Milledgeville State Hospital school of nursing, Milledgeville, Georgia [1946]

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Milledgeville ·State Hospital
SCHOOL OF NURSING
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA

School of Nursing Announcement

1945 - 1946

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JUDGE A. J. HARTLEY, Director
STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL SECURITY
JUDGE A. J. HARTLEY, Chairman
Atlanta, Georgia
ALFRED DoRMAN ---------------------------------------------~-------First District
Statesboro, Georgia
JESSE A. DRAKE-------------------------------------------------Second District
Colquitt, Georgia
JOE S. BURGIN, SR.--------------------------------------------Third District
Buena Vista, Georgia
DR. M. F. CoCHRAN_ __________________________________________ _Fourth District
Newnan, Georgia
FRANK G. THOMAS _________________________________________________ Fifth District
Decatur, Georgia
DR. RICHARD BINIQN________________________________________________Sixth District
Milledgeville,- Georgia
RYAN FRIER--------------------------------------------------------8event h District
Cartersville, Georgia
DR. S. W. MARTIN_ _______________________________________________Eighth District
Hazlehurst, Georgia
Roy P. 0TWELL-----------------------------------------------------Nint h District
Cumming, Georgia
DR. W. H. RHODES------------------------------------------------ Tenth District
Union Point, Georgia

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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
HOSPITAL STAFF
DR. Y. H.

YARBROUGH ___________________________________________ Superintendent

DR. C. G. Cox ____________________________________________________ C[inical Director
MRS. MAE M. JONES, R. N. ___________________ Director School of Nursing
MRs. IRMA S. MARSH, R. N. ______________________ Director Nursing Service

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ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
DR. C. G. Cox
MRS. MAE M. JONES, R. N.
MRS. IRMA S. MARSH, R.N .

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SCHOOL OF NURSING
Faculty
N .................•.......................Director School of Nursing
White Cross Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

MRS. MAE M. JONES, R.

MRs. IRMA

S.

N ......................................... Director Nursing Service
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
MARSH, R.

BONNER, R. N ...................................................................lnstructor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, Georgia
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

MRS.MYRA

S.

R. N ................................. Assistant Instructor Nursing
and Allied Subjects
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

MRS. RUBY P. CHEEVES,

MRS. MYRTLE

L. PASCHAL, R. N ............................................................. Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of Virginia, Charlottsville, Va.
N ............................................................... Night Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MISS RUTH DAVIS, R.

N ................................................. O. R. Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

MISS BESSIE WILLIAMSON, R.

MRS. MARIE

S.

S ..................................................................... Dietitian
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

ECHOLS, B.

N ............................................................... Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MISS GLADYS KITCHING, R.

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R. N •..................................................................Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MISS OUIDA ANDREWS,

R. N .....................................................Head Nurse
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.

MRS. BLANCHE B. McMILLIN,

MRS. ANNIE

P. JONES, R. N ................................................................. Head Nurse
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MRs. KITTlE GODARD,

R. N ................................................................... Head Nu1·se

Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
R. N .........................................................Head Nurse
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MRS. HELEN G. WILLIAMS,

MISS VALLIE BADGER,

R. N................................................................... Head Nurse

Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
To be supplied-Occupation Therapy.................. ..............................Superviso1·

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Medical Staff

Faculty
DR. GEORGE L. ECHOLS _________________________________________________Psychiatry

DR. SAM ANDERSON ----------------------------------------------------------Medicine
DR. Z. S. SIKES ____________________________________________________________________ Surgery
DR.

J. B. MooN __________________________________________________________________surgery

DR. VERONICA MURPHEY ________________________________________ Materia Medica
DR. M. FERNAN NUNEZ ______________________ Microbiology and Pathology
DR.

J. D.

COMBS __________________________________________________________________ Sciences

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HISTORY
The Milledgeville State Hospital was established in 1842 and has
continued to grow and improve to meet an ever increasing demand.
The hospital has a daily average of 8166 patients and 963
employees.
The School of Nursing, offering a two year course, was established
and chartered by an act of the General Assembly in 1910.
The course was extended to a three year course in 1912, though
a new charter was not granted until 1916.
In 1923 provision was made for an affiliation of six months with
some large general hospital. This was increased to nine months in
1923 and to twelve months in 1938. The students are sent to a
large general hospital school of nursing at the beginning of the
junior year for one year's affiliation.
The school is approved by the Board of Examiners of Nurses for
Georgia and the American Psychiatric Association.
Because of the type of hospital and because of the great need for
nurses, educated in the care of mentally ill patients, we feel this
school offers opportunities to the young woman to prepare herself
for a service, the education for which is not offered in a general hospital. The one year affiliation in a general hospital gives the student
a well rounded education and prepares her to nurse all types of illness.
Graduates of the school are eligible for enrollment in the American
Red Cross Nursing Service and employment in all fields of the Nursing Profession.
The School of nursing is located in the Jones Building which accommodates 350 beds. This unit is used for clinical instruction for
student nurses.
The school was approved by the United States Public Health
Service for participation in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps program on November 16, 1945.

