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At thelr last meeting, AREA V NURSING ADVISORY
‘COMMITTEE applauded plans. (outlined by GLADYS
ANCRUM, Dr.PH, Asst. Coordinator-ccu .Program)
“for expanding basic instruction in CCU nursing

to the commmnity hospitals and made some recom- -

mendations of-their own:

That the Lancaster-Antelopé Valley area be con-
sidered top priority community for. instituting

this new phase of the program which will utilize

the multiemedie inatructional syatem developed
by John Sutherland; that Licensed Vocational
Nurses be included in this basic instruction

when and where they: are being utilized for coro-—

nary care nuraing.

|" Turning their attention to the current training
program, they had some further suggestions:

That ongoing continuing education for CCU grad-
uates be developed for local communities rather
‘an solely within the central core teaching
«wvapitals, Heart Association Branch members,
it was suggested, might be ‘involved in leader-

ship for such programs. ‘

That there be developed a follow-up component
which would provide for on-site consultation :

and problem solving in the graduates' owi work .

setting. . One approach might be to utilize
nurses from established CCU's in the student's
own community, as well as the instructor from
the training pragram.: The consultation would
gain in.value if it could be problem-centered
end take place at the trainee's own CCU.

That short-term conferences be developed re-
garding the purpose and functions of the CCU
for administrative nursing personnel to pre-
pare them for the development, operation and
.'* continuing ataff development of CCU's in their
. facilities.

That an educational program be developed for
community health nurses which addresses the

problems of cardiac continuing care,. rehab-

*4ttation and maintenance.

 

"\ MELVILLE L. JACOBS, MD, AREA V CANCER COMMIT-

TEE reports that the Oct. 14 meeting of Radio-
therapists, begun as an exploration into pos~
sible activities” in cancer control, resulted
in a decision te broaden their horizons to en-
list the interest of all radiologists in L. A.
‘County. Among many recommendat {ong were pro-
grams calling for continuing education of phy-
sictans, a centralized tumor registry, radia-

“lection treatment planning and dosimetry services,

_, dnereased: training opportunities for tech-

, nologista’ in radiotherapy and nuclear medicine.
These needs:are to: be submitted to the Southern
: a ifornia Society of Radiotherapists for

” eonsideration.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN AREA V LAST WEEK . os »

/-minute news

‘ October 22, 1969

Antelope Valley will have its’ own CCU Nurse
Training course inaction around the end of

“v, November, if all goes well. with plans made

with the community on Oct. 17 by GLADYS
ANCRUM, Dr.PH and VIVIEN E, WARR, RN (AREA V
CCU PROGRAM). The offer of a program using
the Multi-Media Instruction System was ac-
cepted with enthusiasm and a schedule of
three days a week-for three consecutive
weeks was agreed upon as the best way in
which the needs of the community might be
met at this time,

The interested group included Mrs. Hansen,
Director of Nurses dnd Mrs, Kuhn, Inservice
Educator, both of Antelope Valley Community
Hospital; Colonel Bell, of Edwards Air Force
Base; Mrs. Kent, Director of Nurses and Mrs.
Easely, Inservice Educator, Lancaster Com-
munity Hospital; Mre. Strybing, Director of
Nurses, Swan Memorial Hospital and Mrs. Pray,
Director of Nurses, Boron Hospital. There
were also responses from people who were un-
able to attend from Lone Pine, Tehachapi and

.Kernville, Each hospital hoped to have. at

least two members participate in the.training.
Antelope Valley Hospital will make classroom
facilities available, the CCU Committee of.
Antelope Valley Hospital are willing .to,
assist withthe didactic part of, the program
and additional assistance with the clinical
aspects fis anticipated from the 15 nurses at
Antelope Valley,Hospital who have. already
participated in. basic CCU programs. Inci-
dentally, there are six graduates of the
AREA V CCU PROGRAM in the communtty.

VIVIEN WARR, RN«-our brand new CCU. Nursing.
Instructor--is going back. to Antelope Valley
Oct. 24 with a proposed schedule of lectures
for the approval of the group.

