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

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A :YE X Vt, fig IFVR P 762 rv, A. V gm Dr. Stoppel lectures, via closed circuit T.V., to the Freshmen on Biochemistry. FRESHME . . . in School and on the Ward. During the first year, classroom work primarily dominates the Freshmen curriculum. Fundamental theories and principles guiding nursing measures are learned so that techniques can be better understood. Starting out working only a couple hours each week in the hospital, the Freshmen students apply these principles and techniques while gaining experience. Before long, the nursing student accumulates much knowledge and self-confidence. She is then ready to go on to meet more difficult situations and her second year. ,,,,,F,,,. .M ,vo- ff-w...., X -s..,,,,L A Rss r A,-.XFX XX . wmwm Intent concentration shows on many faces during a lecture in Anatomy and Physiology. Mrs. Binz, R N , supplements the T.V. classes through follow-up classes.

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FU DAME TALS GF LIRSIN For weeks before a nursing student ever attempts a procedure in the clinical area, she must practice it almost to perfection. Before approaching a patient for a treatment, the nursing student must know the prin- ciples guiding its use and the accepted manner of achieving the desired results. Students at St. Joseph's gain this experience in their Fundamentals class and lab work under the su- pervision of P. Anthis, R.N. Many procedures are done on each other. This is to enable the student not .- 1 5 2 ff . .J MW, gf W t.,r....,.t. Eg only to learn the procedure but also to realize how the patient feels. Some treatments are performed on our patient little patient, Mrs. Chase. fShe never com- plains.j Starting with the basics of bed making and bath giving and advancing to injections and catheteriza- tions, the student acquires skill in many areas. After their accomplishment, and only then, is the nursing student permitted to perform a procedure on an actual patient. l wr I7 Practice sessions of bed making, application of Montgomery straps and dressing change, injections, and proper draping techniques are depicted here, ff,,, '-'Z'