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AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
The aims of the Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
are:
1. To educate young women who wish to become professional
nurses in the Arts and Sciences so that they may be prepared to give
adequate bedside nursing care.
2. To educate young women who elect to practice their profession in the field of psychiatry to intelligently recognize the underlying principles of mental diseases; to tactfully apply the principles
of nursing care to the mentally ill patient and to be able to deal
with the environmental factors which may affect mental health in
the community.
3. To discover and stimulate the qualities of leadership in young
women and encourage them to participate in elevating the standard
of the profession.
4. To prepare young women that they may be able to attain a
measure of economic security; to conserve their physical resources;
to seek mental stimulus for further study ·and preparation in the way
of life in which they may find those spiritual and cultural values
which enrich and liberate human personality.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All candidates are required to make formal application in writing
on the blanks furnished by the school of nursing. A personal interview is desirable.
Three letters of recommendation (not from relatives) are required.
It is requested that one recommendation be written by a teacher with
whom the applicant has been a student.
The applicant must be between the ages of 18 and 30 years.
A transcript of the high school record should be submitted by the
superintendent of the school from which the applicant graduated,
and a transcript of the college record sent by the college attended.
A Pre-Nursing and Guidance test will be arranged for after the
high school credentials have been studied.
Credentials are evaluated as soon as the application is completed.
A birth certificate is required.
Classes are enrolled in January and September of each year.
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EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
High school students who are admitted to the Milledgeville State
Hospital School of Nursing must present evidence of graduation
from a high school which was fully accredited by the State Accrediting Commission at the time of graduation, and a minimum of 16
earned Carnegie units. Special consideration is given the student
whose record shows rank in the upper third of the class. The sixteen
units of secondary school work that an applicant presents for admission to the school of nursing must include the following:

English ------------------------------------------------------------------··----Foreign Language (Latin preferred) ___________________________ _
Social Studies:

4 units
2 units

History ------------------------------------------------------------------1 or 2 units
Economics, Government or Sociology _____________________ _
unit
Mathematics:
Algebra (advanced) ______________________________________________ ! or 2 units
Geometry _______________________________________________________________ _
unit
Science:
Chemistry ------------------------- ___ --------------------------------1 or 2 units
Biology or Physics__________________________________________________
1 unit
Home Economics or Health _______________________________________ _
unit
Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------

16 units

The High School credentials will be evaluated by the Board of
Examiners for Nurses of Georgia.

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SCHOOL FACILITIES
NURSES HOME:
The nurses home is a four story brick building located on the
hospital grounds. The rooms are large, completely furnished and
accommodate two students. A large double desk equipped with
adequate lighting is provided in each room. Bath and toilet facilities
are provided on each floor. A laundry room is provided in the basement and a sewing machine, electric iron and pressing room in student nurses quarters.
The lobby and parlor designed to meet the needs for social activities for residents and their guests are located on the first floor.
The cafeteria provides ample dining facilities and is located on the
first floor.
HOUSE REGULATIONS:
House regulations are in printed form and are presented to the
student upon her arrival. It is understood that her presence in the
school indicates her willingness to cooperate with the school administration in maintaining these regulations.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
The Student Organization works with the faculty in maintaining
desired standards among the students. Each class has its own organization, officers and faculty advisors.
Tennis is available on the hospital court.
Dancing is provided for in the Recreation Hall.
Hikes, picnics and other outdoor activities are arranged for upon
request.
CHURCH ACTIVITIES:
The school is nonsectarian though students are urged to form
church affiliation in accordance with their choice and custom.
Churches of various denominations are within walking distance of
the residence so that it is possible for students to attend either morning or evening service.
LIBRARY FACILITIES:
Student nurses have access to the Physician's and Nurse's Library
which is located in the Nurses Home and the Jones Building.
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VACATION, SICK LEAVE AND HOURS ON DUTY:
Three weeks vacation is given the student each year.
Fifteen days sick leave is allowed the student during the threeyear course.
. All students work on an average of eight hours per day including
dass hours.
HEALTH PROGRAM:
Students are given a thorough physical examination by a member
of the staff before acceptance, at the beginning of the second and
third year and prior to graduation. Early in the course they are
given instructions on how to protect and conserve their health.
Students are cared for by the hospital and medical staff in case of
itlness. The School is not responsible for surgery except emergencies.
RESIGNATIONS AND DISMISSAL:
The Admission Committee reserves the right of dismissal of any
student whose work or conduct makes it inadvisable for her to remain in the school. Inefficiency, misconduct, failure to make satisfactory grades, and inability to develop qualities necessary to the
profession are considered adequate reasons for dismissal.
Poor health or emotional instability may make it necessary for
resignation to be requested. It is the aim of the Admissions Committee to release students before they advance too far in the program
of nursing.

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EXPENSES:
The student will be given full maintenance during the three years
course. After the first four months the student will receive $35.00
per month for necessary expenses.
The second year will be spent in some large general hospital, selected by this school, for additional experience in surgery, pediatrics,
contagion, obstetrics, and out patient department. During this year
she will receive no monthly stipend but full maintenance.
The senior year which will be spent in the home school, she will
receive $45.00 per month.
The student must furnish all books, uniforms, including a cape,
shoes and hose.
Expenses.
The approximate expenses for the three years are as follows:
Uniforms -------------------------------------------------------------------$4 2. 0 0
Books ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 50. 0 0
Cape ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. 0 0
Breakage --------------------------------------------------------------------No tuition is charged.

