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

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eee 12 NURSING VA AND VB Nursing VA is entitled Operating Room nursing. The students develop the ability to work with the surgical team in caring for the patient in a sterile environment. They begin to realize that the surgical procedure becomes part of the patient's cure and rehabilitation. Nursing VB is entitled Communicable nursing , The students acquire a famil- iarity with care of the infectious diseases and such techniques as isolation and re- verse isolation. Also during this quarter the students go with the Visiting Nurse Service to learn care of the patient in the home.

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6 NURSING IV Nursing IV consists of Orthopedics, Urol- ogy, and Neurology. Important aspects which are learned during this quarter are aseptic catheter care, care of bone frac- tures, head injuries and problems with the urinary tract. The students combine their knowledge of anatomy and physiology with those techniques and principles ob- tained in Nursing I and II to gain more in- sight into different complications that may arise, 11

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cEEP D CORONARY CARE UNIT VISITORS RESTRICTED VISITING })OURS FROM = 8-00 AM - 8:30AM 2NOON-!2:30PM nO 8-00PM—8:30PM WAITING AREA 6 SOUTH SOLARIUM — NURSING VI Nursing VI allows the student to obtain background in cardiovascular, respirato- ry, and eye and ear problems. They spend a week in Coronary Care Unit learning and working with the patient with severe heart problems. Many different respiratory problems are viewed with many different treatments, Patients with ear and eye diseases are also observed and cared for during this time.