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Show -- IT ri j'r - j - J tly I t j -- xAl-4- - .f (Uf 44'' ' ? . - r--f 'v': m. t if " At Utah State Hospitaistudent nurses don't wear uniforms. Trudy Bailey helps two mental patients with mosaic ' If wprupn I s n -- i t k . wt if A f -- - t J , K'' H A Student nurses Ede Mennsen and Betty Ann Young assist Dr. Lynn. Rowe in examination " at Primary Children's Hospital, I V V . J I i . i .1 ' w . y ? T FU n xi i ' v- - . a.,; , y Ty . ' - ' , v ' "v a j f f " By CHRISTINE CARSON HEN a British poet p r - n called J v, Nigh . Florence tin gale ' a "Ministering An- gel, he paid trib- ute to a profession which calls for unselfish dedicated service. Next week, some modem angels dressed in starchy uniforms and caps, will receive some long overdue thanks during the ob seryance pf National Hospital Week, May Brigham Young University will share in the observance. through its college of - -- nursing. BYU nursing stud en ts u 1 Hze the facilities of four Utah hospitals and the Utah County Pub lie Health Department for classrooms and laboratories. During the four-year- , training period of this program, each girl spends time in the LDS and Primary Childrens hospitals in Salt Lake City and the Utah State and Utah Valley X hospitals inProvo. Wearing crisp, blue uniforms "with white collars and cuffs, fledgling nurses begin , training in the Utah Valley Hospital There they are given their first - taste- of bedside nursing. They practjpe such things as taking 1 one-summ- - - ' S . & Zeta Gay Dyer, right, and Rebecca Anderson study bone structure at first hand in LDS Hospital classroom. Equipment used in the care of the critically ill is examined by student , nurses Patricia Beck- and Karld Wilcox. . ; - A temperatures, giving baths, marking patient charts and changing bandages until the motions are smooth and automatic. During the nursing students work at the Salt Lake City hospitals they have a wide, variety of experience and Increased re-- . -- students.-Besi- des . ! sponsibllity wherein Intensive pa- tient care Is emphasized; ainical - experience Is, supervised closely by professional registered nurses who are members of the BYU College of Nursing faculty. They also teach .the theory courses which coincide with th'e practical ' experience.'- In5 the maternal-cK- ' JHiealth area, 'nursing students care for mothers with newborn babies. They gain experience in the LDS room, nursery and follow through, helping the new mother to care for her ip? y- X,,, regular patient care,, the nurses keep busy try- ing to keep the sick' children happy and in good spirits, WhHe Uvinff fa galt city, the girls may live in residence connected to the LDS HospitaL A housemother supervises, their activities. They their own devotionals, ' plan . firesides, parties and cultural events. They are members of Ute Ensign Ward "and have a'" special branch of the Belief Society in operation. . - j- Nursing students . arenot . r ex-- empt from general education re fant., Three semesters are spent at the LDS Hospital, one of Which is in a specialized area. Here the Studentcare Jor patients who have undergone heart and lung surgery and brain surgery, many , of whom are critically ilk rA K Some time during each of the tht-esemesters spent in Salt Lake City, the girls work at the Prl-- ' mary Childrens Ilospitatv The . ; e quirements for graduation from, . BYU. They must also maintain the schools scholastic standards. BYU professors travelfo Salt Lake City regularly to conduct required courses in' English, literature, humanities, s 0 c i a 1 hi staiy and religion. sciences, t Psychiatric training is obtained atihe Utah State Hospital in Pfovo. For eight weeks, the t f. Mary Anrv Winnett, BYU student nurse at LDS Hospital, helps patient with drink of water. : v Hospital-deliver- care and problems of many types of childrens illnesses are learned. The Primary Childrens Hospital holds a soft spot in the hearts of . most of the nursing giris work full time in one of three special wards. Participation , in and guiding such activities as community, singing, groum projects and games, or ju sitting down and listening yy anothers problems helps theglrls get. close to their patient tmd gain an in-- v sight into the special needs of the forgetteamentaUy ill person. -- THE COVER - - - nursing Is . another phase of the girls training. in They are assigned Utah bounty where' they serve as the school nurses. Besides con-health examinaducting tions, they also- visit the homes of boys and girls who seem to have either physical or emotional x , Dr. Vincent H. Po teaches student nursei Patricia Beck, Ann Aleen Clark, Edith Ream, Karla Wilson to refqd pictures. . X-r- ay has charge pf 'a floor or y student ward and must direct the activi- X PubjUC health problems. , In this areaythe- - narslng sto dents also work with a public health nursing agency In giving comprehensive nursing care to .families and in workfng with allied professional workers and ' , community agencies. - .Th students complete their training at the same place they began Utah Valley HospitaL Part of each girls time as a head nurse and part in patient care. As a head' nurse, the senior nursing nt ON w'aj . ties of all other personnel on the ' j floor. In comprehensive patient care, the girls are assigned to specific cases. They visit with the patient and his family before he enters .the hospital care for him while he is- - in-- the bespit! and Aollow -his progress after' he is released. In this way, the girls get a.iuH-pictur- e of patient care to supplement more detailed areas already .... studied. , This , program prepares students to nurse in the clinical -areas of maternal-chilhealth, medical-surgica- l nursing, operating room nursing, psychiatric nursing and as a public health d nurse. . ITiere are 165 students now enrolled in the BYU. OJJege- - of t Nursing. Upon graduation they will receive a bachelor of science degree and are qualified to take an examination for licensure as a professional graduate nurse. Successful completion of this ex amination permits, graduates to use the title "registered nurse" and to obtain licensure throughout the UJ5. and many fenreign countries. |