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CURRICULUM:
The curriculum covers a period of three years and is as follows:

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FIRST YEAR:

First Term:
Anatomy and Physiology ...................................................................... 100 hours
Microbiology ............................................................................................ 45 hours
Chemistry ..... ... .... ......... .... ... .. ...... .... ........ .. .......... .. ............ ........ ... .. ... ...... 60 hours
Psychology .............................................................................................. 30 hours
Nursing Arts .. ...... .. ...... ..... ............... ..... ............... .... ... ..... ....... ..... .. ........ 120 hours
Ethics-Professional Adjustments No. !............................................ 15 hours
History of Nursing.................................................................................. 15 hours
Physical Education .................. .............................................................. 15 hours
Total-First Term ........................................................................ 400 hours

Second Term:
Sociology ..................................................................................................
Pathology ................................................................................................
Arithmetic of Solutions..........................................................................
Pharmacology and Therapeutics..........................................................
Nutrition and Preparation of Foods....................................................
Case Study Methods................................................................................
Nursing in Medical DiseasesIncluding: Medical Disease Lecture ........................................15
Medical Disease Nursing ...................................... 15
Nursing in General Surgical DiseasesIncluding: Surgical Disease Lectures .................................... 15
Surgical Disease Nursing .................................... 15
Nursing Arts ...... .. .... ....... .. ..... .. .... ..... .... ... .. ..... .. ... ... ..... .. .. .... ... .. ..... .. .. .. ..

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15
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45
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hours
hours
hours
hours
hours

30 hours

30 hours
30 hours

Total Second Term.......................................................................... 229 hours
Total Class Hours First Year...................................................... 629 hours
*SECOND YEAR:

First Term:
Diet in Disease ....................................................................................... . 15 hours
Communicable Diseases, Including Tuberculosis, Venereal Diseases, and Dermatology................................................................. . 30 hours
Orthopedics ............................................................................................. . 10 hours
Gynecology ............................................................................................. .
5 hours
Urology ................................................................................................... .
5 hours
Operating Room Technique................................................................. . 10 hours
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat................................................................. . 15 hours
Total Class Hours First Term......................................................

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90 hours

-Second Term:
OBSTETRICS :

Including: Obstetric Lectures ....................................15 hours
Obstetric Nursing ...................................... 15 hours

30 hours

PEDIATRICS:

Including: Pediatric Lectures .................................... 15 hours
Pediatric Nursing .................................... 15 hours

30 hours

Total Class Hours Second Term..................................................

60 hours

Total Class Hours Second Year .................................................... 150 hours
THIRD YEAR:

First Term:
Psychiatry ............................................................................................. . 60 hours
Including: Psychiatric Lectures ................................ 24 hours
Psychiatric Nursing ................................ 26 hours
Clinics and Conferences ............................ 10 hours
Social Problems in Nursing................................................................. . 15 hours
Emergency Nursing and First Aid..................................................... . 20 hours
Occupation Therapy ............................................................................. . 18 hours
Including: Lectures ...................................................... 8 hours
Practice ...................................................... 10 hours
Total Class Hours First Term...................................................... 113 hours

Second Term:
Survey of Nursing Field or Professional Adjustments No. 2........ 30
Total Class Hours Second Term.......................................................... 30
Total Class Hours Third Year ............................................................ 143
Total Class Hours-Three Year Course ............................................ 922
*Affiliation in a general hospital.
Approximate Time Assignment to the Clinical Divisions
Preliminary or Introductory Period............................................ 24

hours
hours
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weeks

MEDICAL NURSING:

Including: General Metabolic and Special Medical.. ................ 24 weeks
SURGICAL:

Including: General Gynecological Urological... ....................... ..
Orthopedics ............................................................................................... .
Dietary ..................................................................................................... .
Operating Room ..................................................................................... .
Pediatrics ................................................................................................. .
Obstetrics ................................................................................................. .
Contagion ................................................................................................. .
Out Patient Department ......................................................................... .
Psychiatry ............................................................................................... .
Tuberculosis ............................................................................................. .
Vacation ................................................................................................... .

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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES:
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY:

This course is planned to give the student an appreciation of the
structure and functions of the human body.
Lectures, demonstrations and dissections.................................... 90 hours
MICROBIOLOGY:

The characteristics and activities of microorganisms and their relation
to health and disease are studied; also the sources, modes and prevention
of infection and isolation; disinfections, and neoplasma.
Lectures, recitations, demonstrations and laboratory work .... 45 hours
CHEMISTRY:

The purpose of this course is to acquaint the students with the principles of inorganic, organic and, physiological chemistry with special application to nursing practice.
Lectures, recitation, laboratory ...................................................... 60 hours
PSYCHOLOGY:

This course is an introduction to the study of human behavior, with
emphasis on the total individual, and on the underlying principles of mental
adjustments often encountered by a nurse in a hospital.
NURSING ARTS:

During this course the emphasis is on health nursing, beginning with
the students care of her own health. After she has acquired a proper
attitude toward her own health she will better understand the place in
nursing in the preservation of health and the prevention of disease, as
well as in the care of the sick. She learns in the school laboratory the
various nursing procedures and after practice, is gradually introduced
to the actual care of patients. All her work with patients is supervised
with the idea of helping her adjust to varying situations. Elementary
massage and bandaging are included:
Lectures, recitations, demonstrations and laboratory.............. 150 hours
PROFESSIONAL ADJUSTMENTS No.1:

An orientation course that considers the principles that guide and
govern personal and professional conduct; the recognition of difference
in religious beliefs; individual and group standards of the profession.

