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

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Z ANNE M. Fovra, R. N. Supervisor of Nursing, Tuberculosis Assistant Szzperintendeni, San Francisco De Jarlme t 1 n . Hospital. NIAURICE A. FLYNN Tuberculosis Department This hospital has a bed capacity of 275 beds. There are ten wards in this hospital-eight for men and two for Women. A department of 60 beds for children is now being added to the building, thereby increasing the bed capacity to 335. THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF! An assistant superintendent of the Hospital An office attendant MEDICAL STAFF: 3 visiting physicians from each university 2 house officers Cone from each universityj 2 internes NURSING STAFF! 1 Supervising nurse 12 Head nurses fone for each Ward and 2 night supervisorsl 12 Practical nurses 25 Orderlies Patients having pulmonary tuberculosis are cared for in this hospital. Tuber- culosis of the bones, glands, kidneys, etc., is treated in the General Hospital, ww 3 4 eng, . TP1'f'4s J' 1 1.21 ,-vi ' 5 S . 5 H .. I vii-wwfawfsI-'aw-54.,.i .1 P' 41:21 11:1 zz-f E I - N ' H . , ., 'IUBEHCULOSIS , HOSPITAL A jf ,:g.,':!-,A-:'-iz :fa-gsaw' --'- 1 -V ' 'f ' Q :V -f ' - ':f +121-qv ,f.1,5': ,,-.fr -1 3.14 u A , ,,,3,, .,A.,..:,,- 5 ,lv N K-M -- - ' .Z -'fs aa:,,,- ...H +2S,2rgrri'-f' th H 'llttitzile-1-vi.Q-'fiwi1'L- L 1.1, .e,- . L-,f 1, 0-H, L ,lu mi iii g, I , ,...,:- W-99,3 wif' .E UF-f f- U '1 J '-it 4:1 FA 1 L, - rf- -- aa, 1 ,eg if I p 1 li A A a t t --..:.,-,.. ,....m V 1: '- 5' 1-4... M KA K ri-Sqn, if Q L f ,. I mv-...., , ,M ' T' '?,L1:' f . 3 V ,. , , A--Q... . 4, , - . A A ff'f2ff'.g5f-iz' ,, -- I . A - ?V':.u5wli gre: 51, ' . . - 5?3fTll'1f ?f',fv4413' ' .15 . -' ' ' 1-' - ' - 1, if -'Nik .L ' 1 -.gap I -i 135- . ::.. 4-y-435' Page 84

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The Laundry Department GYQ ' HE Laundry Department is a very important one in the many departments - of the San Francisco Hospital. It is thoroughly equipped with the latest improved types of machinery, and it is the equal of any hospital laundry. e There are 38 persons employed in the laundry. This plant not only laun- ders the linen of the hospital, but also the linen of many other branches under the jurisdiction of the Board of Health. Some idea of the volume of work done may be had from the following figures: Year ending June 30,1925-2,317,718 pieces finished-every description. Year ending June 30, 1925- 600,000 pieces finished-personal linen. Year ending June 30, 1926-will be 25 per cent more Capproximateb. During January, 1926 the Laundry handled: 50,000 Hat pieces 8,000 pieces personal laundry. The linen is washed carefully in accordance with the standardized methods adopted, after years of careful study, by the National Laundry Association. No chemicals are used, and as a result the wear on linen is reduced to a minimum. The utmost economy is exercised in the use of supplies. The repairing of the linen is done by the Sewing Department, Which, acting in conjunction with the laundry, is very eflicient in lengthening the life of the linen. No linen is condemned until a rigid inspection proves that it is no longer serv- iceable. Page 83

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The Chest Clinic SURVEY of the tuberculosis problem today shows most encouraging re- - sults. The death rate has declined 70 per cent since 1900, and will surely continue to decline as the methods of prevention become better known and adopted and the earliest possible diagnosis and treatment instructed. The Chest Clinic of the San Francisco Hospital is one of five conducted by the Board of Health. During the year 2431 cases attended this clinic, 1537 of which were adults and 894 children. Of this number also 920 were new cases and 1511 were cases that returned for re-examination. The mission of the clinic is: Diagnosis of the active caseg examination of contactsg periodical examination of arrested caseg instruction in the prevention of tuberculosis. The follow-up work of the clinic is achieved by the field nurses who devote their time to tuberculosis activities. ln this manner an accurate check of each Case is maintained, their return to clinic and progress or retrogression is noted. Careful supervision often bring about an arrested condition of many clinic cases. Every nurse comes in contact with tuberculosis and its problems at some time in her career. As she strives more and more not only to help people regain health but to keep people well, she requires a more intimate and practical knowl- edge of tuberculosis. Another department which we are very glad to have is the Occupational Therapy Department, which affords light occupation for the patients of the Tuberculosis Hospital. This department presents the opportunity for a slight earn- ing power and comparative freedom from worry as well as an outlet to occupy the patient's time as his condition improves, which insures an adequate stay at the hospital. The work is confined largely to the making of baskets. During the year more than a thousand baskets were made and sold by this department. N . Page 85