Bulletin of the School of Nursing 1933-1934

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1933

Bulletin of the School of Nursing, 1933-1934

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University of Nebraska College of Medicine, "Bulletin of the School of Nursing, 1933-1934" (1933) Bulletin

of the College of Nursing 47

SERIES XXX VIII NU~IBER l 'j

The University of Nebraska

Announcements for th e Session of 1933- 1 934

The Bulletin of the University of Nebraska is published weekly in

Karch, April, and May, semi-monthly in February, June, August, and October, and monthly in January, July, and September of each year by the University of Nebraska Entered at the postoffice at Lincoln, Ne-

braska, as second-class matter under Act of Congress, August 24, 1912 Acceptance for mailing at sp€cial rate postage provided for in Section

1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 18, 1918

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

schools:

The College of Agriculture, offering the degrees of Bachelor of Science

The College of Business Administration, offering the degree of

Engineering

The Graduate College, offering the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Architecture, and Master

of Science in Agricultural, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical

Elec-trical Engineer, and Mechanical Engineer

Doctor of Jurisprudence

Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and Graduate Nurse

in Pharmacy

The Teachers College, offering the degrees of Bachelor of Science in

in Education

The School of Fine Arts

The School of Journalism

The Scho0l of Nursing

Experiment Sub-stations at North Platte, Scottsbluff, and Valentine, the Agricultural Extension Service, the University Extension Division, the Conservation and Survey Division, the Nebraska Engineering Experi-ment Station, and the Box Butte E 'xperiment Farm also are under th

Lincoln, Nebraska

First semester classes begin

Registration, College of Medicine Freshman Convocation

First quarter reports

pa-tion in Armistice Day celebrapa-tion

Thanksgiving vacation Third quarter reports

"The Messiah" by University Chorus

Christmas vacation begins Christmas vacation ends Registration for second semester for

First semester examinations

First quarter reports

Spring vacation Honors Convocation Nebraska School of Agriculture commencement ( Curtis)

students attending second semester Ivy Day

Teachers College High School commencement

Registration Classes begin Short session closes

Freshman Day

Registration, College of Medicine

The School of Nursing

THE BOARD OF REGENTS

MARION A SHAW, David City, President January, 1935 FRED A MARSH, Archer January, 1935 EARL CLINE, Lincoln January, 1937 ARTHUR C STOKES, Omaha January, 1937 STANLEY D LONG, Cowles January, 1939 FRANK J TAYLOR, St Paul January, 1939 James Stuart Dales, Lincoln, Corporation Secretary

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND INSTRUCTION

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION EDGAR ALBERT BURNETT, D.Sc., Chancellor of the University

CHARLES WILLIAM MCCORKLE POYNTER, B.Sc., M.D., Dean of the College

FLORENCE K WILSON, R.N., A.M., Instructor ln Nursing Education and Director of Supervisory Instruction

MERCEDES M BREEN, R.N., Instructor in Nursing and Supervisory Jn structor

EDNA MAE Br.A1N, R.N., Assistant Instructor in· Surgical Nursing and Assistant in the Operating ~oms • r

EDNA P BRAUN, R.N., Instructor in Public Health Nursing and visor of Prenatal and Infant Welfare Clinics

Super-EMILY FRANCES BRICKLEY, ,RN., B.Sc., Supervisor of Social Hygiene Clinics

MATILDA EMMA BROCK, R.N., Assistant Instructor in Nursing and Night Supervisor

ANNE COLLINS, R.N., Instructor in Obstetrical Nursing and Supervisor

of Obstetrical Nursing Service

HARRIE71' CROSS,' R.N., B.Sc., Instructor in Nursing and Supervisory In· structor

NEVA KATHARINFl CROSS, R.N., Assistant Instructor and Supervisol' in Medical Nursing

FRIEDA DIETERICHS, R.N., Instructor in Surgical Technique in Nursing and Supervisor of Operating Rooms /

EMMA C DINGMAN, R.N., Instructor in, Psychiatric Nursing and Supervisor of Psychiatric Department

-HELEN MARrn GANSHORN, R.N., A:::sistant Night Supervisor

FLORENCE V HARRISON, R.N., Instructor in Pediatric Nursing and Supervisor of Pediatric Department