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Lectures, discussions and visits through the hospital. ................. 15 hours
HISTORY OF NURSING:

The purpose of this course is to help the student find herself in her
new vocation and to appreciate the social responsibilities which she inherited when she identified herself with nursing as a profession, and to
have some acquaintance with persons who have been most influential in
shaping its ideals and standards.
Lectures, discussions and reports .................................................. 15 hours
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

Consists of ball room and Folk dancing, tennis and organized hikes.
SociOLOGY:
This course considers (1) principles of sociology; (2) the nurse as a
citizen of the community and as a professional worker; ( 3) the social agencies in the community, recognizing the hospital as the most important
part; (4) the patient in the hospital coming from a family and returning
to a family.................................................................................................. 30 hours
Lectures and discussions and field trips.
PATHOLOGY:

This course gives the student an appreciation of the changes brought
about in the body due to illness.
Lectures and laboratory.................................................................. 15 hours
ARITHMETICS OF SOLUTIONS:

This course is to teach the student the proper strengths and preparation of solutions and computing dosages, a thorough knowledge of fractions and the Metric System is essential to understand this course.
Lectures and demonstrations.......................................................... 15 hours
PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS:

The course considers the important and most commonly used drugs,
their relationship to the treatment of disease. The dosage administration,
physiological and therapeutic actions, toxic symptoms, antidotes and emergency treatments.
Lectures and recitation and reports.............................................. 30 hours
NUTRITION AND PREPARATION OF FOOD:

The student is taught the fundamental principles of nutrition and food
preparation for normal physical development and sound health.
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Lectures, demonstrations and laboratories .................................. 45 hours
NURSING IN MEDICAL DISEASES:

This course includes the study of medical diseases most commonly dealt
with, stressing the nursing care as an important part of the treatment.
The advanced nursing procedures which are applicable are studied at this
time.
Lectures, recitations and demonstrations.................................... 30 hours
NURSING IN GENERAL SURGICAL DISEASES:

The surgical aspect of diseases is considered together with the factors
determining the need for surgical interference. The students are taught
the principles and methods of surgical asepsis, allied subjects and the social,
health and mental aspects.
Lectures, recitations and demonstrations .................................... 30 hours
PSYCHIATRY:

It is intended that this course will enable the nurse to learn to interpret
abnormal behavior, to learn something of the causes, symptoms, treatments
and nursing care of the mentally ill as well as to gain an understanding
of psychiological appreciation of the class relationship between mental and
physical conditions.

Lectures, recitations and reports.................................................... 60 hours
SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN NURSING:

The causes for certain social conditions are considered, such as crime,
delinquency, war, etc. Discussion of better housing, relief agencies, prevention and control of venereal diseases.
Lectures and discussions.................................................................. 15 hours
EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID:

This is usually the American Red Cross standard course.
Lectures and demonstrations.......................................................... 20 hours
OCCUPATION THERAPY:

This course gives the value, uses and form of occupation therapy:
Selection of work for individual patients: consideration of diversional
recreative aspects of occupation therapy:
Lectures, and demonstrations.......................................................... 18 hours
The following courses are given in the affiliating school:
Diet in Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Orthopedics, Gynecology,
Urology, Operating Room Technique, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases,
Obstetrics and Pediatrics.

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AFFILIATION:

The School offers an affiliation course in Psychiatric Nursing to students in general hospitals.
AIMS OF THE COURSE:

To establish an affiliation that will give student nurses in their junior
or senior year an understanding of psychiatric patients and the nursing
care of such patients, as well as an understanding of, and appreciation of,
the close relationship between mental and physical conditions.
LENGTH OF COURSE:

The length of the course is twelve weeks and students are admitted
at intervals of twelve weeks all during the year.
EXPENSES:

The expenses of the course such as salary, books and transportation
must be borne by the home school.
Full maintenance will be provided by this school.
COURSE:

The course covers a period of twelve weeks and consists of lectures,
ward teaching, clinics, demonstrations, electric shock and chemical therapy.
THEORY:

Psychiatry

20 hours

Psychiatric Nursing

22 hours

Occupation Therapy

18 hours

Clinics and Conferences.................................................................. 15 hours
PRACTICAL WORK:

Acute Psychiatric Division............................................................

6 weeks

Acute Medical and Surgical Division..........................................

4 weeks

Occupation Therapy Department..................................................

2 weeks

HOURS ON DUTY:

All students will be on duty 48 hours per week including class work.
No vacation is allowed during the affiliation period. Two Sundays and two
week days in each month will be granted the student off duty.

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HEALTH PROGRAM:

A complete physical examination is prerequisite to admission. During
the course the student will be provided hospitalization and medical care for
minor illnesses. Time lost because of illness or other causes must be made
up before leaving this school.
RECORDS:

Upon completion of the affiliation course the home school will be sent
a summary of the student's hours of instruction and clinical experience,
and efficiency report.
All communications should be addressed to Director of School of Nursing, Milledgeville State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia.

