Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1916.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Date:
1916
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1916. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report of the School of Nursing December 31, 1916 The year ends with the following staff of nurses and pupils on duty in the hospital: Superintendent of Nurses.. . . . . 1 Assistant Superintendent of Nurses. 1 Instructors. 2 Supervisors . 3 Night supervisor. 1 Graduate head nurses and assistants .15 Nurse anesthetist. 1 • Pupils.70 Pupils in preliminary course. 16 Total.110 Forty-one probationers have been admitted during the year. Seventeen have been accepted into the school. Eight have withdrawn. Sixteen are now taking the pre¬ liminary course. The school census varies greatly during the year, fluctuation being due to the departure of graduates and the incoming of new classes. It has been as high as 123. The housing of so large a number has been a serious problem. Five sitting-rooms have been converted into double bedrooms. We are indebted to the House of the Good Samaritan for the use of six bedrooms in their new nurses’ home. Six graduates of this school are now serving as head