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

Page 19 text:

Nursing V Beth Janes monitors I.V. rate. Mrs. Nation explains tachycardia to Junior student, Deb Kim- mel. This course was entitled Meeting Human Needs for Nutrition et Elimination. We all completed our day at VNS. This was a totally different aspect of a nursing career. We visited the client in his home environment and assisted him in his self care. We spent a day at the Fine Arts Building, listen- ing to (Dr.) Fr. Kane speak on the topic of stress. This seminar proved to be both interesting and useful. The hospital continues its renovation with the opening of the new lab, surgery, recovery, pre-op room, and med-surg floors on 4N and 5N. We spent our learning experiences in the clini- cal areas of 3S, 4E, 4S, 5E, and 6E. This semester, besides our term paper, we had a new option to do a project which we found to be a refreshing change of pace. We had a variety of speakers, one about colostomies and another about renal failure. We all received our own colostomy bag to wear for 24 hours. How many of us carried through with this experiment for the whole 24 hours? We also vis- ited the Dialysis Unit at Lutheran Hospital.

Page 18 text:

14 Nursing IV Nursing IV This course was entitled meeting the human needs for oxygenation to all body cells. We are now Juniors, have earned our first stripe, and are now experiencing the clinical environment 5 mornings a week. The students had to orient themselves to a new set of instructors, and a whole new taste of hospital life. We learned management of the surgical patient on 5east, the precise care of the intermediate patient on 6east immediately following the acute stages of their illness. This involved the use of telemetry, ventilation, defibrillation and oxygen. We also learned the strictly enforced rules of isolation while taking care of clients on 4south. We had our first exposure to orthopedic patients on 3east. One of the course requirements during this term was the assignment of a research paper pertaining to a disorder in the pattern of cellular oxygenation. All of us spent an evening with Dr. Andrew at his cardiac rehabilitation program. Well girls, how many of us “healthy” people could keep up with those persons recovering from heart problems, and how many of us collapsed before making it around the track twice? We participated in teaching the public the Heimlich Maneuver by holding evening classes at the area library branches. Yes this was definitely a term packed full of learning. Gone are the days of returning to bed after early morning class, it’s now become a bit of hard work, with many rewarding experiences. By the way what happened to the summer of ’79, the only time we saw the sun was during our occasional visit to the sun roof.

Page 20 text:

14 Ove (Sane s 16 Nursing VI Judy Bonkoski enters isolation on 4S. Shari Buzzard passes instruments in surgery. This course is entitled Meeting the Humar Needs for Safety et Security. We learned the im. portance of assessing these needs and carrying through with the nursing implementations needec for the specific patient. We all completed our visits to the neuro anc ortho clinics and this helped us to broaden ow horizons. To gain more indepth knowledge we sat in o1 spinal meetings and ortho meetings. With the guidance of our Junior instructors we all completed a term paper on a Nervous Systen disorder. We all had our surgical and recovery room rotation during this time. Many of us passec instruments and circulated. The Styker frame anc Circo-electric bed was another memorable exper ience this semester. The new parking garage is now underway anc studying is a little impossible due to the noise This has been a long semester in which the junior found a variety of diversional and recreationa activity. They gathered together at their favorit weekend night spot to unwind and even get som: exercise by dancing.