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

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18 Chris Barone helps her instructor, Mr. Unit. Barb Hart in ICU at the monitor. Cohen in the Burn Nursing [X Meeting Human Needs Through Critical Crisis Intervention In Critical Care the student gets a two week experience in each of the following areas: Inten- sive Care Unit, Coronary Care, Burn Unit, and Emergency Room. The course is mainly a review of all basic anatomy and physiology and medical- surgical nursing. The knowledge and explanations are more in-depth. The student learns to function in a critical care situation. INFORMATIO!

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Nursing VII This course is titled meeting the human need for sexual role satisfaction. In this 4 week course the student learns to assess the needs of clients for sexual role satisfaction. The client is looked upon as a whole person of mind and body. The needs stressed are physical as well as emotional. The course is divided into three units of; Optimal Health, Diminished Health, and Depleted Health. Outside sources such as periodicals and speakers are used to give the student a broader outlook on meeting the sex role need and how to deal with it. Nursing VIII This course is titled meeting the human needs through role identity. This is an eight week course where the student works to develop his or her management skills. During the course of the term the student functions as Charge nurse, Medicine nurse, Team leader, and Total patient care cart leader. There is a day of IV team orientation and a one day respiratory care experience. The student also has a chance to work all three hospital shifts to see how each functions. Along with management principles learned, the legal aspects of nursing are dis- cussed and debated.

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— reer ree In Psychotherapeutic Nursing the student has daily clinical experience on the psychiatric ward. Here mental and emotional illness and the significance of Nursing Care is learned. Class involves many speakers which are doctors and people of the community. The students also have the opportunity to go out into the community and observe at the Mental Health Clinic of Ft. Wayne. 19 nto teint ¢