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Milledgeville ·State Hospital
SCHOOL OF NURSING
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA

School of Nursing Announcement

1945 - 1946

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JUDGE A. J. HARTLEY, Director
STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL SECURITY
JUDGE A. J. HARTLEY, Chairman
Atlanta, Georgia
ALFRED DoRMAN ---------------------------------------------~-------First District
Statesboro, Georgia
JESSE A. DRAKE-------------------------------------------------Second District
Colquitt, Georgia
JOE S. BURGIN, SR.--------------------------------------------Third District
Buena Vista, Georgia
DR. M. F. CoCHRAN_ __________________________________________ _Fourth District
Newnan, Georgia
FRANK G. THOMAS _________________________________________________ Fifth District
Decatur, Georgia
DR. RICHARD BINIQN________________________________________________Sixth District
Milledgeville,- Georgia
RYAN FRIER--------------------------------------------------------8event h District
Cartersville, Georgia
DR. S. W. MARTIN_ _______________________________________________Eighth District
Hazlehurst, Georgia
Roy P. 0TWELL-----------------------------------------------------Nint h District
Cumming, Georgia
DR. W. H. RHODES------------------------------------------------ Tenth District
Union Point, Georgia

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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
HOSPITAL STAFF
DR. Y. H.

YARBROUGH ___________________________________________ Superintendent

DR. C. G. Cox ____________________________________________________ C[inical Director
MRS. MAE M. JONES, R. N. ___________________ Director School of Nursing
MRs. IRMA S. MARSH, R. N. ______________________ Director Nursing Service

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ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
DR. C. G. Cox
MRS. MAE M. JONES, R. N.
MRS. IRMA S. MARSH, R.N .

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SCHOOL OF NURSING
Faculty
N .................•.......................Director School of Nursing
White Cross Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

MRS. MAE M. JONES, R.

MRs. IRMA

S.

N ......................................... Director Nursing Service
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
MARSH, R.

BONNER, R. N ...................................................................lnstructor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, Georgia
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

MRS.MYRA

S.

R. N ................................. Assistant Instructor Nursing
and Allied Subjects
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

MRS. RUBY P. CHEEVES,

MRS. MYRTLE

L. PASCHAL, R. N ............................................................. Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of Virginia, Charlottsville, Va.
N ............................................................... Night Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MISS RUTH DAVIS, R.

N ................................................. O. R. Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

MISS BESSIE WILLIAMSON, R.

MRS. MARIE

S.

S ..................................................................... Dietitian
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

ECHOLS, B.

N ............................................................... Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MISS GLADYS KITCHING, R.

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R. N •..................................................................Supervisor
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MISS OUIDA ANDREWS,

R. N .....................................................Head Nurse
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.

MRS. BLANCHE B. McMILLIN,

MRS. ANNIE

P. JONES, R. N ................................................................. Head Nurse
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MRs. KITTlE GODARD,

R. N ................................................................... Head Nu1·se

Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
R. N .........................................................Head Nurse
Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing

MRS. HELEN G. WILLIAMS,

MISS VALLIE BADGER,

R. N................................................................... Head Nurse

Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
To be supplied-Occupation Therapy.................. ..............................Superviso1·

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Medical Staff

Faculty
DR. GEORGE L. ECHOLS _________________________________________________Psychiatry

DR. SAM ANDERSON ----------------------------------------------------------Medicine
DR. Z. S. SIKES ____________________________________________________________________ Surgery
DR.

J. B. MooN __________________________________________________________________surgery

DR. VERONICA MURPHEY ________________________________________ Materia Medica
DR. M. FERNAN NUNEZ ______________________ Microbiology and Pathology
DR.

J. D.

COMBS __________________________________________________________________ Sciences

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HISTORY
The Milledgeville State Hospital was established in 1842 and has
continued to grow and improve to meet an ever increasing demand.
The hospital has a daily average of 8166 patients and 963
employees.
The School of Nursing, offering a two year course, was established
and chartered by an act of the General Assembly in 1910.
The course was extended to a three year course in 1912, though
a new charter was not granted until 1916.
In 1923 provision was made for an affiliation of six months with
some large general hospital. This was increased to nine months in
1923 and to twelve months in 1938. The students are sent to a
large general hospital school of nursing at the beginning of the
junior year for one year's affiliation.
The school is approved by the Board of Examiners of Nurses for
Georgia and the American Psychiatric Association.
Because of the type of hospital and because of the great need for
nurses, educated in the care of mentally ill patients, we feel this
school offers opportunities to the young woman to prepare herself
for a service, the education for which is not offered in a general hospital. The one year affiliation in a general hospital gives the student
a well rounded education and prepares her to nurse all types of illness.
Graduates of the school are eligible for enrollment in the American
Red Cross Nursing Service and employment in all fields of the Nursing Profession.
The School of nursing is located in the Jones Building which accommodates 350 beds. This unit is used for clinical instruction for
student nurses.
The school was approved by the United States Public Health
Service for participation in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps program on November 16, 1945.