MAE DIANA McCORKLE,1 R.N., B.A., B.N., Instructor in Public Health Nursing and Supervisor of Dispensary Nursing Service

THE SCHOOL OF NURSING 5 ESTHER PALMER, R.N., Instructor and Supervisor in Surgical Nursing

Practice

ElllLY GERALDINE Ruc11,' R.N., B.Sc in Nurs., Instl'uctor in Public

Clinics

Nursing

R~rH B WOOD, R.N., B.Sc., Instructor in Public Health Nuri:ing and

HELEN WYANDT, M.Sc., Instructor in Clinical Pathology

ALiee D ORR, Matron of Nurses' Home

Y.AD£LEN£ S HrLr.rs, Librarian of Medical College Librnry

Moon Pratt, Tollman, Tomlinson, Waters, Wyandt

GENERAL STATEMENT

depart-lfllt of instruction in the University of Nebraska The School is under

with the service of the University Hospital

Grad-aatc Nurse; the othe1;, a five-year combined academic and professional

(IIOl(ram offered in the College of Arts and Sciences and in the School of

Xurse

6 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

It is the purpose of the School to develop a program of nursing

edu-cation that will prepare nurses for service to the community in the various fields of nursing and to furnish a good foundation for addi-tional preparation for the work of administration and teaching in schools of nursing and public health work The course of study of thirty-four months, exclusive of vacations, follows a definite educational plan and includes public health and community work as well as hospital service The connection of the School with a university and its associa-

tion with a teaching hospital under university control make it possible for the School to provide the scientific instruction and experience essen-tial in nursing education

FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTION THE UNIVERSI'rY HOSPITAL, located on the campus of the College of Medicine, was erected in 1917 with funds provided by state legislation

It is essentially a teaching hospital under the control of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska It has a capacity of 250 beds,

is general in character, non-sectarian, and is open to the worthy, sick

poor of the state The service is varied and active and offers tunities for experience in all phases of nursing-medical, surgical, obstetrical, orthopedic, pediatric, gynecological, urological, and neuro-

assists her to put to the best use the unusual clinical opportunities which the service affords During the past year (1932) 3,963 patients wm admitted to the hospital for treatment The receiving rooms, a well-

equipped Physical Therapy department, operating rooms, diet kitchen,, the hospital and college laboratories, clinical class rooms and amphi-theaters and the Social Service and Out-Patient Departments are utilized for the instruction and experience of the students

hospital and directs its service with the result that the clinical in

THE UNIVERSITY DISPENSARY, which affords clinical experience in all branches of medicine and surgery, and in pediatrics, obstetrics, and psychiatry, provides a valuable teaching field for students in the School

oppor-tunities in this department as it increasingly emphasizes the social aspects of disease and health education During 7he past year therP were 43,013 visits to 7,796 patients, of which 4,097 were new cases

THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE provides instruction in the basic scieanatomy, physiology, chemistry, bacteriology, pharmacology and thera-peutics, pathology, sanitary science, physical therapy, medicine and surgery in the classrooms and laboratories of the college

r.ces-Courses in psychology and sociology and lectures of a special nature are provided by the College of Arts and Sciences Instruction in nursing

in its various branches and in public health nursing, in dietetics, anJ

other subjects included in the course of Gtudy is given by the faculty of the School of Nursing

and in the hospital The classrooms, laboratories, and teaching

THE SCHOOL OF NURSING 7

Univer-sity library maintained in the hospital, contains about 35,000 cataloged books, 16,600 pamphlets, and 360 standard scientific periodicals on the regular subscription list Nursing journals and reference books on nursing subjects are included in this number Students of the School

of Nursing have access to the library in all its departments The versity library at Lincoln, containing 265,000 volumes, is also freely

Uni-accessible to the faculty and students of the School in Omaha Books

may be withdrawn at any time upon demand

RESIDENCE Conkling Hall, the residence of the School, is a four-story, fireproof

building located on the college campus It is equipped with class and

demonstration rooms, a kitchenette, laundry, and sewing rooms for the

1tudents' use, and well appointed reception rooms A large gymnasium pro,1des a place for indoor athletics and recreation Tennis courts and the athletic field on the campus afford opportunity for outdoor sports Students are expected to comply with regulations made for the welfare

of all Supervision such as seems wise for young women away fron~

home is given without subjecting them to undue restraint The members

of the Woman's Faculty Club are instrumental in making the social and home life attractive

