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Volume XXI Number 9 St. Cloud Hospital May, 1972 THE Chaplain's Corner BEACON BY CHAPLAIN RICHARD TETZLOFF LIGHT From Our Executive Vice President a publication of GENE BAKKE St. Cloud FOR THE PAST SIXTY DAYS , PEOPLE FROM THROUGH- IS, OF COURSE , TO ASSURE BROAD INPUT AND INVOLVE- Hospital OUT THE ST. CLOUD COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN MEETING MENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR THE FUTURE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HOSPITAL MEDICAL AND OPERATION OF ST . CLOUD HOSPITAL . WITH THE DIRECT editor ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PARTICIPATION OF CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THERE IS A SAYING WHICH GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS , OF TRUSTEES TO JOINTLY DISCUSS THE FUTURE ROLE THE COMMUNITY IN PLANNING, THE LIKELIHOOD OF sam wenstrom "TODAY IS THE TOMORROW YOU WORRIED ABOUT YESTERDAY-- AND FUNCTION OF ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL. BASED ON A THOSE PLANS BEING VALID AND .RESPONSIVE TO COMM- NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?" staff REPORT PREPARED BY W . I . CHRISTOPHER AND ASSO- UNITY NEEDS IS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? IN OTHER WORDS , CIATES , HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS , THE 120 PEOPLE EVEN AT THIS POINT, THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK al blommer IT' S UP TO YOU , YOUR CHOICE , YOUR DECISION . IT SEEMS SO INVOLVED WILL RECOMMEND WHAT STEPS THE HOSPITAL FORCES HAVE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TI ME AND EFFORT pernina burke SAD THAT SOME PEOPLE DON' T SEE IT AS A CHOICE . THEY SEE OUGHT TO TAKE TO MEET THE PRESENT AND FUTURE AT MEETINGS , AS WELL AS IN STUDY AND RESEARCH LIFE ONLY HAPPENING TO THEM AND NOT BEING CREATED BY THEM . HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF ST . CLOUD AND agues claude ATTEMPTING TO COME UP WITH THE BEST RECOMMEN- THEY FEEL INEFFECTUAL IN CHANGING OR IN MODIFYING THEIR SURROUNDING AREA. sister colleen DATIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE OPERATION OF THE LIFE STYLES AND MIGHT BE VERY PLEASED IF SOMEONE WOULD THE GROUP OF 120 PEOPLE HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO HOSPITAL . BY THE TI ME THEY FINISH THEIR WORK, cissi hansen SAY RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR DAY, DO TO LACK OF SIX TASK FORCES , EACH DIRECTING THEIR ATTENTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS WILL HAVE SPENT AS MUCH AS INTEREST TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED marie hoppert TO A SPECIFIC AREA OF CONCERN . QUALITY OF PATIENT EIGHTY HOURS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. PERHAPS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN ARE THE FEEL- CARE , EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF SERVICES INTER- joanne keck THE DIRECTIONS ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL WILL TAKE INGS JUST WHAT CAN ONE DO ABOUT TODAY? HOW MUCH IS MY AGENCY COLLABORATION , CATHOLICITY-APOSTOLIC INTHEYEARSAHEAD WILL , TO A LARGE , EXTENT , beatrice knuesel LITTLE INSIGNIFICANT VOICE GOING TO BE HEARD IF I CRY OUT EFFECTIVENESS, HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE POOR AND DETERMINE THE KIND OF HEALTH SERVICES THAT WILL tom mclaughlin "STOP THE STUPID WAR ." WHO'S GOING TO LISTEN IF I SHARE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED , AND PUBLIC ATTITUDE AND BE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA. THE MY THOUGHTS ON LOVING ONE ANOTHER? IT SEEMS .S0 FUTILE . IMAGE ARE THE BROAD CATEGORIES OF CONCERNS BEING esther merkling TASK FORCES WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN SETTING WHY TRY? WORKED ON BY EACH TASK FORCE OF ABOUT 20 PEOPLE . THESE DIRECTIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE arlene sauer BUT IF YOU DON' T CHOOSE TO DO ANYTHING WILL ANYBODY THE REASON FOR TAKING THE TASK FORCE APPROACH COMMUNITY. sister man( schneider ELSE ? MAYBE OTHERS ARE WAITING FOR YOU TO SET THE EX- donna strack AMPLE TODAY. RECENTLY I FOUND THIS INSIDE OF A MATCH- BOOK COVER. I PASS THROUGH THIS WORLD BUT ONCE. ANY marie tronnes GOOD, THEREFORE, THAT I CAN DO OR ANY KINDNESS THAT I CAN SHOW TO ANY HUMAN BEING, LET ME DO IT NOW. LET ME NOT DEFER OR NEGLECT IT FOR I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN . WE WILL ONLY PASS THROUGH TODAY ONCE . CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. Our Record of Service EMERGENCY Comment on the Cover ... ADMISSIONS BIRTHS OPERATIONS X-RAYS LAB.TESTS 01ITPT..VISITS APRIL SISTER CONSILIA NESGES, 0 •S .B. , WHO RETIRED DURING