San Francisco Hospital School of Nursing - Cap and Seal Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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l Pharmacy Department Ons PHARMACISTS Fred S. Ream G. H. Nelson HE pharmacy of the San Francisco Hospital is a very busy place. It sup- - plies medicines, chemicals, and the major part of surgical supplies used in the General Hospital Wards, the Operating Rooms, the X-Ray Depart- ment, the Tuberculosis Department, the Isolation Department and the laboratories connected with the hospital. It also fills prescriptions for: P . 1 . . atients from the Chest Clinic at Tuberculosis Hospitalg Indigent cases under the charge of the city pliysiciansg Patients from the Clinic at the Central Health office. We wish to express our appreciation of the cordial good will and kindly assistance which Mr. R ' eam and Mr. Nelson have always extended to us as student nurses in the San Francisco Hospital. Page 80

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Psychopathic Ward NE of the most recent additions to our Hospital is VVard R, the Psycho- pathic VVard. Due to the pressing need for a Ward in which to care for psychopathic patients, Ward R was opened September 9, 1924. mitted in the last year. Up to Mal ch 93, 1926, there have been 655 patients, 467 having been ad- Out of the 9,893 total admissions to the Hospital for the year, 467 are patients for the Psychiatry Ward. This means that one out of every twenty is sent to Ward R. The purpose of the Ward is to furnish a place for the observation and care of patients who are mentally ill. Patients gain admission by coming in voluntarily, being sent by the courts on a warrant for examination, by being transferred in case of necessity from one of the city prisons, or from some other part of the hospital. The ward is divided into two parts: a Ments and a VVomen's Ward, the capac- ity being fifteen beds for men and sixteen beds for women, eight of the latter being private rooms. There is adequate provision for hydrotherapy in addition to the same facili- ties for treatment as in the Medical and Surgical Wards. Vigilant care of the patients is necessary. It is, of necessity, a locked ward. , Ward R offers an opportunity, unusual in most hospitals, for student nurses to gain some of the fundamental principles involved in the scientillc care of psychopathic patients. Page 79

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Some More Department Heads CLASBY Rlsvseiv 'FANAKA TUMULTY The Board of Ijlealth call these men heads of departments. We call them our friends. Mr. Clasby comes to our rescue in more ways than we are admitting for print. Mr. Gus Reysen is the man about the hospital who tries to keep every one satisfied in terms of up-keepn and equipment. In spite of this difficult task he retains the ability to keep on smiling. Mr. Tanaka gives us flowers and bedecks our home with flowers and greens for festive occasions. Mr, Tumulty holds the master-key to supplies, but with exactness and con- sideration he deals them out to us. Mr. Parks is our ever present help in time of trouble or need in relation to electrical fixtures or appliances. It is not enough for a nurse to have a clean heart and clean mind,', she must also have clean uniforms and clean linen for her patients. Mr. Jordan has charge of the laundry and 'tis many a tale he could tell of personal service rendered to us. We are all agreed that: It's just the little homely things, The unobstrusive, friendly things, The 'Wont-you-let-me-help-you' things That make us happy quite. So, here's to all the little things, The 'done-and-then-forgotten' things, Those 'Oh-it's-simply-nothing, things That make life's pathway bright. Pfuuuz JORDAN Page 81