Presbyterian St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing - Alpha Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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NEW BUILDING, INDIANA AVENUE [13]

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Medical Board T no time in the history of the ijL Hospital has there been a greater spirit of earnestness, a more unselfish desire to serve humanity or a closer co-operation between the management, the nursing staff, and the medical staff than is mani- fested today. There seems to have been born a new spirit, a broadened vision of what the Hospital should mean to the community and to those seeking succor within its portals. The Medical Board grasps this opportunity of expressing their ap- preciation to the Nursing Staff for their helpfulness and their share in giving to our Hospital this broader scope of usefulness. For many years the Trustees, the Medical Board and the Management of the Hospital have recognized the fact that the old building was inade- quate for the Hospital purposes. In spite of this handicap of obsolete buildings the Management has made it possible, at an ever increasing financial loss, for the Medical Staft to render good service to patients. Fortunately, financial help is in- creasing and the building conditions in Chicago are improving so that the long-dreamed-of new Hospital building on the Indiana Avenue site seems about to be realized. It is planned to build here a Hospital equipped for the most scientific medical and surgical work and which will rank as one of the most modern hospitals in the country. Here better service and greater comfort can be afforded ward patients in the con- templated small, sanitary wards; women in moderate circumstances who refuse to enter the Hospital as free patients and yet can not afford to pay the excessive prices necessary to maintain the present rooms, will be met. Practically all our hospital plans for the betterment of service hinge upon more space, modern wards and better equipment. This new hospital building soon to be erected is, therefore, the greatest boon to both the medical and nursing staff. The Training School has main- tained its high standards and has an ever increasing number of young women with broad education seek- ing admittance to the Nurses ' Train- ing School. The training of the nurses has been extended to include training in visiting nursing, in social service, in occupational therapy, and public health. These fields have been enlarged in order that our nurses may be graduated with a well-rounded training, fully equipped to serve their communities as a whole, as well as the individual case. In addition to the regular routine work of the Medical Staff in the [15]