Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1929.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Date:
1929
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1929. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Much is being said at present concerning the need and value of staff education. This year a committee, composed of one supervisor and two head nurses, has arranged a program of staff conferences—meeting once a month. One-half hour is given to discussion of one or more assigned topics, and a half hour to a speaker, either a member of the staff of the hospital or head of some department. These have proved to be very helpful. In our professional relationships, this has been a year of internationalism. The first international hospi¬ tal conference was held in Atlantic City in June and in July the sixth international Nursing Congress was held in Montreal. We were fortunate in being able to entertain visitors from both groups. These visits were full of inspiration through interchange of ideas and experiences. It is now six years since the addition to the Nurses Home was built. When plans were in preparation, I stated that for the next ten years of development the building would need one hundred additional bedrooms with improved classrooms, libraries, and decent recre¬ ation space. Seventy bedrooms and bathrooms to cor¬ respond were built. None of the other necessary ad¬ juncts were provided. One hundred and sixty girls and young women live in that building. One hundred and thirty of them are students. The library consists of one small room on the main floor opposite the elevator where there is not space enough to have reading and study tables and no opportunity for quiet. Our class¬ room and laboratory are dark, unattractive and cramped. There is one small reception room only and this is a thoroughfare. There are four small sitting rooms which may be used by small groups for recrea-