Chautauqua School of Nursing - Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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I-,gp THE CHAUTAEQUA Ili: ru l e 'rom , We RY I- '15E?:iJiiE:s? 550-5' NUDAZE ll c My First Surgical Case The following is an account of an abdominal operation performed in a private house, or rather the story of my share in the operation, which consisted in the preparation of the room and the patient, and the performance of other duties of the nurse on a surgical case. ' The surgeon who asked me to take the case told me it was in the country and that he Wanted me to go at once to pre- pare the patient and get the room ready to do the operation at nine o'clock the next morning. He gave me 'bichlorid tablets for the antiseptic solution and also directions for the hypodermic he wished administered. He told me I would not find many things to Work with but to do the best I could, encouraging me by saying, I know you will get along all right, which seemed to mean to me a part of ourmotto- I will get along all right, I had little time for thinking about it, for the stage left in about an hour, so I hurriedly packed two uniforms and aprons. Then the thought came, What might I need that I could not get at once in the country. I had my nurse's instrument- case with 'hypodermic syringe and needles, and I also had strychnin, morphin, a razor, green SPECIMEN PAGE FROM A HBEDSIDE STORY KREDUCED ONE-HALF, 36 h--..Y-,,,,,....,q,-..---- -.- ---- -1,-uuq..,U.-Y.. I ,,L.,.-3-rg .,. I , 1 M . rviwi, va

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E , , SCHOOL OFNURSIgNG - The success We have had in training over 12,000 students - leads us to make this unique offer: . - -1 A 'student who for any reason is dissatisfied ' with the course Within two months of trial 1 study may receive back all the money she has .paid Without 'deduction and Without delay. - 4- ' No other School of Correspondence makes such an ofer, CERTIFICATE The certificate of graduation granted by this school upon completion of the course certifies that the student has honor- ably' completed the course of study prescribed by this institution, and upon examination has given satisfactory evidence of her ability in Anatomy, Physiology, Materia Medica E and the Principles of General, Obstetrical, Gynecological and Surgical Nursing. E i This certificate is handsomely engraved, 16 X 20, inches in size, and is awarded the graduate Without additional charge. A, Vi ' y CSee 'inside of back covenl i THE CHAUTAUQUA NURSE'S PIN 'The pin which the graduate of this institution is entitled to Wear is of heavy gold and dark blue enamel, bearing the mono- gram of the school, C. S. N.,,' the monogram and border.be1ng in chased gold, with the field of the cross in blue. The pm IS pro- vided With a safety device, by which it is secured to the garment. It is furnishedpthe graduate at a nominal cost of 352.25 to 34. 35

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D SECIZIOECLSDFT NURSING :Z THE LECTURES IN DETAIL GENERAL NURSING THE following outline of the courses, while by no means ex- haustive, gives the prospective student a clear idea of the sub- jects treated, the order of progression, and the sectional arrange- ment. This outline presents more clearly than any description could, the aim, the method, and the practicality of thecourse. The first lecture is in the nature of a general introduction to the course and sets before the student in a practical way the ideals to be striven for and the method by which they are attained. Then the course proceeds to give the student the most careful directions Cand problems based thereonj for the care of the- sick- room and of the patient that our experience in home-study methods has enabled our Faculty and special writers to devise. Subse- quent lectures give instruction in the wide range of duties required of the nurse in the various phases of nursing. This instruction, together with the introductory lectures on,respectively, Invalid Feeding, Anatomy and Physiology, completes the first two sec- tions of the studies in General Nursing. Each ofthe succeeding sections comprises Qaj A Study of Nursing Conditions and Require- ments in the Various Diseases, fbj The Study of Anatomy and Physiology, and fcj A lecture on Dietetics and Invalid Feeding. The last named gives the student a collection of recipes which are invaluable in view of the increasing emphasis that is being placed upon feeding in disease, and of the requirements laid upon the nurse for more knowledge of the preparation of food for the sick. These lectures are in charge of a leading American author- ity on practical dietetics, Alida F. Pattee. A study of The Diseases of Children is introduced in the fifth sectiong and the sixth and last sections include Medical Gymnastics and Massage, with the study of Materia Medica, and elaborate instruction for guidance in Emergencies and First Aid to the Injured. 37