SOCIAL WORKERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, at its
Oct. 15 meeting, received a preview of the
report on the Health Transportation Feasi-
bility study. This survey attempts to an-
awer the question: "Is there sufficient
community involvement, need and interest. to
warrant the development of a coordinated,
centralized, community-based health trans-.
portation’ service in the L. A. area?" Miss
Shirley Walders,with research consultants Mrs.
Florence B. Goldy and Dr. Helen ‘Olander,
will make a formal presentation of the find-
ings and recommendations at the next meeting
of AREA V's COMMITTEE: CHAIRMEN'S. group on

“Nov. 7. Miss Walder, incidentally, is going

to be marrfed in December and will move to
San Diego.

A member just appointed’ to this committee is
RAMON SANTOS, ACSW, ‘Supervising Psychiatric

Social Worker, Community Services Division,

State Department of Social Welfare.

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re? wel Pesos! 0" COLORADO'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF CONVERENCE
ws , ee By William A. Markey .

This year's "Hospital Medical Staff Conference" of thé Postgraduate Medical Education Div-
ision, of the University. of Colorado School of Medicine had 671 registrants from 235 hos~
‘pitals in 43 states. ‘There were 30 California hospitals listed, with 79 representatives.
: *Nine hospitals in Area Vwere represented by eleven physicians and eight persons in admin-
! istrative positions... Faculty consisted of almost 60 guest speakers and 16 members of the
‘Medical School Faculty. As:in the past several years, the Conference waa held at the
YMCA conference grounds, near Estes Park.

 

ie The. purpose of: thia- conference, away from interruptions of daily life, is to provide hospital
nA medical. staff officers and committee chairmen an opportunity to learn the current ‘gtatus of
key problems in hospital medical practice and organization, and to discuss. potential solu-
tions to ‘these problems with faculty and with each other. Administrative personnel attend
only-if medical staff representatives from the same hospital are there. The conference
began. Sunday evening: and continued through noon on Friday, so there was time for the par-
ticipants: to get to know each other, and to discuss application of the’ conference material -
to the "situation back home.” ms

 

Another purpose is-to develop a "critical mass" of aware and. informed medical- staff members
and. administrators (some trustees.also attend) to help in making. mare achievable the changes
in hospital medical. practice they feel desirable. For example, there were 14 registrants
from: one hospital.in St.: Cloud, Minnesota; 13 from two hospitals'in Tulsa; and 24 from

three hospitals in Madison, Wisconsin. Over a period of years, changes of program and
effective hospital planning have become much more realistic goals, as testified to by sev-
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Subject. matter, presented in plenary sessions and in "sonecurrent seminars," ranged from

“Nparriers:.to-Sound Medical Staff Organization," to "Organization for Health Care and Edu-

J cation--A Continuum of Effort,"' to "Disaster Planning," to "Treatment of Alcoholism in a

a General. Hospital,” to."Utilization Review." Some scheduled entertainment, the free time

in late afternoons, the isolated setting and short--though regimented--meal hours, and
the “elegant Colorado: fall scenery, the "togetherness," all contributed to an atmosphere

: of constructive discussion of very real and pertinent issues concerning organized medical

staffs, their leaders, and hospitals in the current world.

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Our interest’ in attending was to acquire background experience for Area vis "First Annual

-Conference on the Physician and the Hospital Medical Staff Leadership: Fact or Fiction."
os The Colorado.Conference had been proposed. as a model and C. Wesley Eisele, M.D., its direc~-
of tor and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Education, has been consultant to the Steering Com-
he mittee for our conference... Our conference, scheduled for April 23-25, 1970 at Monte Corona
e (near-Lake Arrowhead), is beginning to take shape. Some of the faculty have been signed up

| and.we have already head requests from phyaicians and administrators to participate, Our

ok initial program will be much smaller, and shorter, than the Colorado effort but we are
: certain that the quality and enthusiasm will be at least comparable.

 

Methodist, St. Joseph, Downey Community, Santa Teresita, Glendale Adventiat, Childrens,
Hospital of the Good Samaritan, St. Vincent's, Community Hospital of San Gabriel.