LA County Medical Center School of Nursing - Rx Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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' 24am Main surgery never ceases To be a source oT inTeresT and inTrigue To The sTudenT nurses. Truly advanced anaTomy lessons are Theirs Tor The observing. The anTicipaTion oT The surgeon's needs Talls as parT oT The scrub nurse's duTies in addiTion To answering a re- quesT lwhich occasionally becomes a pleal Tor a sponge. An eTFicienT Team, sur- geons. scrub nurse, circu- laTing and supervising nurses, and The anaesThe- TisT, endeavors To keep The operaTion running smooThly and also To be ever alerT To any change in The con'diTion oT The paTienT. Page 61

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A delicale procedure in ENT surgery holds Jrhe alleniion ol all lhe personnel. Page 60 i. s,. 3 m, Plasler room is The cenler of allraclion on Jrhe Jrhircl floor. l-lere Dr. Johnslon explains 'rhe lechni- calilies of applying a splice and a half lo Maclelon George and Miss Samuels. MRS. ALICE BERKOWITZ, inslruclor for lhe orlhopeclic nursing classes, formerly combined leaching operaling room Jrechnique wilh her pres- enl posilion. Operafing room Technique is now laugh? by Miss Walloclc.

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MRS. HELEN COPE is now The coordinaTor of Tuberculosis and PsychiaTric Nursing and Services. The sevenTh Tloor service is now su- pervised by Miss Lucille Ermoian while The sixTh Tloor is covered by Jiiss Miriam Pearce.l mem! eaf6cczZW ' 'lihe pouring and passing oT medicines is one oT The mosT imporTanT Tasks oT The nurse. Miss Romona Adams wonders where, o where can ThaT miniscus be? The nurse and docTor Team up To alleviaTe The ills and pain oT The paTienT, Tound on medical W i' T Q . l' E was ..-sages: H , E sswggsk YET T , .L ,, . HQ .' a wi .JT .E 1 is 1 ..-:fs -- , 7 T,Q.z5.sisg'ss .sw s Tloors. NOT To alleviaTe sympToms buT To cure Them is The preTerred Tre-aTmenT. IT The condiTion cannoT be cured, To make The paTienT as comTorT- able as possible becomes The responsibiliTy oT The nurse. To Teach The cause and TreaTmenT oT medi- cal enTiTies is The Task ably handled by Mrs. l-lelen Cope, insTrucTor oT The medical Tloors. She or- ienTs and guides The sTudenTs in one oT The mosT imporTanT phases of nursing.