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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 3, 1967
Our neighbor's problem
Med Center suffers labor pains
By Rea Wilson Kansan Staff Reporter
No wage increase for nurses and technologists at the University of Kansas Medical Center will cause a critical problem in hiring and keeping people for these positions, according to Richard R. Barr, assistant director of the Medical Center.
In February, Barr explained, all civil service employees in Kansas will receive a wage increase except nurses and technologists at the Medical Center.
Salaries for nurses and technologists were raised last year to make them comparable to others in Kansas City, Barr explained.
"The nurses and technologists will not receive a wage increase then because they received a pay raise last year. State officials feel that these employs don't need a wage increase this time," Barr said.
Salaries Raised
"But after February the Medical Center will have a hard time competing for nurses and technologists in the Kansas City labor market," Barr said.
The wage increase for other civil service employees came after a strike last summer by the unskilled laborers at the Medical Center.
Carry bedpans?
Another problem Barr must handle is the doctor-nurse relations.
As Ann Payne, Abilene junior in nursing described it, "Doctors aren't accepting the new role of the nurse. They think all nurses do is administer pills and carry bedpans."
The new role of the nurse, Barr explained, is a deeper nurse-patient relationship. The nurse carries more responsibility nowadays.
"The problem is that the doctors don't realize the potential of the nurse. They underestimate the nurse's capabilities."
Nurses used to be almost dependent upon the doctor, Barr said. They have more time and more training than they have had in the past. This new role is in conflict with the original role.
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"The doctor is accustomed to working independently and to making all the decisions."
Classroom Shortage
A third problem Barr mentioned is the shortage of class space
"Although the enrollment in the medical school increased from 100 to 125 students, we will not be able to expand much more without additional space and educators," he said.
A master plan for the expansion of the Medical Center is being prepared, according to Gerald E.
Geise, assistant director for institutional development.
two planning consultant firms are looking 18 years into the future of the Medical Center, Geise said.
One of the firms is a planning consultant for health, educational, and hospital facilities. The other is a consultant for college and university planning, Geise said.
"These two firms should have the master plan finished in a few months," he said.
The plans include the purchase of six square blocks directly east of the Medical Center.
"The land will be used to build clinical and research facilities," Geise said.
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Last March a two million dollar addition to two buildings expanded the emergency room, classroom, waiting room, and laboratory area. Geise said.
An addition to the pediatric complex is now in construction, he said. Built on top of the Clendening Library, this addition will add 83 beds to the hospital's present 560 beds.
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