Jefferson Medical College School of Nursing - Nosokomos Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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val' - 'W Greeting . HE Jefferson Medical College Hospital School of Nursing was organized in 1891. It began in a very small way, under a chief nurse. At first, dissention arose between the old timers and the modern, but in a short while, peace was restored and every- one had become an advocate of the trained nurse. In spite of this modest beginning the school continued to make rapid growth. In 1893, five nurses received diplomasg in 1933, fifty nurses were awarded diplomas from the Training School. In the beginning, forty hours of instruction were given by the attending Physicians and the Directress of Nurses, dur- ing the three years, while at the present time seven hundred and eighty-five hours are devoted to Didactic, Clinical and Laboratory Instruction. Many other changes have taken place in the progress of nursing. In 1897 the Sterilizing Room, equipped with steam sterilizers, was put into use, for the sterilization of sponges, towels, dressings, packs, etc., to be used in all departments of the hospital. At this time the Diet Kitchen was put into operation for the preparation of special diets to be served to the patients according to the instructions of the physicians. Additional branches of medicine have been added, such as the diseases of Chest Department, for the study and treatment of Tuberculosis, the Bronchoscopic Department for the observation, diagnosis and cure of diseases of the throat and chest. During the Spanish American War in 1898, when the mor- tality of the troops was so high, due to the ravages of Typhoid Fever, several nurses were detailed to train service to Camp Fernandino, Florida, returning to Philadelphia, with fifty very ill soldiers, having lost but one patient, through death, in trans- portation. Again during the Galveston Flood, a nurse was sent to render aid and assistance to the sick and injured. In 1916, with the growling and grumbling of war, and the United States realizing that war was inevitable, the country began to make preparation to meet the confiict and preparedness, the spirit of the time, when in 1917 war was declared, hospitals all over Ten the country were forming Bases, the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, under the direction of Dr. William M. L. Coplin, Professor of Pathology of the Jefierson Medical College, formed a base known as U. S. Base Hospital No. 38. The nursing personnel of Base No. 38 consisted of one hundred graduate nurses, of which many were graduates of the Jefferson Medical College Hospital School of Nursing. This unit saw service for one year, and was stationed in Nantes, France. With the growth of the institution, new buildings have been added, the Samuel Custine Thompson Annex, housing private patients, Maternity Department, Bronchoscopic Department, Roof Garden, Library, Laboratories, Operating Rooms, and Clinical Amphitheatre. The Nurses residence is located at 1010, 1012, 1014, 1016 and 1018 Spruce Street and the first section of the new residence in the rear of 1012, 1014 and 1016 Spruce Street, accommodat- ing one hundred and twenty nurses, each having a single room with hot and cold running water, a large closet and very com- fortably furnished. As the Dispensaries in the main building became inadequate for the amount of work demanded from them, it became neces- sary to think of expansion, consequently, after the College Build- ing, located at the corner of 10th and Walnut Streets was vacated, it was razed and a new building erected on the site, to he known as the Curtis Clinic. This building accommodates all Clinics. The three top fioors are equipped and used as Nurses' Class Rooms, Laboratories, Demonstration Room, Reference Library, and Instructor's Office. With the progress of all parts of the hospital, the School of Nursing has grown in accordance, until at the present time the Staff consists of fifty-two graduate nurses, the student body numbers two hundred and thirty and the private service varies, between ninety and one hundred eight nurses per day are em- ployed on private duty cases in the hospital. CLARA Mi-:i.vn.Li:, R. N.

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VD! OSOKOMOS, an old Latin term for nurse, has been frequently associated with the history of nursing. From the day when Fabiola established the first Nosokomeion hospital until today when the Nosokomos tells the story of our class, that name has been one used by a pro- fession, whose ideal is service. lt was in 1900 that it was forcibly brought to the world's attention. In that year the nurses of Holland heretofore a small part of a poorly organized group of lay people and doctors, definitely realized the need of a movement of, by and for nurses only. ISV Accordingly they became a separate military unit organized to secure state recognition with registration. They sought to elevate the standard of nursing by ad- vanced education and hospital reform. Their aim was to make nursing a Profession for Service. ' To further spread their beliefs they edited a maga- zine, -'4The Nosokomosf, For thirty-three years that fight has been waged and is still raging. Now they throw the flaming torch to us. We dare not fail. Let us carry on in the daunt- less courage and undying spirit of that other Noso- komosl Zlilnrmrr Nightingalr lglrhge SOLEMNLY PLEDGE MYSELF BEFORE GOD AND IN THE PRESENCE il OF THIS ASSEMBLY TO PASS MY LIFE IN PURITY AND TO PRAC- TICE MY PROFESSION FAITHFULLY. I WILL ABSTAIN FROM WHATEVER IS DELETERIOUS OR MISCHIE- VOUS AND WILL NOT TAKE OR KNOWINGLY ADMINISTER ANY HARM- FUL DRUG. I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWER TO ELEVATE THE STANDARD OF MY PROFESSION AND WILL HOLD IN CONFIDENCE ALL PERSONAL MATTERS COMMITTED TO MY KEEPING AND ALL FAMILY AFFAIRS COMING TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE PRACTICE OF MY CALLING. WITH LOYALTY WILL I ENDEAVOR TO AID THE PHYSICIAN IN HIS WORK AND DEVOTE MYSELF TO THE WELFARE OF THOSE COM- MITTED TO MY CARE. Nine

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