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

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peohafric elacue menf At the very top of Queen of Angels, on the eighth floor, is the happiest and most interesting Department. Being devoted en- tirely to children ranging from birth to 15 years of age, it admits patients of every type of illness: lVIedical, Surgical, and Orthopedic. This Department, started on Qct. lS, l939, is headed and smoothly guided by sweet, small and quiet Sr, lylary Annella, R.N., HS. Sister Annella has a disposition and attitude which could not be surpassed for suitability in this line of Work. During its short existence, this floor has progressed at lightning speed. It sports :1 children's game and book library, a com- plete formula kitchen, modern equipment, and an adjacent sunporeh and solarium. A Staff of Pediatric specialists of high repute gives constant attention to their young patients. Contrary to the usual feeling of escape from hospitals, many children become so at- tached to the pleasant, homey atmosphere in their Wards, that they hate leaving. Student Nurses make a Baby Book which covers the normal progress of a healthy child, and they write case studies which deal with the sick child. This course is taught by bliss Sacksteder R.N., HS. who trains the nurses for this department. Thus the active staff of this particular de- partment is on constant and intelligent vigil for any slack in the healthy future and happy Welfare of the Queen's children. DR. ALONZO Cass Instructor The Nurse in Pediatrics 'K ,aw Thirty-three

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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.

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lflfgefg SISTER M. AGNES Louise An operating room supervisor is responsible for instruction of student nurses in operating room technique. This certainly demands special training and always calls for a great deal of executive ability. Sister Agnes Louise R.N., B.S. has proven her- seltl just such a supervisor. She has been at Queen of Angels in charge of surgery for the past four years and during this time has diligently and meticulously guided hundreds of students through their twelve weeks of operating room training. 'lihe student begins her surgical training by first attending lectures dealing with the importance of good operating room technique. She receives an explanation of the various procedures and duties she will be required to fulhll. To the student nurse surgery is no doubt the most interesting and most fascinat- ing service she encounters during her entire three years of training. Here behind a mask and in a sterile gown and gloves the student is certainly in a world set apart from earthly ground. She carefully drapes the patient then deftly arranges the scal- pels, prepares the various sutures and other instruments for which the surgeon may ask. lt is also during this interlude of preparation that the little nurse often trembles internally and possibly externally and prays that she has remembered all and for- gotten none of the O.R. technique that Sister constantly attempts to instill into the minds of her girls. The Operation. Tlzzrty four