing. Diane Tingle remembers the handwashing technique learned in Fundamental I course. Here handwashing plays an important part. 27

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Mary Lynn Gauthreaux discusses process record¬ ings with instructor Mrs. Betty Hebert. Now, Mary, what about this block? Well, Mrs. Hebert, that ' s the way it went. Miss M. Medlin Instructor Mrs. B. Hebert Instructor Karen Dillon listens to her patient talk about his anxieties.