ADMISSION Students are admitted to the School of Nursing (a) as candidates for

candidates for the degree of Graduate Nurse

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION

APPLICATIONS for admission should be addressed to the Director of the School of Nursing, University Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, and should

be submitted as early as possible in the year in which the applicant desires admission to the School Classes are admitted in September of

each year The School bulletin and application blanks will be supplied upon request

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMEJNT.- Applicants for admission to the School

of Nursing must present credentials showing the completion of four

years of work in an accredited high school In the selection of cants, preference will be given to students who ranked in the upper

appli-ourth of their high school classes

"Accredited " schools are such as are found to meet the " Standards

of Accredited Schools" to a degree that meets the approval of the

Uni-msity Committee on Accredited Schools

Graduates of accredited high schools may have full admission to

fresh-aan standing on 12 entrance units properly selected, conditional llance on 11 units completed in the senior high school (grades 10, 11,

en-111d 12)

Nine academic units are required, which shall include a major (3 'IDits) and 2 minors (2 units each), chosen from English, foreign

kn.,YUagcs and mathematics Ac:\demic subjects are defined as English,

fortign languages, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences

A major in foreign languages may consist of a year of one language

8 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

and two of another, but a minor must be in a single language A

major or a minor in mathematics must include a year of algebra and

a year of geometry A unit of algebra and a unit of foreign language completed below grade 10, while not counting toward the units for ad-mission, may be applied toward meeting majors and minors

AGE AND FrrNESS.-Applicants must be between eighteen and five years of age, and must furnish evidence of sound health, good character, and personal qualifications for the work In considerin~

thirty-applicants for admission, preference will be given to those students

whose credentials indicate that they are best qualified to study nursing

REGISTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, LINCOLN,

NEBRASKA.-Applicants for admission to schools of nursing in Nebraska are required by law to register with this Department in order to be

eligible to examination and registration on the completion of their courses Blanks for this purpose will be supplied with the application forms

ADMISSION TO ADVANCED STANDING

Candidates for admission to the School of Nursing who are graduates

of approved colleges will be allowed from one to nine months' credit

the amount of credit being based on the college credits presented Credit

is allowed only to students who maintain a scholarship rating of "B" or higher in the School of Nursing throughout the entire course

Credit will not be granted in this course of study for nursing perience gained in other institutions

ex-EXPENSES Students registering for the five-year program provide their own maintenance and t1Jition during the two years spent in the College o! Arts and Sciences

During the three years in the School of Nursing there are no tuitioi fees Students are provided room, board, and laundry, and, after th1 preliminary term, the school uniforms During the preliminary term students provide their own uniforms of material and pattern selected hr

the School The cost of the uniforms has been estimated· at twentl

dollars, and of textbooks and Pl'ofessional magazines for the three year1 ::ibout forty-five dollars Twenty-five dollars will be required at time or

entrance Other expenses are a matter of personal adjustment

LOAN FUND

The Alumnae Association of the School has established a loan fund t-0

assist especially qualified students who may be in need of financial aid

A student who has been in residence in the school one year and who

has made a thoroughly satisfactory record may make application ior a

loan not to exceed $100 This loan is to be repaid as soon as possible

after the student completes her training

HEALTH SUPERVISION Students when ill are cared for at the University Hospital without cost to them All students are required to pass a physical examinatioc

on admission, and a yearly examination thereafter A certificate o! vaccination against smallpox is required All students are immunized against typhoid fever and diphtheria

THE SCHOOL OF NURS I NG

HOURS OF DUTY

9

During the preliminary term the students are on the hospital wards

under close supervision approximately three hours da;Jy During the remainder of the course they are on duty fifty hoUl'S weekly Tw,) afternoons each week and three days after each mon~h of nig t duty are allowed for rest and recreation

Two months vacation is allowed during the three years Vacation~ are given during the months of June, July, and August and during the Christmas holidays

Time lost through illness and all time lost for any other cause must be made u

WITHDRAWAL The Faculty of the School of Nursing reserves the right to recom-mend at any time the withdrawal of any student whose health, con-duct, or work may make it ::,eem inadvisable for her to remain in the

