Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1918 — WAR DEMANDS TRAINING OF MORE NURSE [ARTICLE]

WAR DEMANDS TRAINING OF MORE NURSE

Thousands of Young Women Are Needed to Fill Ranks of Nurses In Red Cross Service * Thousands of patriotic young women throughout the country are looking for ways In which they can serve the government at the present time. The Bureau of Nursing of the Lake Division, American Red Croes, Cleveland, points out that there is no form of service open to women more greatly needed than that rendered by the nursee of the counter. The Red Croes Nursing Service — for which moet registered nurses are eligible—constitutes the reserve for the army and the navy nurse corps. It is calling for many hundreds of highly qualified nurses for servioe abroad In our own hospitals and those of our allies. It is also calling many hundreds for service in the base hospitals in our cantonments. "We have," says Miss Roberts, “nurses enough to meet our present need, but in order to maintain our health standards at home during and after the war and to continue to care for our armies many more must be trained. ‘‘The heed for skilled nurses during the next few years will be the greatest the world has ever known and the number of students In the spring classes now being enrolled in the schools for nurses throughout the Country should be limited only by the teaching facilities of the schools and by the clinical faellitlee of the hospitals with which they are connected.” The committee on nursing of the general medical board of the Council of National Defense has encouraged those hospitals possessing sufficient clinical material to increase their facilities for the thorough training of nurses and In many instances this has been done.

Following are some of the advantages In nursing education and some points a young woman should consider in selecting a training school: •a-(Nursing education not only preJL .pares for a large variety of professional fields, but Is an excellent preparatlbn for home and family life and for public service in many ways. 2 Almost upon enrollment the student begins her service to the oommunity in helping to oare for the sick, as a part of her instruction and training. 3 Life In most sohools Is healthy, wholesome, simple and regular. It Is full of vivid human interest, the student sharing In deepest realities of llfa 4 The graduate of a good school steps at once into regular professional life and work wiih an assured livelihood. No weary struggle to get a foothold —to |how what Bhe can do. The hospital has carried her over that stage. Her work is ready abß waiting for her If she successfully completes her training. 5 The student Is at no expense for tuition, board, lodging, laundry, uniform, etc.,' in the great majority of schools.. Only a few schools charge a tuition fee, for preparatory course. The student is also cared for In Alness. • 6 Salaries compare favorably with salaries of other trained women. In some fields they are higher than the average. Especially Is this true of teaching and administrative work either in Institutions or In Public Health Nursing. Opportunities for advancement are many and steadily increasing. Choice of Training Behool. (a) Be careful In choosing a training school. Be sure that Its diploma will enable you to register in your state. (b) That Its educational standards are good. (c) That it offers thorough training In medical, surgical, children’s and maternity nursing. (d) That the housing and living conditions are such as to ensure the health and well-being of students. (e) That the working conditions are modern and the hours reasonable. (f) That the general standing of the school and Its graduates is good. Where any doubt exists on this point further advice should be sought, through officials of the State Nunes’ Association or the State Board of Examiners. addresses and further information can be obtained by writing to the Bureau of Nursing, Lake Division, American Red Cross, Garfield building, Cleveland.