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AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
The aims of the Milledgeville State Hospital School of Nursing
are:
1. To educate young women who wish to become professional
nurses in the Arts and Sciences so that they may be prepared to give
adequate bedside nursing care.
2. To educate young women who elect to practice their profession in the field of psychiatry to intelligently recognize the underlying principles of mental diseases; to tactfully apply the principles
of nursing care to the mentally ill patient and to be able to deal
with the environmental factors which may affect mental health in
the community.
3. To discover and stimulate the qualities of leadership in young
women and encourage them to participate in elevating the standard
of the profession.
4. To prepare young women that they may be able to attain a
measure of economic security; to conserve their physical resources;
to seek mental stimulus for further study ·and preparation in the way
of life in which they may find those spiritual and cultural values
which enrich and liberate human personality.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All candidates are required to make formal application in writing
on the blanks furnished by the school of nursing. A personal interview is desirable.
Three letters of recommendation (not from relatives) are required.
It is requested that one recommendation be written by a teacher with
whom the applicant has been a student.
The applicant must be between the ages of 18 and 30 years.
A transcript of the high school record should be submitted by the
superintendent of the school from which the applicant graduated,
and a transcript of the college record sent by the college attended.
A Pre-Nursing and Guidance test will be arranged for after the
high school credentials have been studied.
Credentials are evaluated as soon as the application is completed.
A birth certificate is required.
Classes are enrolled in January and September of each year.
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EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
High school students who are admitted to the Milledgeville State
Hospital School of Nursing must present evidence of graduation
from a high school which was fully accredited by the State Accrediting Commission at the time of graduation, and a minimum of 16
earned Carnegie units. Special consideration is given the student
whose record shows rank in the upper third of the class. The sixteen
units of secondary school work that an applicant presents for admission to the school of nursing must include the following:

English ------------------------------------------------------------------··----Foreign Language (Latin preferred) ___________________________ _
Social Studies:

4 units
2 units

History ------------------------------------------------------------------1 or 2 units
Economics, Government or Sociology _____________________ _
unit
Mathematics:
Algebra (advanced) ______________________________________________ ! or 2 units
Geometry _______________________________________________________________ _
unit
Science:
Chemistry ------------------------- ___ --------------------------------1 or 2 units
Biology or Physics__________________________________________________
1 unit
Home Economics or Health _______________________________________ _
unit
Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------

16 units

The High School credentials will be evaluated by the Board of
Examiners for Nurses of Georgia.

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SCHOOL FACILITIES
NURSES HOME:
The nurses home is a four story brick building located on the
hospital grounds. The rooms are large, completely furnished and
accommodate two students. A large double desk equipped with
adequate lighting is provided in each room. Bath and toilet facilities
are provided on each floor. A laundry room is provided in the basement and a sewing machine, electric iron and pressing room in student nurses quarters.
The lobby and parlor designed to meet the needs for social activities for residents and their guests are located on the first floor.
The cafeteria provides ample dining facilities and is located on the
first floor.
HOUSE REGULATIONS:
House regulations are in printed form and are presented to the
student upon her arrival. It is understood that her presence in the
school indicates her willingness to cooperate with the school administration in maintaining these regulations.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
The Student Organization works with the faculty in maintaining
desired standards among the students. Each class has its own organization, officers and faculty advisors.
Tennis is available on the hospital court.
Dancing is provided for in the Recreation Hall.
Hikes, picnics and other outdoor activities are arranged for upon
request.
CHURCH ACTIVITIES:
The school is nonsectarian though students are urged to form
church affiliation in accordance with their choice and custom.
Churches of various denominations are within walking distance of
the residence so that it is possible for students to attend either morning or evening service.
LIBRARY FACILITIES:
Student nurses have access to the Physician's and Nurse's Library
which is located in the Nurses Home and the Jones Building.
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VACATION, SICK LEAVE AND HOURS ON DUTY:
Three weeks vacation is given the student each year.
Fifteen days sick leave is allowed the student during the threeyear course.
. All students work on an average of eight hours per day including
dass hours.
HEALTH PROGRAM:
Students are given a thorough physical examination by a member
of the staff before acceptance, at the beginning of the second and
third year and prior to graduation. Early in the course they are
given instructions on how to protect and conserve their health.
Students are cared for by the hospital and medical staff in case of
itlness. The School is not responsible for surgery except emergencies.
RESIGNATIONS AND DISMISSAL:
The Admission Committee reserves the right of dismissal of any
student whose work or conduct makes it inadvisable for her to remain in the school. Inefficiency, misconduct, failure to make satisfactory grades, and inability to develop qualities necessary to the
profession are considered adequate reasons for dismissal.
Poor health or emotional instability may make it necessary for
resignation to be requested. It is the aim of the Admissions Committee to release students before they advance too far in the program
of nursing.

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EXPENSES:
The student will be given full maintenance during the three years
course. After the first four months the student will receive $35.00
per month for necessary expenses.
The second year will be spent in some large general hospital, selected by this school, for additional experience in surgery, pediatrics,
contagion, obstetrics, and out patient department. During this year
she will receive no monthly stipend but full maintenance.
The senior year which will be spent in the home school, she will
receive $45.00 per month.
The student must furnish all books, uniforms, including a cape,
shoes and hose.
Expenses.
The approximate expenses for the three years are as follows:
Uniforms -------------------------------------------------------------------$4 2. 0 0
Books ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 50. 0 0
Cape ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. 0 0
Breakage --------------------------------------------------------------------No tuition is charged.

