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

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Clinical facilities and Tl1e Mennonite llospital Sl'lllN1l of Nursing is a1'1-re1lil111l hy the c'lllU1'Zldll State lloard of Nurse EX2l1l1lll0l'S. The hospital and Sillliltllfllllll are niedieally Ullllllllllili for tl1e 111USf ll1Ullt'l'11 s1'ie111ifi1- fl't-lilflllillli of disease. l'li11ieal eXpe1'i1-l11'e is 111'ovi1l1'1l for the slu- 1 fllllll lllll'S0 ill hl'll0l'1ll Medical. Surgieal. Uhstet- rieal :lllll Tl1iJl?l'1'lliUSlS Nursing. Affiliation i11 two larger instilu1'io11s and in giving a NVGH-1'Ull111lUtl eourse ill Nursing Etluea- tio11. ITUIIYEI' General llospital. one of the large 1Il4Nl01'l1 hospitals of l11e 1Vest. offers a six-nionths D istribution of Services 1'l1l'll'Sl-1 of Clinical i11st1'u11tion lllifllldillg Pediat- ries. Gy11e1'ology. 15111e1'ge111'y and First Aid and Diet Therapy. A lwelve-weeks eourse ll Fsyc11iatry is also a part ol' the Sflllliillif affiliation The causes, syinptouns. Zllltl treatulent of form the ftllllldiltlflll for the 1'are. 111 Ill'l'Cl'1ll1lg years this taken at the lfniversity of diseases of the 111i11d principles of Nursing 1'0lll'SE of study was Colorado located in 11t11lV9l'. Now, he1'-ause of an additional lllllllbel' of affiliatiiieg students at that place, S0l110 of our s1111le11ts are 0l1l'Ull6'd at l'0lOl'lld0 State Hospital at Puelrlo, f'1Ji4ll'lld0. School of Nursing Curriculum TITLE OF COURSE TlTI1E Ull' COU Group I Biological and Pl1ysical Sciences 1 Auatoniy and 1'11ysiology 2 Microbiology 3 Chemistry Group Il Social ' Sciences 1 1'sy1-liology 511111 Mental Ilygiene 2 Nursing Care Studies 3 Ctllllllllllilty Hygiene and Slllllfiltiiill -1 History of Nursing :1 Pl'Uf9SSl01l2ll Adjustinent 1 G 1'1'ofessio11a1 Al1,lllSTl11P1lll Il Group Ill Medical Seienve 1 ll1f1'UdllL'tiUl1 lo Medl1-al Sciellee, l'atl1o1ogy 2 I,ll2lI'1112lC0l0I.fA' a111l 1'll0l'2l1lUl1fl4'S Group IV Nursing 211111 Allied Arts 1 Nursing A1'ts and Hygiene 'J - Nllil'liiO11 au1l Cookery 3 Diet Therapy 4 Ohs1etri1:a1 Nursing -Jf,i0l1l'l'2li Surgical Diseases: Surgical Specialties: Orthopedics fiA'lll'C0l0LIy and llrology U11t'l'2ll'il1g' RlJ0111 Teelinique 1'ill1l'l'Q'1'l1t'y and First Aid ti General Medical Diseases: Me1li1-al Specialties: '1'11her1'ulosis RSE Yeuereal Disease and Derinatology Clllllllllllliljilijll? Diseases T Eye. lflar. Nose a111l Throat S 1'0lll21i1'll' Nursing H l'sy1-l1iat1'i1' Nursing 10 liililti The Nursing School Clll'1'1l'lllllll1 is based U11 t11e Ulll'1'lC1lllll11 Guide as p1'e11a1'e1l hy the Nation- al League of Nursing 1+l1lu1'atio11 T11e Course of lI1Sfl'llt'flll11 covers three years, 1livi1le1l as fol- lows: l'1'e-1-111111: Service , .... Six Months ..... Six Months Medical Nursing Six Months Surgical Nursing 13 Ulrstet1'i1-al Nursing 1'lldlllll'1L'S ...,......,,....,.,,,,,,,,,.,..., ,,,, 1'11116I'g'PI1l'A' and First A111 .,., lliet Iili1'lll'1l ,,,,,,,.,,..,. .... ,,., Gvile-1'ology l'sy1'11iat1'y ...,,,.,,,.....,..... . 'l'll1lQl'L'llllISlS Nursing ..., Vacation ,,,,....,,,,......,.... Tll1'0Q Months Three Months One Month Six 1VeekS Txvo 1Veeks Twelve Weeks Tl11'ee Months Twelve Weeks

