La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (La Junta, CO)

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THE NIGHTINGALE 1938 The greatest development in the past twenty years in the field of medicine and the care of the sick and injured has been the stand- ardization of hospitals. ln the past a person who needed hospitali- zation away from home had a fear, sometimes justly founded, that he might not get the care necessary for a good recovery. Today he may go to any Standard Hospital approved by the American College of Surgeons and feel that the equipment is adequate and the staff comptent. The building of hospitals for from thirty to one hundred beds equipped to meet the approved requirements has developed cap- able clinics in rather small eonmninities. However, these will not take the place of the laboratories of the great- Foundations such as Rockefeller and Carneige have created, or of research Departments of our universities, which will continue to make advances in phy- siological and chemical analysis. Progress in bacteriology and pathology, both in diagnosis and methods of treatment, will be the result of comparison of reports from thousands of hospitals. In the United States today with the transportation available to all, there is a constant intcimingling of people. On this account we must guard against general epidemics. Our safety depends upon better knowledge of what is prevalent in each community, and sanitary measures that will prevent spread of diseases. The careful diagnosis of each ease, demanded in a Standard Hospital, often becomes a real contribution in compiling statistics and may lead to definite scientific medical progress. D -i-tie PVOSTSSS O eciicoi Science R, Johnston, D OCJEOFIS SHOPS

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THE NIGHIINGALE 1938 Three o 'clock P. M.! ViIith a final pin to my cap, I gather together what fortitude, cour- age, wisdom, cheerfulness and ingenuity that I can muster, for these are troublesome times, and depart to take up the duties of the day. I wonder what has become of the 'tgood old dayst' when only one nurse was needed to care for all the patients on Medical Floor? I have just received word that there are two Hpink eyes enroute to the Hospital. Where shall I put them? Already we are full to overflowing. And these youngsters must be isolated in a room by themselves. However, we do not do as the inkeeper of old, rudely turn them away, neither do we have an Aladdin lamp with which we can call forth beds and space as we desire. IVe use that which God gave us, our minds and bodies, to deal with such problems. From within some dim recess of my brain I visualize our oxygen storeroom bereft of its equipment and in its place two little cribs. Before long I see it in reality. But, ah, the two little pink eyes do not appreciate our ministry. They kick, they scream, they cry. To myself I say, Now is. the time to apply the psychology I so painstakingly learned. Finally, they have quieted. I feel repaid for my psychological endeavors. But did I overhcar some one say, 4'Psychology, hump, it's only exhaustion. New I shall have a few minutes to spend with the patient in 225, who receives a few new flowers each day. To her they are active living things: She can tell about each variety, their family history, upon what food they thrive, and in what environment they show forth their best qualities. It is refreshing to spend a few minutes with her. I-Iark! The emergency bell rings! Two cars have collided on the highway. The police have brought the men in for us to sew to- gether. The gory sight must be reduced to respectability. Scalp la- cerations sutured, bruises bandaged, abrasions brightened with mercuroelirome, and spirits ministered unto with words of sympa- thy and encouragement. There are messages to send to those at home assuring them of the well being of their loved ones. At this time I take a few minutes to make note of a suggestion which my fancy dictates to me to present at the next Staff meeting, that of submitting for their consideration the desirability of estab- lishing a library of light reading to be used as a means of diversion for expectant fathers. My sympathies were aroused earlier in the evening upon seeing a young man with such aspirations agitatedly sieze a medical dictionary, the only book about, and begin assidu- ously to read from the front, then from the back, and once, I believe I saw it upside down. It is ten-thirtv and time to make 'trounds . The hospital is rela- tively quiet. Seldom is there complete quiet, for somewhere a babgf is crying, seine one moaning in pain, the babbling of delirium, and occasionally one hears a healthy snorc. I linger a moment and offer a prayer for the patient in 22O,for her days are few. The children in the ward are struggling in rebellion as the nurse inserts needles for a. hypodermoelysis. The two Hpink eyes have become resigned to hospital routine and are peacefully sleeping. Our day's work is finished.-we go to the kitchen where around the table we drop the heavy cares of the day. lVe enjoy the satisfaction of having done something for others and commit our work of pa- tience to our God and Father. itis in 0 Doyis Work arily Yoder N