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Duke Hospital, InterGom Page 3 ONE OF TEN new operating rooms in the new wing is shown here. In addition, expanded surgical facilities feature such innovations as set-up and preparation rooms; an intensive nursing area for special care of patients most in need of attention; and lounges for operating room doctors and nurses. Patient Care, Teaching Facilities Improved By Dr. Deryl Hart The avera«re Duke doctor in the Hverapre daj’ of work in the liospital, iiicliidin^ the new addition, will find that patients ean be handled more (“ffieiently with less erowdiiig and that l(‘aciiini: of both medical and nursing students can l)e carried on more effi ciently. The addition to the hopsital was plaiuicd to fjive nuich needed space and to i)rovide a more compa(!t luiit Tor more efficient o])eration. The |)ul)lic aiul ])rivate clinics are all in ju.xtaposition or combined for greater staff availablity with a saving of their time. The three floors for examina tion and treatment of ambulatory I)atients with registration and admin istration on the middle floor j)lace all (clinics within one flight of stairs above or below the centrally located general waiting room, laboratory, pharmacy, and x-ray division. This arrangement along with smaller waiting rooms, class rooms and lockers for students in the individual clinics, will facili tate ])atient registration and distribu tion, laboratory and x-ray studies, consultations, the work of the stu dents and staff, and permit more sat isfactory instruction of both students and resident staff. The new wards for j>rivate ])atients on the upi)cr floors are in close prox imity to the older wards. The serv icer ai’cas in the connecting wing are centrally located for the entire hos])i- tal and permit exjiausion of and at the same time better centralization of tlie kitchens, stafl' dining room, dining room for ambulatory i)rivate patients, and a serving kitchen for all private wards. The latter, designed for easy supervision and rai>id handling of ((UnUmued on page 5) Nursing Personnel Pleased With New Work Aids By Miss Lelia Clark We in Nursing are justly proud and ])leascd with our new wing which di vides itself into three rather distinct areas, the Out-Patient Department, th(‘ Operating Koom and the In-Pa tient Wards. In the planning stages considerable thought and effort was given to designing these units so the doctors, nurses and other personnel could carry on the various activities concerned with i)atient care, educa tion and research to the highest ])os- sible degree. The completed wing sj)eaks for itself. Space does not j)ermit the discus sion of the many changes and innova tions which mean so nmch to us in nursing, but we would like to mention a few which set this wing apart. High on the list is the comfortable, non-debilitating atmosphere provided for both patient and jiersonnel by the air-conditioning system ; the Medicine Room on each ward providing ade- qnate sj>ace and tlie essential privacy necessary for tiie all imi)ortant func tion of ])onring drugs; the .simple In- ter-('ommiuiication System which af fords freciucnt contact between ])a- ficnt and luirse; the concentrated work area which saves so many stejjs each day; the vitally im])ortant piped oxygen and suction in each nxmi al ways ready for inunediate u-se; Con ference Kooms in each area; the spa cious Operating Room Suite with its “ultra’’ ultra sonic, unit and tlie spa cious work areas in the Out-Patient Dc])artment. We want to espcnnally mention our Intensive Xursing Unit. Here the nursing care has been for the most part highly satisfying to our patients, doctors aiul nurses. In this unit the iiurs(‘ not only has the fime, generally speaking, but also the built-in equij)- (Continned on pane, 5)
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