The degree of Bachelor of Science anrl the degree of Graduate Nurse

will be granted by the University of Nebraska to students who have rompleted satisfactcrily the requirements as outlined in the Five-Year Combined Academic and Professional Program

THREE - YElAR STUDENTS The degree of Graduate> Nurse will be granted by the University of

~ebraska to students who have completed sati<,factcrily the requir

e-me s as outlined in the Three-Year Ptofessiona !Program

STATE REGISTRATION

As the School is registered in the State of Nebraska, a graduate of the School is eligible to take the examination for registration in Ne-braska A graduate of the School registered in Nebraska by examina-tion is eligible to registration without examination in other states with which Nebraska has reciprocity As a n,gistered nurse she i~ eligible to membership in her alumnae association, the district, state, and national

organizations, and to enrollment in the nursing service of the ican Red Cross

Two programs of study are open to the students of the School One

program, which is three years in length, leads to the degree of Graduate Xurse; the other, a five-year combined academic and professional pro-gram offered in the College of Arts and Sciences and in the School of Nursing, leads to the degrees of Bachelor of Science snd Graduate

!iurse

10 'fHE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

THE THREE-YEAR PROGRAM

a second, and a third year

of her time in the class rooms and laboratories of the College of Medicine

nursing depends before she is given the care of patients After the

Courses are given in anatomy, physiology, bacteriology, chemistry, drugs and solutions, nutrition and cookery, and in the principles and

credits

stu-dent's fitness for continuing the course The record she has made in her class and practical work and her conduct both off and on duty

During the junior term students are assigned to duty in the medical and surgical wards of the hospital, the diet kitchens, and supply

ped-iatric, orthopedic, gynecologic, obstetric, and psychiatric nursing, and

through practice, clinics, case studies, discussions, and group and

the technique of clinic management and health service to the :tmbulatoty patient

Courses of lectures, classes, demonstrations, clinics, and group and

The degree of Graduate Nurse is conferred upon students who factorily complete this program

satis-THE SCHOOL OF NURSING

SUMMARY OF 'l' HE OR ETICAL COURSES

FIRST YEAR

1·0 ,al

lfou, · s

Pre li min a r y Term

Principles and Practice of 1J e m entary Nursing 100

An atomy 54

Phy sio l ogy 54

Chemi s try , 64

Bact~rio bgy 54

Drug s and So l utions 18

Nutrition and Coo k r :, 54

Pe rs onal Hygiene 18

P syc h logy 18

Junior 'l'erm History and Et hic s of Nursing 36

Princip l es a nd Practice of Advanced Nur s ing 36

Medical N ur s i r g 04

Pr i ncip l es of llfodi c i11 e 20

Tubercu l osis 6

Pr i nciples of Nursing in Med i cine 28

Psycho l ogy 18

Materia Med i ca and The ra peut i cs 48

Ma ssage 12

'l'ota l Hour s 628

SECOND YE 11R Communicab l e Disea ses 18

Pr in cip l es of Communi c able Di seases 1 0 Pr in c i ples of Nur s ing in Com muni cable Di seases S Pediatric s 36

Pri nc i ple , of Nur s in g in Pediatrics 18

D i et in Di s ea s e 1 8 E l e m e ta r y Pathology 54

Applied Sociolo gy 36

Principles of Surgery 64

General Surgery 24

Gyn ecology 10

Or thopedics 12

Urology 4

Or al Surgery 4

Principle s of Nu r s in g in Sur ge ry 18

Eye, Ear, No se, and Throat 18

Tota l Hours 2 70 THIRD YEAR O bstetrics 18

Principles of Nur s in g in Ob stetr ic s 18

P syc h iatry and Neuro!o g y 18

Principles of Nur s i ng in Psych i atry 1 8 Dermatology 9

Phygical 'l 'h erapy 1 8 Sanitary Science 3 6 Sccial Aspects of Nur s ir g 1 8 Introduction to Publi c Health Nur s ing 1 8 Prof ess ional Prob l e m s and Survey o( the Nu rs in Fie l d 36

Emer gency N ursing and First Aid 18

Total Hour s 225

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