Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![shortage. However, we were fortunate in being able to fill the three resignations from the supervisory staff with one part time and two full time supervisors. The release of nurses from military service gives promise of a more adequate staff during the coming year. With the approval of the medical staff, nursing procedures and hospital routines were further simplified and curtailed in order to allow time to carry out the measures most essential for patient care. Due to a temporary closing of the Premature Unit in the Children’s Clinic, all premature babies born from December 27, 1944 through March 18, 1945 were cared for in the Lying-In Hospital. There were fifteen infants representing four hundred and fifty-nine patient days. We are indebted to our volunteer group who gave so gene¬ rously of their time. In view of the fact that most of them have full time positions or home responsibilities, their 4,980 hours of service are especially noteworthy. We wish to express our appreciation to the Department of Educational Nursing of the Community Service Society, the Brooklyn Visiting Nurse Association, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and other public health nursing groups who have given nursing service and instruction to many of our patients prior to and following discharge from the hospital. Miss Verda F. Hickcox is expected back in July after an extended leave of absence to serve with the American Red Cross in the European Theater of Operations. She can be assured of a hearty welcome as she resumes her duties as Head of this nursing service. The support which Dr. Henricus J. Stander and his associates gave us during the year helped us to carry our responsibilities and to meet new problems with confidence and courage. On behalf of the nursing staff, I hereby express my appreciation. In conclusion, may I express also my gratitude to the members of the nursing staff for their loyal support. Mahy E. Klein, R.N. Acting Head of Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing Service [13]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711078_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
