Chautauqua School of Nursing - Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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Examinations Studyfhelps Guides to Study THE CHAUTAUQUAA, After this study and practice and with the aid of the study- helps the student is prepared for the examination paper, which she receives with the next lecture. This written review she for- wards to the school for criticism and grading. ' b Our study-helps are prepared for each lecture and are unique in correspondence work. For the high efficiency of these helps we are again under obligation to our students for their many practical suggestions. r i The study-helps give at a glance the basic points of the lec- ture and indicate the methods by which the study of each subject and each procedure is to be undertaken. They assist the student to get the gist of every paragraphhand so insure definiteness, care, and accuracy in study. This aid is invaluable to every student and particularly to those who have not recently engaged in desnitee study. Through their aid the student acquires in a very short time, an ability to study, and a conndence which is a source of continued inspiration from lecture to lecture. ' No intelligent student who follows the directions laid down in these study-helps can possibly fail. The study-help compels the student to study and to study in the best way, and insists, as the living teacher with a large class cannot, upon an answer to every question. The following page from one of the study-helps gives some idea of the nature and value of this one feature. . From these questions it is evident that the mental answers must be accurate and definite and must receive the student 's most careful consideration. 14

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SCHOoLoF NURSING, How wr TRAIN II. i A Story of the Course - THIS section explains in detail how we teach nursing by cor- respondence. The student applies for a scholarship and receives an enrollment blank on which she answers questions designed to give the faculty such personal information as may enable them to appreciate her particular needs, and wherever necessary, to adapt the course to her individual requirements. In this way, from the very outset, instructor and student are brought into personal touch, which is continued throughout the entire training. The enrollment blank, filled out in proper form as prescribed, and accompanied by the enrollment fee, is sent to the school, whereupon a scholarship is issued to the student. The same day 's mail that brings the enrollment blank carries back to the student her enrollment certifdcate. A separate parcel contains 'a durable and adjustable cover, in which the student will tile the lectures as received. The binder contains the introductory lecture with the study-help outline, directions how to study, the Brst of a series of letters prepared by the Prin- cipal, on Nursing from the Physician's Viewpoint, and, if neces- sary, a personal letter from the Secretary. E The student reads the entire lecture to gain a general know- ledge of its contents. The real study begins with the second reading, when she studies the lecture, paragraph by paragraph, until she. has its main points well in mind. The study-helps are used in connection with every paragraph. The lectures are so prepared that the studentmay put her instruction at once into practice, and by continually referring to her lecture and the illustrations, make certain that the knowledge is her own and that she has acquired the ability to perform the procedures ,as described. n T v E '13 Enrollment THE LECTURES Method of Study

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-V-r , i , W . Y, , , SCHOOL OF NURSING L g. . i . II -g....... y TYPHOID FEVER i How isil Ityphoid fever communicated from the sick to the We - What are the characteristic symptoms of the lst, Qd, 3d and 4th Weeks? I , Study chiefly the paragraph Characteristic Temperature? ' Describe the typhoid eruption. ' To what is internal hemorrhage due? By what sym toms is it indicated? When is the hemorrhage most liable to .occur P r State the most serious complication of typhoid-from what ' caused-time in the course of the disease it usually occurs-symptoms. . ' y Note the details of . Cal care of the room, its temperature, exclusion of flies, etc., Cbj the bed. During what period is the patient kept in bed? How are bed-sores Cal to be avoided, Cbj treated if present? Review this subject in the lecture on The Sick-Room. The nurse is to give enemas, when prescribed, very gently. What is the reason for this precaution? V How are the excreta to be disposed of? Study especially the paragraphs relating to disinfection of the patient, utensils, the nurse 's hands, clothing, etc. How may tympanites be relieved? Study the paragraphs relating to milk as a diet in typhoid fever. Notice what is said concerning the use of water and ice. What must be guarded against concerning feeding in con- Valescence P Give reason. is Who gives directions as to the administration of solid food? What measures may be prescribed to reduce the temperature? Note the treatment in case of internal hemorrhage and a perforation. What about the diet when there are nausea and vomiting? Retention of urine when patient is delirious. or in coma? Read carefully the notes on typhoid nursing. . 0 Notedseven important points to bear in mind in nursing this i lsease. This is not an examination and answers are not to be sent to the school. li SPECINIEN PAGE OF QUESTIONS FROM A STUDY-HELP. 1,6