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Mennonite Hospital School of Nursing Dlodgo I solomfnly plffalyv myself bcfforw Goal and Halo ClSSf'lllb1yf To clf:cl'iCofo my llfff llrlzolly ulnfo Gocl and fo purify my life !lf C07 Cll7lg lo filo Holy SCrlpfzH'1f.s anal His D'l'l7llllf ,. ll' fall. I I will clbstallozl from wlzalover is flololorlous and mls- CILlf37i0'I,lS cmrl will not lczlm or kvzowlfnyly oclnzz'ozlsfm' :my l2ll'7'l7'Zflll clr-zly. I will clo all ly my pounvr lo 1'louc1z'o tlzlv SIVCIIZVCZCZHI of my profos.Qlo11 and will lzolcl in a'o11flclonr'o all pol'- sowal mczllers oomfmittorl fo lily kwfplzzy, and ull family ffjfffzlw cofmlny fo my kfzzozrlffclyw in flu: prayollico of my professlovz. I will not lmowlvzlyly clmzy lilo poor uflly service zclllzfloz my pozwr fo ylwf. With loyalty will I cwcloooofr fo old the pllysiolfznz in his work, mul clooolo myself lo llm rrolforw of llzosv f'0'l1l'I1'ZlllfUCl lo my Caro. Wllll humility of fminol and ,spi1'lt, I shall devote by llfc lo the Sl?l UlCf4 of Clzrlst as flu' Loral, llwouylzl flu: C7l1,1l1'olL, may guido mc.

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Director of Nursing School and Nursing Service R.N. 1934 Colorado State College of Education 1935-36 Goshen College B.S. 1937 MRS. MAUDIC SXVAHTZENDRUBER ILS., R.N. uties of a irector of Nursin Director of Nursing Service! That is the title we give today to the person who is responsible that the right nurse is in the right place at the right time. At one time, not so far hence, she was called the Superintendent of Nurses. In other Words, she is tl1e person who sees to every phase of a nurse's activity when she is on duty-and sometimes when she is off duty. To a casual observer, a service schedule does not appear terribly complicated. Only one who has gone through those trying experiences of striving to supply each ward with an adequate staff of nurses can appreciate all of the details involved. It must be remembered that each student can have only a certain number of days in each department-that one nurse wants to be working days over a certain week endeanother does not want to be working 3:00 to 11:00 during Easter seasonwthe third wants a few days off the last of the month while her friend is visiting her- and so on. If only schedules could function for six months Without any further adjusting-the Work of the Director would certainly be lightened, Listed among the duties of the Director of Nursing Service is that of counseling nurses, maids, workers, and doctors concerning various items incidental to their work, Salesinen, selling drugs, supplies, equipments, and lllllll0FOllS articles needed in a hospital take a great deal of her tinie, Visiting patients in each departinent is expected of the Director, as this is the only way in which she can contact these persons for whom the hos- pital functions. ln this hospital the Director of Nursing Serv- ice is also tl1e director of the School of Nursing. Therefore. her time is divided between the hos- pital a-nd the school. The Educational Director works very closely with the Director of the School in all phases of the educational department. The curricculunl for the e11ti1'e year is planned largely hy the liducational llirector, and so is the pre! clinical routing of students on the wards. The llirector of the School teaches several suh- jects during the preclinical periods-usually Pro- fessional Adjustments and Nursing llistory. 111 addition to guiding students! educational activi- ties, she must be mindful of their health, social, and spiritual welfare. Not a sniall item, is that of discipline at the Nurses lloine Zllltl on the Hospital ward. lf thc llirector of the School and Nursing Serv- ice were entirely responsible for every detail mentioned ahove, her load would indeed be a heavy one. llowever. the facility of the school, and the Nursing Staff of the hospital, as well as the Superintendent of the hospital. all sha1'e i11 these responsibilities. The faculty is organized into five connnittees: ,NtillllIllSlI':lilUl1. Library and Curriculum, Student Welfare. Clinical Instruction, and Nursing Service l'rohIenls, These groups take care of the actvities coming under their respective heads and at the monthly faculty meetings, reports are discussed and decisions made. These decisions in turn are suhniittcd to the Nursing School Conunittee, and finally to the llospital Board of Directors. if their nature calls for same, -Mrs. M. Swartzendruber