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

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Reading stories, playing games or preparing achild fora T A, are some of the things covered in Nursing VIII. Children of all ages is cared for as the student studies the child and the level of normal development. Pediatrics is challenging but, one area most stu- Practicing taking the apical pulse of a child. dents like to work. “| think we’ll need this for the dressing change.” Ped’s can be a lot of fun.

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Nursing VII deals with obstetrics, gynecology and related areas of study. The student works in labor and deliv- ery and with the post partum patient. The student is able to go through ev- ery stage of the labor as well as wit- nessing the miracle of birth. She is able to care for both mother and child afterwards. Peg using the scale for babies. “How did | let them talk me into this?”

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—eEe—eEEeE—— ee ee eee Z Se. 00D = eC A special patience, concern and un- derstanding is developed in the stu- dent when she comes in contact with the patients in psychiatric nursing. The student learns to really listen and reach out to those who are emotion- ally or mentally ill. Isn't this an eager crew. 16 Well that’s one way to get your exercise girls 4 heads help prevent medication errors.