5. 0 0

CURRICULUM:
The curriculum covers a period of three years and is as follows:

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FIRST YEAR:

First Term:
Anatomy and Physiology ...................................................................... 100 hours
Microbiology ............................................................................................ 45 hours
Chemistry ..... ... .... ......... .... ... .. ...... .... ........ .. .......... .. ............ ........ ... .. ... ...... 60 hours
Psychology .............................................................................................. 30 hours
Nursing Arts .. ...... .. ...... ..... ............... ..... ............... .... ... ..... ....... ..... .. ........ 120 hours
Ethics-Professional Adjustments No. !............................................ 15 hours
History of Nursing.................................................................................. 15 hours
Physical Education .................. .............................................................. 15 hours
Total-First Term ........................................................................ 400 hours

Second Term:
Sociology ..................................................................................................
Pathology ................................................................................................
Arithmetic of Solutions..........................................................................
Pharmacology and Therapeutics..........................................................
Nutrition and Preparation of Foods....................................................
Case Study Methods................................................................................
Nursing in Medical DiseasesIncluding: Medical Disease Lecture ........................................15
Medical Disease Nursing ...................................... 15
Nursing in General Surgical DiseasesIncluding: Surgical Disease Lectures .................................... 15
Surgical Disease Nursing .................................... 15
Nursing Arts ...... .. .... ....... .. ..... .. .... ..... .... ... .. ..... .. ... ... ..... .. .. .... ... .. ..... .. .. .. ..

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15
15
30
45
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hours
hours
hours
hours
hours
hours

30 hours

30 hours
30 hours

Total Second Term.......................................................................... 229 hours
Total Class Hours First Year...................................................... 629 hours
*SECOND YEAR:

First Term:
Diet in Disease ....................................................................................... . 15 hours
Communicable Diseases, Including Tuberculosis, Venereal Diseases, and Dermatology................................................................. . 30 hours
Orthopedics ............................................................................................. . 10 hours
Gynecology ............................................................................................. .
5 hours
Urology ................................................................................................... .
5 hours
Operating Room Technique................................................................. . 10 hours
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat................................................................. . 15 hours
Total Class Hours First Term......................................................

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90 hours

-Second Term:
OBSTETRICS :

Including: Obstetric Lectures ....................................15 hours
Obstetric Nursing ...................................... 15 hours

30 hours

PEDIATRICS:

Including: Pediatric Lectures .................................... 15 hours
Pediatric Nursing .................................... 15 hours

30 hours

Total Class Hours Second Term..................................................

60 hours

Total Class Hours Second Year .................................................... 150 hours
THIRD YEAR:

First Term:
Psychiatry ............................................................................................. . 60 hours
Including: Psychiatric Lectures ................................ 24 hours
Psychiatric Nursing ................................ 26 hours
Clinics and Conferences ............................ 10 hours
Social Problems in Nursing................................................................. . 15 hours
Emergency Nursing and First Aid..................................................... . 20 hours
Occupation Therapy ............................................................................. . 18 hours
Including: Lectures ...................................................... 8 hours
Practice ...................................................... 10 hours
Total Class Hours First Term...................................................... 113 hours

Second Term:
Survey of Nursing Field or Professional Adjustments No. 2........ 30
Total Class Hours Second Term.......................................................... 30
Total Class Hours Third Year ............................................................ 143
Total Class Hours-Three Year Course ............................................ 922
*Affiliation in a general hospital.
Approximate Time Assignment to the Clinical Divisions
Preliminary or Introductory Period............................................ 24

hours
hours
hours
hours

weeks

MEDICAL NURSING:

Including: General Metabolic and Special Medical.. ................ 24 weeks
SURGICAL:

Including: General Gynecological Urological... ....................... ..
Orthopedics ............................................................................................... .
Dietary ..................................................................................................... .
Operating Room ..................................................................................... .
Pediatrics ................................................................................................. .
Obstetrics ................................................................................................. .
Contagion ................................................................................................. .
Out Patient Department ......................................................................... .
Psychiatry ............................................................................................... .
Tuberculosis ............................................................................................. .
Vacation ................................................................................................... .

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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES:
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY:

This course is planned to give the student an appreciation of the
structure and functions of the human body.
Lectures, demonstrations and dissections.................................... 90 hours
MICROBIOLOGY:

The characteristics and activities of microorganisms and their relation
to health and disease are studied; also the sources, modes and prevention
of infection and isolation; disinfections, and neoplasma.
Lectures, recitations, demonstrations and laboratory work .... 45 hours
CHEMISTRY:

The purpose of this course is to acquaint the students with the principles of inorganic, organic and, physiological chemistry with special application to nursing practice.
Lectures, recitation, laboratory ...................................................... 60 hours
PSYCHOLOGY:

This course is an introduction to the study of human behavior, with
emphasis on the total individual, and on the underlying principles of mental
adjustments often encountered by a nurse in a hospital.
NURSING ARTS:

During this course the emphasis is on health nursing, beginning with
the students care of her own health. After she has acquired a proper
attitude toward her own health she will better understand the place in
nursing in the preservation of health and the prevention of disease, as
well as in the care of the sick. She learns in the school laboratory the
various nursing procedures and after practice, is gradually introduced
to the actual care of patients. All her work with patients is supervised
with the idea of helping her adjust to varying situations. Elementary
massage and bandaging are included:
Lectures, recitations, demonstrations and laboratory.............. 150 hours
PROFESSIONAL ADJUSTMENTS No.1:

An orientation course that considers the principles that guide and
govern personal and professional conduct; the recognition of difference
in religious beliefs; individual and group standards of the profession.

