St Anthonys School of Nursing - Acorn Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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The rooms had accommodations for three and we met the girls who were to be our room-mates, sent our families home, and then and there we started unpacking, dividing closets and dresser drawers, selecting our beds, and planning how we would arrange the room-all the time impatiently waiting for the time to come when we might put on our uniforms and see the hospital we were to work in, the home we were to live in, and the rooms in which we were to study. The Nurses' Home we found to be a very beautiful place, and the longer you are here the more you love it. It is a large 'home and at present has been made to accommodate a hundred and twenty-five girls. As you enter, on each side of the door is a small re- ception room where the girls receive company. The vestibule opens into the large living room of the Nurses' Home. This is a palatial room, with a cozy fireplace surmounted by a beautiful mantle on which stands the statue of the Sacred Heart. The room is furnished with upholstered chairs and divans, a beautiful babyigrand piano, a radio and victrola, magazines, daily papers and everything that makes one feel at home. Adjoining, and con- nected with, the living room by French doors is the library containing a wonderful selection of books of general interest and information. Needless to say the shelves of fiction and poetry are well 'patronized and most popular. At the end of the hall is a lovely little shrine of Our Lady which we take pride in beautifying with fresh flowers. Next to the stairway is Sister's office, a very popular place as it is here that we bring all our problems, receivei our mail, get our all-night leaves, take our reproofs and corrections which we all need occasionally-in fact, it is to us while here what a mother's room is to you at home. Then on down the hall we come to Mrs. Goodwin's room, another haven of refuge in many perplexities and troubles, then to the nurses' rooms, these are the ones you live in as a senior. Also, on the first floor is a large sun porch containing six beds. It has received the popular name of the wardl' and, because of its size, makes a very good place for little parties, bull sessions, and such, that any group of girls must have nowvand then. Now we will take you to second floor which consists entirely of nurses' rooms, it is here we lived as freshmen and juniors. The fun we had there is something to be remembered a lifetime. The south wing of third floor is usually where most of the freshmen reside. The north wing is a large and beautiful auditorium which is the scene of all our school parties, our, plays, our graduation and capping exercises, the picture shows that Sister Pancratia arranges for us, and where many outsideuclubs and sororities have benefit parties and book reviews-in fact, as you can see, it is quite a recreation center. However, we cannot slight the attic, which you reach by climbing some small steps, where we have a ping pong table, a victrola, room for dancing, and sometimes when we are feeling especially ambitious a game of basketball. ' They say you always leave the best until last so now let's go down to the base- ment. This is really a wonderful place as there is a kitchen where we can cook anythingf we happen to want, and you know how food appeals to everyone-especially student nurses. We come to the beautiful white-tile swimming pool, which is quite the place during the good ole summer time. The basement not only contains places for recreation, but, also, a very necessary part of every school, the classrooms. You see, we don,t play all our time off duty-in fact, we spend a good one-fourth of our time in the class rooms, admitting, although our heads nod now and then, that we do absorb a little knowledge. To let you see how we spend our time we will tell you a little about the classes we take. As freshmen one of our first courses is the one taught by Sister Pancratia on. practical bedside nursing. This is where we learn to make beds and bathe patients, using life-size models on which to practice, and I think we all enjoyed every moment of this class which lasts two .hours for the first three months. Along with this we took anatomy, the class which I think more than any other we all worried over, but we lived through it, all the better for having done so. Then came our classes in ethics, nursing history, mental hygiene, dietetics, chemistry, drugs and solutions, bacteriology, bandaging, case-study,

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parliamentary law, chartingg and, after all this, we were thinking we were pretty smart, were really nurses! but then, over night, we were Iuniors and found out we had only a beginning. , I 'As Iuniors we took up classes in materia medica fthis is the study of drugs and medicines that we administer as nursesj, pathology, the study of disease, orthopedics, the care of injured bones and joints, obstetrics, communicable diseases, more dietetics, phy- siotherapy and massage, surgical technique, and a very beneficial course in religion. The second year was a full one indeed, but now we are really getting somewhere-yes, we are Seniors. Before we go on with what we take as Seniors, we, as a class, want to thank the Doctors and others who so kindly give of their valuable time for the Part they play in, our education. They are the teachers for many of our classes and we all realize that they have a very difficult task trying to put a little knowledge in our brains that we can retain, but we truly appreciate it, even if sometimes our grades were not quite what they should be. As Senior nurses we take up the courses in oral hygiene, professional problems and ethics, first aid, diet therapy, eye, ear, nose, and throat, dermatology, urology, venereal diseases, jurisprudence, mental and nervous diseases, psychology, and sociology-a class which is supplemented by many interesting field trips. Having finished our classes we are all now impatiently waiting for graduation, hoping the future holds in store as much as the past. The time has come now for us to tell you of a little of the work wo do in the hospital. On the ground floor we have our modernly-equipped diet kitchen. Here the trays are served for all the patients in the entire hospital, and here under the supervision of Sister Margaret and Miss Haines we spend some of our time preparing baby formulas, diabetic trays, and special diets. Here also we have our colored ward, and emergency room supervised by Sister Madelain, pharmacy under Sister Teresa, and laboratory supervised by Sister Regina. We all spend equal portions of time in these departments, and I think we especially enjoy helping and working in the emergency rooms which just this year have been remodeled. Here we really have to use our initiative. We must not forget the central supply room, a very busy and interesting place where dressings and surgical supplies are prepared and sterilized for use in the different departments of the hospital. The first floor of the hospital contains the reception rooms, business office, and the record room where all hospital records are kept, and the chapel. Here, also, we have the men's ward supervised by Sister Bernadette. It contains both the medical and surgical patients, the beautiful south-end private rooms under Sister Francis,s supervision, the children's ward supervised by Sister Odelia, and a wing having private rooms for children supervised by Sister Celine. The times we have spent answering lights, carrying out doctors' orders, doing relief and senior duties in these different parts of the first floor is all a story in itself. The second floor is divided into three divisions known as second floor. two north, and two south, supervised by Sister Elizabeth, Sister Michelene, and Sister Patricia, respective- ly. On two south we get experience with all types of patients, on second we have the wards for women, and on two north is found most of our cases of brain surgery and neurology. Here, too, is found one of the most important places in a hospital, the surgical dressing room, supervised by Sister Maura. This department is responsible for all surgical dressings, blood transfusions, and many other treatments necessary in the care of patients. Now, on to the third floor-the place where life begins. Here we have our maternity ward under the watchful supervision of Miss Costello, Miss Kennedy, and Mrs. Klausmein. We have here a daily average of forty to fifty proud mothers, happy with their darling babies who take up their first residences in our clean, bright, airy nursery. This department requires about one-sixth of our nursing course, as we all get our experience in birth rooms, nursery, and care of mothers and infants here. Other departments on this floor are two surgeries, one in the south wing of the hospital supervised by Sister Cecelia and the other in the north wing supervised by Sister Alexia. Both of these are very modern and equipped with the necessary material. Here, as everywhere, the spirit of helpfulness prevails and animates the efforts used to aid the sick to recovery. The x-ray department, skillfully directed by Sister Beatrice, and a physical therapy department, supervised by Sister Mildred, contain the latest equipment. The former is for taking pictures of the hidden organs, and the latter for aiding immobile joints to become mobile with infra-red lights, violet ray lamps and diathermy machines, and has a very convenient fever cabinet for fever therapy treatment. And now for the best part of all-the heart and center of the entire institution-1 the chapel. Situated on the first floor, this beautiful structure of Roman architecture, with