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

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X-Ray This is Miss Fannie Schrock with some of the new equipment installed last year. The most active skin cancer clinic in the state is held here, and X-ray treat- ments are given to sufferers of this disease. In addition, many radiographs are taken for diagnostic purposes. his if 1 .fav M W F iv' 1 ' X its , xg A I 5 l Laboratory Many tests done in the laboratory aid the physician in making diagnoses and in following the course of disease. Our laboratory employs several peopleg Miss Elizabeth Regier is shown here computing a blood count. 15

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Sanitarium The San really becomes home to those who live there, with everybody in- terested in what happens to everybody else, The patients even play tricks on the nurses, in spite of which the students enjoy their three months in this special service. Dietary Department Good food, Well prepared and attractively served, is a necessity in any hospital, and the rule here. Miss Walters, our efficient dietitian, plans all the meals, including special diets. Mabel Yoder, first tray girl, is setting up dinner trays. 14

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an ,as . 1 I WW 3 E L A: .:V, T f- 1LL ff -was 4. 2, -,-:v,l A Fl Q ,fiilvfzifg at gb, Out-Patient Department The first Monday of each month sees rows of chairs in the first floor hall, Where people from throughout the Arkansas Valley gather and Wait for various tests, examinations, and treatments. Some of them are former patients of the hospital returning for check-ups, others may be admitted, but most of them do not need hospitalization-they are out-patients . Martha Grove Marjorie Fink General Staff Nurses A number of graduates of the class-of ,46 stayed and helped during the winter. Vesta Yoder worked days on Medical, Martha Grove, late nights in O. B., Marjorie Fink, Relief. They all afforded a great deal of relief to the rest of us. 16