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Lectures, discussions and visits through the hospital. ................. 15 hours
HISTORY OF NURSING:

The purpose of this course is to help the student find herself in her
new vocation and to appreciate the social responsibilities which she inherited when she identified herself with nursing as a profession, and to
have some acquaintance with persons who have been most influential in
shaping its ideals and standards.
Lectures, discussions and reports .................................................. 15 hours
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

Consists of ball room and Folk dancing, tennis and organized hikes.
SociOLOGY:
This course considers (1) principles of sociology; (2) the nurse as a
citizen of the community and as a professional worker; ( 3) the social agencies in the community, recognizing the hospital as the most important
part; (4) the patient in the hospital coming from a family and returning
to a family.................................................................................................. 30 hours
Lectures and discussions and field trips.
PATHOLOGY:

This course gives the student an appreciation of the changes brought
about in the body due to illness.
Lectures and laboratory.................................................................. 15 hours
ARITHMETICS OF SOLUTIONS:

This course is to teach the student the proper strengths and preparation of solutions and computing dosages, a thorough knowledge of fractions and the Metric System is essential to understand this course.
Lectures and demonstrations.......................................................... 15 hours
PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS:

The course considers the important and most commonly used drugs,
their relationship to the treatment of disease. The dosage administration,
physiological and therapeutic actions, toxic symptoms, antidotes and emergency treatments.
Lectures and recitation and reports.............................................. 30 hours
NUTRITION AND PREPARATION OF FOOD:

The student is taught the fundamental principles of nutrition and food
preparation for normal physical development and sound health.
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Lectures, demonstrations and laboratories .................................. 45 hours
NURSING IN MEDICAL DISEASES:

This course includes the study of medical diseases most commonly dealt
with, stressing the nursing care as an important part of the treatment.
The advanced nursing procedures which are applicable are studied at this
time.
Lectures, recitations and demonstrations.................................... 30 hours
NURSING IN GENERAL SURGICAL DISEASES:

The surgical aspect of diseases is considered together with the factors
determining the need for surgical interference. The students are taught
the principles and methods of surgical asepsis, allied subjects and the social,
health and mental aspects.
Lectures, recitations and demonstrations .................................... 30 hours
PSYCHIATRY:

It is intended that this course will enable the nurse to learn to interpret
abnormal behavior, to learn something of the causes, symptoms, treatments
and nursing care of the mentally ill as well as to gain an understanding
of psychiological appreciation of the class relationship between mental and
physical conditions.

Lectures, recitations and reports.................................................... 60 hours
SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN NURSING:

The causes for certain social conditions are considered, such as crime,
delinquency, war, etc. Discussion of better housing, relief agencies, prevention and control of venereal diseases.
Lectures and discussions.................................................................. 15 hours
EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID:

This is usually the American Red Cross standard course.
Lectures and demonstrations.......................................................... 20 hours
OCCUPATION THERAPY:

This course gives the value, uses and form of occupation therapy:
Selection of work for individual patients: consideration of diversional
recreative aspects of occupation therapy:
Lectures, and demonstrations.......................................................... 18 hours
The following courses are given in the affiliating school:
Diet in Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Orthopedics, Gynecology,
Urology, Operating Room Technique, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases,
Obstetrics and Pediatrics.

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AFFILIATION:

The School offers an affiliation course in Psychiatric Nursing to students in general hospitals.
AIMS OF THE COURSE:

To establish an affiliation that will give student nurses in their junior
or senior year an understanding of psychiatric patients and the nursing
care of such patients, as well as an understanding of, and appreciation of,
the close relationship between mental and physical conditions.
LENGTH OF COURSE:

The length of the course is twelve weeks and students are admitted
at intervals of twelve weeks all during the year.
EXPENSES:

The expenses of the course such as salary, books and transportation
must be borne by the home school.
Full maintenance will be provided by this school.
COURSE:

The course covers a period of twelve weeks and consists of lectures,
ward teaching, clinics, demonstrations, electric shock and chemical therapy.
THEORY:

Psychiatry

20 hours

Psychiatric Nursing

22 hours

Occupation Therapy

18 hours

Clinics and Conferences.................................................................. 15 hours
PRACTICAL WORK:

Acute Psychiatric Division............................................................

6 weeks

Acute Medical and Surgical Division..........................................

4 weeks

Occupation Therapy Department..................................................

2 weeks

HOURS ON DUTY:

All students will be on duty 48 hours per week including class work.
No vacation is allowed during the affiliation period. Two Sundays and two
week days in each month will be granted the student off duty.

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HEALTH PROGRAM:

A complete physical examination is prerequisite to admission. During
the course the student will be provided hospitalization and medical care for
minor illnesses. Time lost because of illness or other causes must be made
up before leaving this school.
RECORDS:

Upon completion of the affiliation course the home school will be sent
a summary of the student's hours of instruction and clinical experience,
and efficiency report.
All communications should be addressed to Director of School of Nursing, Milledgeville State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia.

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