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

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Odd fefrica DR. A. M. TVTCCARTHY The Obstetrieal Department is one of the biggest and busiest departments of the hospital. In addition to her supervising the third iloor, Sister Hedwig also heads this department. The department offers 60 beds for mothers who stay four or five days after delivery. There are seven labor rooms and one Hprepu room where the mother takes a shower and undergoes the necessary preparations for the delivery room. It is here that the student nurse starts her' service in the Obstetrical Department. After one week in the prep room the student nurse spends three weeks in the delivery room which also includes watching the mothers during their labor. It is here the young student nurse meets the most overwhelming impression of her whole training- the birth of a child. Delivery Room T11i1'Iy-v1'gl1I

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OPMOIQQ ic elacu-fmenf Orthopedics is defined as that branch of surgical science which deals with the cor- rection of deformities. This includes all broken bones, sprains, pulled tendons, and burns where difficulty in locomotion may result. Our Orthopedic department is super- vised by Sister M. Hedwig-Sister Hedwig who is small in stature but tremendous in her understanding and energy. A student nu1'se starting her Orthopedic service should be prepared to meet actual Cases that she had heretofore believed only existed in the funny paper. Some of our patients are really in tractions, casts and bandages that would put a cartoonist to shame. Nursing Orthopedic patients is no small task. The nurse must help the patient to adjust himself to hospital life in his Ortho- pedic appliance. This is sometimes quite difficult and requires a bit of ingenuity Clearning to lift a patient in a cast with- out injuring your own back.j Our classes in Orthopedic Nursing are conducted by Dr. A. H. Galvin. From him we gain the fundamentals of Orthopedic problems and the theory of caring for them. DR. A. H. CALVIN Patient in Traction Conferences are held at least twice a week on third Hoor to explain the pro- cedures used in correcting deformities. Thus the student is able to correlate theory with practice. Application of Cast 1 1. . vjrwgigl 3,-,.?Q Thirty-seven

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0l96lI'fl'i'l8I'li Feeding Time. There are three large modernly equipped delivery rooms which are kept busy practically all the time. The two big and airy nurseries, under the able supervision of Miss Chapman, which have room for about 60 to 65 cribs, take over the responsibilities and the care of the newborn. There is also an isolation nursery which has 10 to l5 cribs. The student nurse spends six weeks in the nursery, learning to bathe and feed the tiny infants and she also helps the doctor with the circumcisions. One week of these six she spends in the formula kitchen preparing the 'lhousen and special formulas. The four following weeks she takes care of the mothers and instructs them in the care of their babies. There is usually a monthly average of 240 babies born at this hospital. One of the Nurseries. Thirty-nilzf