The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-04 00:00:00

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SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY.
This Day, price One Shilling,
FACTS and FIGURES: a Letter to the Pro-
prietors on the Present Position and Future Pospects of the
Sambre and Meuse Railway.
By an ENGINEER and SHAREHOLDER.
Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange.

TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES
FOR HOSPITALS, FAMILIES, AND THE POOR.
All who arc professionally conversant with the condition of oar
Hospitals complain of the inadequate supply of well-trained nurses as
an evil seriously interfering with the efficient discharge of their du-
ties. They cannot trust to their orders being executed by the
nurses, and they find that the patients sutler from faults of those on
whom, in their state of helplessness, they are almost entirely de:lin-
dent ; and it is obvious that any defects in the tempers and charac-
ters of those who are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt-
ful influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral
Me the effect of the religious instruction and consolation which they
receive while in the hospital.
It I. also matter of general notoriety that great difficulty is found
in obtaining well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private
families, especially in those or the middle and lower classes ; and
parochial clergymen feel the want of competent persons on whom
they could rely, in visting the sick of their respective parishes, and
administering to their bodily wants.
The most effectual, perhaps the only effectual, remedy for these
evils, is to train up a body of nurses who shall be taught to look
upon their work as a religious one, to undertake it with habits of
self-colitro', and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for
its trying and painful duties.
• he want here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as
in our own, and attempts have been made to meet it. Orders of
persons devoting themselves to visiting the sick exist in Roman
Catholic countries: an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been found
useful in Prussia ; a recent attempt to improve the respectability of
professional num. has worked beneficially in Englai.d. The Insti-
tution which it is proposed to found under the name of " Training
Institution for Nurse." will be based on the dectrine'and discipline
of the Church of England ; and it will seek to accomplish its object,
not by selecting the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom
from other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by endea-
vouring to act, both directly and indirectly, upon the whole body or
persons wh, are pursuing this as their regular calling in life. To
raise the character it the class by offering to its members a training
which shall qualify them for their professional work, and be at the
same time essentially a religious training; to hold out, to those who
are justified in seeking for it, the prospect of a higher professions
position than they could otherwise obtain ; and to afford also to
those who are ready (without hope of any earthly reward) to give
themselves to this work as one of Christian love, a legitimate field • f
labour: these are the means which, as they have been successful
in forming the Ligh character of the clergy and physicians of Eng-
land, may, it is hoped, be new instrumental, under God's blessing,
in raising that of a body which is at present so much in want of
improvement.
It is proposed that the Training Institution should be under the
rrimediate superintendence of a clergyman of the United Church of
England and Ireland, as Master.
That the inmates of the Institution should consist of three
classes:-
1. Th. se under training as probationers.
2. Those who, after p-is,ing through the period of probation sa-
tisfactorily, are admitted as nurses, on condition of their engaging
to continue in connexion with the Institution for a period of five
years from their admission. During this period they will be clothed
and maintained, and receive a fixed annual stipend, and in return
will be entirely under the control of the governing body of the In-
stitution.
At the end of these five years they will be entitled to receive from
the :nstitution a certificate of their qualification as nurses, and
thenceforward to pursue their calling, either in connexion with the
Institution, or independent of any direct control from it. It is be-
lieved that this will be a very .mwortant step towards gradualß
raising the character of the whole class. A nurse having this certi-
este will necessarily occupy a higher position than others, will be
likely to set an example which can scarcely fail to have a good effect
upon thou, and will encourage those who are looting forward to this
as their work in lire, to follow in the same course, 'and submit them-
selves to tie training of this Institution.
3. In addition to these there will be a class of sisters, which is in-
tended to comprise persons, of whatever station in life, who are
willing to devote themselves to the work of attending the sick and
Moor, or of educating others for it under an organised system like
that which w ill be here provided for them.
The management of the Institution will be confided to a council
of twenty-tour members, (exclusive f the master, who will be
ex officio a member,) belonging to the United Church of England
and 1 reland, - who shall be chi sen by the Governors out of their
own body.
A donation of fifty guineas in one payment, or in several payments
within tour years, or an annual subscription of five guineas, will con-
stitute a Governor.
A donation ot twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay-
men a within four years, or an annual subscription of two guinea:a,
will constitute a Donor.
The Lord Bishop of London has sanctioned the plan now sub-
mitted to the public, and has kindly consented to become President
of the Institution.
It has also rece•ved the approbation of the Lord Archbishop of
York, and the Bishops of Lichfield, Salisbury, Gloucester and Bristol,
Rip n, and Norwich.
The Rev. C. Wordsworth, D.D., George Frere, Esq., and Dr.
Latham, have kindly consented to act as Trustees to the Insti-
tution.
!lorry Sykes Thornton, Esq., has consented to act as Treasurer.
The following gentlemen have formed themselves into a Provi-
sional Committee, to arrange the details of the Institution, and to
solicit assistance for its establishment and maintenance :
Rev. J. M. S. Anderson, Lincoln's-inn.
Rev. M. Biggs, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
W. Bowman, Esq., 14, Golden-square.
J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Chapel-terrace, Bayswater.
Dr. Mervyn A. N. Crawford, tipper Berkeley-street, Portman-
square.
J. W. Cunningham, Esq. Harrow-on-the_Hill.
Rev. J. F. Daniell, Donnington Globe, Chichester.
Robert Few, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent garden.
Dr. George Fincham, Spring-gardens.
George Erere, Esq., liedford square.
Rev..l. 0. W, Ileweiss, Norwood, Surrey.
C. lleberden, Esq , 10, Old squire, Lincoln's-inn.
Dr. Latham, 36,-Grosvenor-place.
Rev. Dr. Jelf, King's College, London.
Rev. S. It. Alaitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington.
Rev. F. D. Maurice, Queen-square, Blooms ury.
R. Partridge, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. E. H. Plumptrei King's Callege, London.
Rev. A. Putt, Cuddesden, near Oxti.rd.
Rev. W. Shsrt, 43, Great Ormond-street.
Robert Steven, Esq., 1 New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
11. S. Thornton, Esq., Birchin-lane.
Dr. Todd, New-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. W. G. Todd, Bristol.
Rev. J. H. Woodward, Bristol.
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey.
Persons willing to contribute their assistance to this oiled,
either by personal exertions, or by sub-cribing to its funds, are re-
quested to communicate with Any of ..he Members of the Provisional
Committee, or with any of the Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. 11.
PI umptre, King's College, London, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Cha-
pel-terrace, Bayswater.
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