St Joseph Hospital School of Nursing - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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ln advanced Medic al-Surgical Nursing, greater emphasis is being placed on disaster nursing as the war weapons become larger and more devastating. Left: As we heard This is a fall out shelter, girls we couldn't believe it, we just sat there and looked at each other in amaze- ment. Finally, after being convinced, we all pitched in and started to clear the auditorium of chairs. We realized this could really happen. . . . isczsteff Strikes As some of the girls labeled the casualties as to what type of in- juries they had, others had begun operations on patients whose lives could be saved im- mediately. The length of time spent in a fall out shelter is determined by the amotmt of radiation outside. Radio communica- tions are received periodically informing the shelter of the amount of radiation and when it is safe to return to the out- side. Boy, were we glad to receive this communication, as we had been in the shelter since 8 a.rn.!

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NURSING Both Medical-Surgical aspects are considered by the student in her patient care. Guidance in developing the art of rendering comprehensive care is gained from classroom and clinical utilization of instructors and educational facilities during the course of Medical-Surgical Nursing. V i n t, if. f 'psf i x ' 5 5 'gr - 'xl xx J 1 x Y 3 2 I' Y a 5 Q V, , ,- J ' s v 4 ff K n if 1' S. wa- Beauticians or nurses? Which role is it for J. Selking and P. Jacquay? Good grooming makes the patient feel more acceptable. M. R. Wilson busily charts her morning care Bombka checks with Mrs. Eiche on patients' progress on 5-South. la 13.15 lin 4 Friendly interest is shown by Mrs. Snyder and M. Kable via an afternoon chat. X R A

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This year to familiarize the senior students on management of a fall out shelter, our instructor, Mrs. Campbell, suddenly turned the auditorium into a shelter. As we learned what problems could arise in a shelter, we really began to understand exactly how it would feel to be confined to a space the size of a shelter. Right: As in any shelter water and food available is divided equally be- tween the number of persons in the shelter and the length of time to be spent in the shelter. We were allotted one and one half peanut-butter sand- wiches, one whole cracker and one glass of tomato juice and one glass of dis- infected water for our en- tire eight hour stay. Lunch anyone? Above: In a true fall out shelter time periods are allotted for rest. Sleeping equipment is limited to blankets or possibly cots. Our fall out shelter had blankets so shifts were taken one after the other. At St. osephjs . . . Right: Sorting the casualties we found to be the most difficult part of shelter manage- ment. To decide which of the four classifications in which to place the casualties was'not easy as one's own feelings are not allowed to assist in the decision. At right is the immediate area in our shelter, including sucking wounds of the chest, am- putations and so forth. ,,,,a-