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Show I i Goal: best car' kaoFrjcasy area Nursing director has youth and enthusiasm A young enthusiastic veteran of intensive care nursing will serve as director of Nursing Services at the Brigham City Community hospital. Ann Drew OLeary, a grad uate of Holy Cross hospital school of nursing in Salt Lake City, will direct a staff of M nurses, aides and clerks at the new Hospital Corporation of America facility. Her primary goal, says Miss OLeary, Is to provide the best possible nursing care to her achieved, she asserts. Among her many duties, Miss OLeary said, will be overseeing inservice education of the gtaff . Mrs. Linda Boyd will direct the Inservice department. Several classes tor registered nurses focusing on coronary care have already been conducted in the program and more are pending. Several four-hoseminars will also be held to train staff before the hospital opens. Miss OLeary had high praise for the facilities available for training. "We have a classroom equipped with the best audio and visual aides, she said, and pointed out that lecturers are brought here from such notable schools as the University of Utah. ur patients. Many staff members from Cooley Memorial hospital, which will discontinue opera tion when the new complex officially opens, will relocate to the new hospital, she noted, and these nurses are already under going comprehensive education to bring their nursing expertise to HCA standards. Trained Staff Only with a completely and trained staff can the best quality patient care be com-pente- nt New Standards established new standards in nursing care for new staff members, she said, which may be different from standards some nurses have We have Community hospital seeking volunteers Hospitals, doctors, nurses we hold them in admiration' because of the importance of their life saving tasks. And equally important are the volunteers essential to their performance. Volunteers are needed now for the Brigham City Community hospital nearing completion. The hospitals volunteer force will be organized as the Brigham City Community hospital Volunteer auxiliary under the direction of Inservice Director Linda Boyd and Dot MacFar-lanvolunteer coordinator. Persons interested in joining d, the auxiliary should contact Mrs. MacFarland at or for an Linda Boyd at 734-97- 734-94- application. A volunteer desk will also be set up for that purpose in the 4 lobby of the hospital during its open house July 17. An orientation program to acquant volunteers with their duties will be held at the new hospital at 2:30 p.m. July 20. It is expected that volunteers will donate four hours of service one day each week beginning July 31, according to Linda Boyd. In general, volunteers will serve at the information desk, greeting new patients and escorting them through the hospital. The services will be expanded as the need arises. The making of puppets will also be an important service of volunteers. Hospitalization is a major experience for children and it is hoped the puppets will comfort each child who enters the hospital. been accustomed to. This means more orientation and inservice training, she added. And the standards she and HCA subscribe to are excellent. With the facilities, modern equipment and technical skills offered at the hospital, Miss OLeary believes the hospital will offer the community medical service equal with any hospital in the state. The new complex was built with maximum efficiency in mind and places nurses stations in strategic areas requiring a minimum of effort to serve patients, she said. An example of further efficiency, she pointed out, is dispensing of drugs and medicines. Prepare Medication Nurses at the hospital will no longer be required to prepare shots, make solutions and the like. Instead,-th- e hospitals pharmacy will prepare a slate of drugs and medications and make sure they are brought to the patient, prepackaged and ready to administer. This frees nurses to spend more time with the patients at bedside where we should be, she said. Miss infuse 24 SflGmfcc a day a traffic accident scene, red . . . the University of Utah Medical center. She worked a year as head nurse in the Kalispell, Mont., hospital before returning to Holy Cross to serve as evening coordinator of the nsive-coronary care unit. The Phillipsburg, N.J., native also holds a bachelor of science degree from Westminister college in Salt Lake City. She graduated from a Salt Lake area high school after her mining engineer Father moved her family to Utah several years ago. inte- lights flasing impatiently, siren warning. Already alerted, emergency room technicians are standing by with necessary equipment to begin immediate treatment of those maimed or in shock. Most trauma victims will see the inside of the emergency area at Brigham City Community hospital. Located at the southeast portion of the complex, it provides quick access for ambulances access pulling in off the road at 1100 Brigham City, Utah Thursday, July 15, 1976 emergency area. Broken arms, cute, burns and other traumas that affect the lives of area residents also will treated at the facility. Hospital officials noted that quick and efttoent treatment e trauma is important to injured, and the emergency area at the Brigham City Community hee-b-e pital has been designed wheily tor purpose. aO CzoopOOafl The ambulance pulls from Ann O'Leary director of nursing fcOGFS BOX ELDER JOURNAL. South and Main or from downtown Brigham City. Hospital officials are excited about the emergeancy unit. care Operating Room It contains two treatment areas and an emergency operating room. Equipped with radio, the emergency room technicians and nurses can have doctors standing by the second the ambulance rolls up. And the latest in equipment will be at their disposal. Life Pack resuscitation units are a common part of the equipment as are the mobile equipment and other items necessary to treat the injured. The emergency area will be staffed 24 hours a day with medical technicians, and nurses at the admitting desk. A very adequate waiting area has been designed to accomodate those who accompany the Injured to the .hospital. The emergency area is also hooked to the emergency call system and aetivltation will bring help from throughout the 'hospital when needed. The emergency room is also and in close proximity to laboratory areas at the hospital. Of course, traffic accidents won't be the entire fare of the x-r- CONGRATULATIONS ON THE of the Brigham City Community Hospital the gathering place for a . , . com and join the summer time this good fun. Natural hot springs . . . swimming and therapy . . . beautiful new golf course . . . party's Ten miles and reunions . . . phone north of crossroads or one mile south of Plymouth. Belmont Springs is 458-320- 0. Fcrcxriy Hit Welcome to Brigham City Hospital Corporation of America. OLeary admits she will her standards and ideas learned during seven years of nursing into the local hospital program. Congratulations Her other duties will include to the New maintaining staffing, evaluating qualifications of appli- cants, interviewing personnel and developing and maintaining acceptabel nursing standards. DrigJiam City Community Hospital She will counsel with nursing service personnel, doctors, patients and visitors, meeting demands of departmental functions to assure proper operation. Intensive Experience graduate of the Holy Cross nursing school, she worked at A It Will Be A Pleasure Working With You ppienhn city vowoteeq Fine DGPAnTCIGtjT the hospitals intensive care unit a year, then spent a year at i Hospital Corporation of America on four fine new facility here in Brigham City. We are happy welcome you to our community. f BfuqChgqolu) EuOy 1 |