LLNGTH OF SERVICE . OTHERS PICTURED ARE GERTRUDE 1,456 110 530 4,081 THE PAST YEAR AFTER SERVING 43 YEARS AS PATIENT JAEGER , SR . MARGARET MARY PIPINSKI , 0 .S .8 . , AND 1972 23,937 751 LIBRARIAN , STOLE THE SHOW AT THE EMPLOYEE RECOG- MRS. LADDIE KRAY . SR. LOUIS MARIE, RIGHT , IS TO NITION DINNER DURING NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK . SHE OBVIOUSLY ENJOYING THE MOMENT. SEE OTHER PIC - APRIL 30 5,554 528 2,078 15,312 92,290 WAS ONE OF SEVEN RETIREES HONORED THAT NIGHT, TURES OF NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK ACTIVITIES ON 2,749 ALONG WITH 101 EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVED AWARDS FOR PAGE 6-7 • St. Cloud Hospital Page 3 Page 2 The Beacon Light New in Surgery... Two Sisters To Make Changes Surgeons Here Do Total Hip Procedure Sr. Bernadine Ballmann, and Sr. Paul Division Director. Revier will leave St. Orthopedic s u r g e o n s at the St. Cloud Orthopedics Associates, with offices in CloudHospitalthis sum- Announcements regarding replacements mer, Hospital report a high incidence of success Doctor's Park. each taking on a will be made later. using a new procedure which totally replaces new challenge in t h e hip joints in older patients. hospital field. Jeanne Huls New At CU Dr. Jerry A. Iverson said the operation Sr. Bernadine, Hospital employees calling at the down- involves r e mo v a 1 of the original ball and Executive Housekeeper town office of the Credit Union will see a "new" socket hip joint, which is then replaced by a here since 1965, will face, still somewhat familiar. Jeanne Huls, plastic socket and a vitallium or stainless go to St. Benedict's formerly employed in the hospital dietary de- steel ball held in place with acrylic cement. Hospital in Ogden, partment, is now a Teller-Bookkeeper in that The surgery takes from two to four hours. Utah, to fill a similar office. Training for six weeks under "Toni" "The doctors at the St. Cloud Hospital position there. The James, who has handled the hospital's Credit have been doing this total hip replacement Ogden hospital is also Union account. Jeanne . will be familiar with procedure for about six months now, " Dr. sponsored by the Sis- SR. BERNADINE our operation by that time. Iverson stated. "And, the general success ters of the Order of St. Benedict. Toni is retiring to spend more time with rate is about 95% f or having a pain-free, Sr. Paul, who h a s been Director of the her family. stable, mobile and durable hip joint. " Nursing Division at St. Cloud Hospital since' Many c ha nges are taking place in our This surgery is often called for in older 1967, will study for a Ma ster's Degree in Credit Union affairs-- changes of personnel, patients (usually not below the age of 60) who H o s pital Administra- bigger dividends, growing membership. suffer from degenerative arthritis. tion at St. Louis Uni- Are YOU a member? And are you re- The procedure has evolved with modern versity during the next membering that immediate members of your DR. JERRY IVERSON , ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, HOLDS THE two years. technology to its present stage through mul- TWO PARTS TO THE METAL-TO-POLYETHYLENE PROS- family, living at home, are also eligible for tiple trials and errors, Dr. Iverson explained. THESIS USED IN THE TOTAL HIP PROCEDURE . THE FE- Both expressed membership. Dr. John Barton first attempted to mo - MORAL PROSTHESIS IS MADE OF VITALLIUM OR STAIN- mixed emotions about LESS STEEL AND IS HELD INTO PLACE WITH A NEW leaving. bilize a diseased hip in 1826 by creating an ACRYLIC CEMENT WHICH DOES NOT ACTUALLY ADHERE artificial joint in the proximal femur (upper TO THE BONE BUT PROVIDES FIXATION BY BEING PLACED "I'm sad to leave, INTO THE INTERLACING NETWORK OF BONES . THE PLAS- but happy to take on a thigh bone). Since then, tissue interposition, TIC CUP REPLACED THE SOCKET PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL new assignment at gold foil, pig's bladders, glass and metal HIP JOINT. AN ENLARGED PHOTO OF THE TWO PIECES IS AT THE RIGHT. have been introduced into the joint in order Ogden, " Sr. Bernadine to provide a pain-free articulation with Two Grads on HOPE Mission said. "I look forward SR. PAUL to trying something new, especially since I'll motion. Two alumnae of the St. Cloud School of probably be lost in such a small hospital." Then, Drs. Smith and Petersen intro- Nursing were aboard the hospital ship S. S. St. Benedict's Hospital has 180 beds, and duced the cup arthoplasty in 1923, followed HOPE when it sailed from Baltimore bound will begin construction of a new $8-million in 1940 by Drs. Bohlman and Moore who re- for Natal, Brazil, on February 4. facility next year.