Annual report : 1949 / Woman's Hospital in the State of New York.
- Woman's Hospital in the State of New York.
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1949 / Woman's Hospital in the State of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![and others had long been felt. With the opening of an ambitious pro¬ gram in the Personnel Health Service it was apparent that the teaching ])rogram of the pupil practical nurses would have to l^e carried by some¬ one else than the Assistant in the Nursing Office whose responsibility it was to carry the Health Service. The Clinical Instructor was assigned the following duties: orientation of all new registered nurses and li¬ censed ])ractical nurses; teaching, supervision, and guidance of the pupil practical nurse affiliating program in obstetrics; teaching periodically, of groups of women to prepare them for nurses’ aid duties; supervision and revision in techniques. Two rooms were equipped and set aside in the Nurses’ Home as classroom and demonstration rooms. It was also planned that the clinical instructor be responsible for the staff edu¬ cation program, but before much work could he done, the pupil practical nurse affiliation was terminated on November 27, 1949, under amicable circumstances, and the immediate need for a clinical instructor was over. The position was temporarily discontinued. Two other general staff nurse positions were created, one each for 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 mid¬ night, and 12:00 midnight to 8 a.m., as floaters for emergency nursing care. A great deal of new equipment and furnishings throughout the Hos¬ pital made an immeasurable amount of difference to the comfort, con¬ venience, and efficiency of the nurses and other workers. Reference here is made to the increased linen supply, the new lighting system, the change over from D.C. to A.C. resulting in more fans being made avail¬ able where needed, the new Venetian blinds in the nursery, the new dish washing machines, and other kitchen equipment, the new desks and chairs, the beautician service, the new filing equipment in the clinic, the new elevators, and many other changes too numerable to mention. The most spectacular change of all was the beautiful newly renovated reception room, done in memory of Mrs, Andrew Carnegie, formerly a member of the Assistant Board, Mrs. George W, Crawford, Chairman of the project to do over the room, deserves a great vote of thanks from the nurses for her interest and efforts in securing such magnificent re¬ sults. Changes in techniques and procedures continued. Among the changes were the termination of the use of Cresol, in favor of Zephiran, and the general use of bland soap instead of green soap. New sterilizers and bedpan flushers contributed to some changes in terminal disinfection of certain types of equipment. On January 9, 1949, the following salary changes took place: An additional increment of $5.00 was allowed to all general duty nurses on all shifts who had been here 18 months or longer. This in¬ cluded the nurses in the operating room and the delivery room. An additional increment of $5.00 was allowed to all nursery nurses and practical nurses on all shifts who had been here for 12 months or longer. Laundering of uniforms was made free. 129]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31713816_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
