March 3, 2011 2011 Our Bicentennial Year; a Time to Look Back at Our Long and Storied Past

Headlines CaringMarch 3, 2011 2011 Our bicentennial year; a time to look back at our long and storied past See Jeanette Ives Erickson’s column on page 2 and MGH Nursing Alumnae Association article on page 4 More than 8,000 operations were performed in the Ether Dome between 1821 and 1868. In the early days of nursing, the Ether Dome also served as a classroom for the MGH School of Nursing. (Photo provided by the MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association) The newsletter for Patient Care Services Massachusetts General Hospital Jeanette Ives Erickson A brief history of Patient Care Services Commitment, service and leadership n Friday, February 25, 2011, along with many of our col- leagues, I had the privilege of attending the MGH and McLean Hospital charter re- newal ceremony at the Mass- achusetts State House in honor of the two-hundredth OOanniversary of the signing of legislation that founded our two hospitals. It was an inspiring occasion. I was Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, senior vice president proud to be in attendance as we re-affi rmed our com- for Patient Care and chief nurse I was proud to mitment, “to tend to the health needs of Boston’s poorest, sickest and most vulnerable.” Cannon’s work was based on three fundamental be in attendance We’re almost three months into our bicentennial principles: providing patient-centered care; identifying and interpreting the psychosocial aspects of illness and as we re-affi rmed year, and I think we all feel that sense of history as we walk the halls of this great institution. We are the most placing the patient within the context of his family our commitment, recent stewards of one of the oldest and most revered and life; and teamwork, all disciplines working to- academic medical centers in the country. We have ev- gether to maximize good patient care. The concepts “to tend to the ery right to be proud of our contributions and the con- developed by Cabot and Cannon remain the guiding tributions of those who came before us — those who set principles of social work practice at MGH today (Look health needs of the bar high and who still challenge us to be the best for more on the history of Social Work in the March we can be. The histories of the professions that com- 17th issue of Caring Headlines). Boston’s poorest, prise Patient Care Services tell a powerful story of com- In 1905, Occupational Therapy (OT) was the fi rst mitment, service, and leadership. paramedical service offered within the broad scope of sickest and most The fi rst Social Services department in the country rehabilitation services at MGH. At that time, the fo- was founded right here at MGH in 1905 by Richard cus of OT was more recreational than remedial and not vulnerable.” Cabot, MD, and Ida Cannon. Cabot introduced the under any medical supervision. In the early days, a fi rst social workers into the outpatient setting, and clay-modeling class was offered, and later a cement Cannon joined the department after graduating from shop to help occupy handicapped men. the newly formed School of Social Work (now Sim- During World War I, OT was used to rehabilitate mons College). Cannon offi cially became director in soldiers, and that’s when the profession began to focus 1908 and held the position until she retired in 1945. on physical disabilities. During World War II, in the Together, Cabot and Cannon slowly integrated social period known as the Rehabilitation Movement, OT work into the inpatient setting. and PT were unifi ed into a single unit at MGH under continued on next page Page 2 — Caring Headlines — March 3, 2011 Jeanette Ives Erickson (continued) the direction of a physician. This was an active time In 1971, physical therapy became a key component of for OT as it was used to help soldiers returning from care in intensive and critical care units. war to be able to work again. In 1980, the MGH Institute of Health Professions ad- MGH opened the Baystate Rehabilitation Clinic in mitted its fi rst class to the Master of Science in Physical 1951, where the focus of OT was func- Therapy Program with the help of many ther- tional training, which later evolved apy leaders from MGH, including Nancy into ‘work therapy.’ Watts, BA Harris, Polly Cerasoli, and Colleen In 1960, occupational Kigin. We have every therapists began treating Physical Therapy expanded its presence to pediatric and developmen- the Chelsea and Charlestown health centers right to be proud of tally disabled patients, initi- in 1982 in collaboration with Roger Sweet, ating a move to two distinct MD, a staunch advocate for health care in our contributions areas of specializa- these then under-served communities. tion — physical disabilities The department welcomed it fi rst and the contributions and psychosocial dysfunction. board-certifi ed clinical specialists in 1985, In 1972, a team specializing and today boasts more than 40 board-cer- of those who came in hand and upper-extremities tifi ed specialist in all areas of PT was created comprised of occu- (Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Sports, before us — those pational and physical therapists, Orthopaedics, Cardiovascular & and in 2009, a clinic was opened Pulmonary, Neurology, and Women’s who set the bar in the Yawkey Building. Health). Since its inception in the In 1993, the Vestibular Rehabi- high and who still 1940s under the direction of Mary litation Program was created under challenge us to Nesbit, the Physical Therapy de- the direction of Kathleen Gill-Body, partment has shared a history of col- The original PT, in collaboration with Stephen be the best we can laboration with physicians and oth- MGH charter Parker, MD, and others. ers to bring essential services to pa- And over the past ten years, Physical be. The histories of tients and families. Most notably during the polio epi- Therapy has expanded its presence with practices at demics of the mid-twentieth century when Arthur MGH West, the Revere HealthCare Center, the Sports the professions that Watkins, MD, was chief of Physical Medicine, and Medicine Service (in 2006), and the BWH-MGH physical therapists played a pivotal role in caring for HealthCare Center at Foxborough (in 2009). comprise Patient patients with polio. continued on page 12 Care Services tell a powerful story of In this Issue commitment, service, 2011: Our Bicentennial Year .........................................1 Clinical Narrative ...............................................................8 • Sarah Zumsande, RN and leadership. Jeanette Ives Erickson ......................................................2 • A Brief History of Patient Care Services Dedicated Education Unit ........................................10 Looking Back at the MGH The Knight Center ........................................................11 School of Nursing ........................................................4 • Nurse Residency Program Quality & Safety ..................................................................6 Professional Achievements .......................................14 • The Importance of Filing Safety Reports Announcements .............................................................15 Fielding the Issues ..............................................................7 • A Virtual Tour of the Lunder Building March 3, 2011 — Caring Headlines — Page 3 MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Associa tion Looking back at the MGH School of Nursing 100 years after The Quarterly Record was fi rst published — by Linda Lass Orrell, RN, and Susan Fisher, RN, MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association historians his year, coinciding with the • In 1895, graduates of the Boston Training School MGH bicentennial celebration, met in response to a call by Sophia Palmer and Mary the newsletter for the MGH E.P. Davis to organize an alumnae association. They Nurses’ Alumnae Association, felt “that the Boston Training School, being one of The Quarterly Record (now simply the fi rst to be established in the country, its gradu- called, The Record), celebrates its ates known and appreciated, not only for their ex- 100th anniversary. Members of cellent training, but for their executive ability and the Alumnae Association have professional acumen as well, thought this the psychi- Reviewing old TTworked with the department of Nursing over the past cal moment, as it proved to be, to form such a soci- year to help create a written and pictorial history of ety, and thus enable its members to take part in all photographs and MGH nursing, which will be released later initiative movements that made for progress this year. Reviewing old photographs and or improvement. Eighty-one graduates re- documents was documents was quite literally a ‘walk sponded to the call…” (From the His- down memory lane’ for Alumnae tory of the Alumnae Association quite literally a ‘walk Association historians, Linda Lass Boston and Massachusetts General Orrell, RN, and Susan Fisher, RN. Hospital Training School for down memory Some of the nuggets they un- Nurses) earthed include: • In 1896, after nearly a quarter lane’ for Alumnae • In 1872, a group of concerned century of independent existence, Boston citizens led by Sarah the school came under the manage- Association Cabot came together to discuss a ment of the hospital, and the school need for trained nurses. Until that offi cially became the Massachusetts Gen- historians, Linda time, nurses had little to no formal train- eral Hospital Training School for Nurses. Lass Orrell, RN, and ing. The group included Cabot, Cora Shaw, • In 1911, 11 years after the Alumnae Asso- Martin Brimmer, and Mary E. Parkman. Parkman ciation was

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