Annual report : 1929 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1929 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
19/82 page 15
![Report of Nurses’ Training School The year 1929 has been a progressive one in the Nursing De¬ partment of the Hospital. There has been little sickness and the number of nurses received from the affiliating hospitals has been consistent. The same number of Post Graduate students was admitted during the year as in 1928, but we have noticed a decided im¬ provement in this group of students. Most of them have very definite reasons for seeking this service, namely, better knowledge of Obstetrics for use in the supervising field. The students as a whole have been unusually enthusiastic and cooperative in the application of new methods we have incor¬ porated in our teaching program. Most encouraging results have been achieved in the care of our patients and in the attitude of the students toward the study of Obstetrics. The opportunity offered in the service of the Out Patient De¬ partment has been sincerely requested by the majority of the students and 151 received this training. There were 475 ante¬ partum and 2192 postpartum visits made in the homes by the students; they also assisted at 205 deliveries in the homes of patients. The students in the clinics talk to the mothers regard¬ ing their personal hygiene, using the demonstration outfit to help them plan their layettes and the equipment necessary for home delivery and the care of babies. This contact with patients is most valuable for the nurses, giving them a different point of view to that usually acquired in hospital wards. In addition to our regular staff of nurses, the services of 69 graduates were required to care for ill patients, 42 were called for adults, 14 for infants and 13 to relieve on the floors when large classes were leaving—a total of 258 days service from this group. Miss Mary S. Power gave a series of lectures at this hospital to the supervising nurses of Willard Parker, Manhattan Maternity and Lying-In Hospitals. These lectures covered a wide range of subjects important in practical supervision and were well at¬ tended and appreciated by these nurses. [15]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31710943_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
