Queen of Angels College of Nursing - Liber Reginae Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Qief jderapg SISTER M. BEATA Our special diet kitchen is located on the Hrst floor of the hospital. It has a brick floor and tiled Walls. lt is well equipped to serve the many types of diets required in a large hospital. This department is supervised by Sr. llfl. Beata B.S., M.S., who also teaches the Nutrition classes. The kitchen is staffed entirely by students who spend a minimum of eight weeks here. The students do all of the planning, calculating and serving of special diets. lllost of the cooking is done in the main kitchen by the Sisters, but special dishes are prepared by the girls. Each girl is responsible for keeping clean and tidy one part of the kitchen. The training received in this department is most important. I' t t lx N 112 If .9 ' if Students in the Special Diet Kitchen. Tlizfrly-one f - 'ff W I ffl! Jw ,.,1

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SISTER M. JUNEl.1.A Thirty Wa feria mvbca SISTER ALBERTINE The Pharmacy is situated on the east wing of the main floor. It is here that medicines are compounded and prepared. It may be called a two Way dispensary as it serves, not only the patients of the hospital, but also out-patients. It is up to the pharmacy to fill prescriptions, distribute narcotics, check on dosages of medicines given to patients, and the publicizing of changes in laws pertaining to all medications. This department is run by Sr. lVIary nlunella, Ph.G., who came to this hospital sixteen years ago. Assisting her is Sr. Nlary Albertine, HS., Ph.L., Who CHIHC in June of 1933. Sr. Ma1'y Albertine, besides working in the pharmacy, has the responsibility of instructing the student nurses in a well outlined course of Pharmacology and lllateria Medica. in the Pharmacy.

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Thirty-two DR. H. THoMsov Medical DR. C. BERGER Surgical DR. W. Dom U Medif-al Ai! W ' . ' f Wiiigf J We MW..n...f..,...1 M . urgica naming DR. A. ROBBINS Eye DR. L. GUNDRUM Ear, Nost and Tl'n'oat The medical and surgical departments form a large part of our hospital and students get a vast experience and learn many different procedures. Students are required to have 144 days of medical nursing and l44 days of surgical nurs- ing during the course of their training. Most of the surgical cases are taken to the second floor which is supervised by Sister Principia R.N., B.S. On this floor the students give baths, pre-operative medications, as- sist the doctors with surgical dressings and carry out sterile technique when caring for a Wound, The students also ob- serve the patients when they return from surgery thus they learn how to care for a patient coming out of anesthesia. The medical patients are taken care of on the fifth Hoof which is supervised by Sister Ma1'ietta R.N., B.S. The stu- dents do general medical nursing here which includes giv- ing baths, medications, feeding helpless patients and many other duties. Before going to a medical or surgical floor the students are given lectures by doctors. These lectures are of great value to the nurse as all symptoms, treatments and nursing care of each specific disease are discussed. The medical lec- tures are given by Dr. Thomson and Dr. Donahue and the surgical lectures by Doctors Berger, Holleran, Sullivan and Ross. These lectures are given during the Junior year. Other lectures for lower classmen are Professional Ad- justments l, History of Nursing, Social Problems, Personal Hygiene, Diseases of the Eye and of the Ear, Nose, and Throat.