The New York herald., 1876-02-08
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES.
NEW York, Jan. II, 1915.

NEW York, JAN II, IsT6
ne readily give space to the following circular ii
Oenaf OF a worthy institvticn:-
The undersigned aureinted NJ f. nrhI,c v,.o,,n
held January 4 1875. "a Committed to e~anina nd ,
~ Spon .ne work ard needs Of the TRAINING School,
prove sats}.c,nun WIN view, should such examination
aovp basis Deg leave lay before you
aI Win SIX pupils IL has now iorty pupils mostly OF
Ensnlsn anu american parentage ali women of good
character and intelligence. -
Apphcations for admission are constantly reoeived
ne sonool s uhder the control Of lady suparir.
VINO mas nad twelve yoars training English
hospltais, ana whose recent appointment fwhoIv nm
socitedl as hatron OF Bellevue shows her quali6ca
tons for the post '
The pupils are now entrusted with the entire nursing
In nine wards OF that hospital CONTAINING iso hegs
and have had during the last two years ihe care ~
over 5000 patients, male and female.
This vide experience with constant instructior ordI
lectures from the medical staff and the head nnrsas -
the wards, affords Thorough course OF tra,ning an
abng the school graduate class Of nurses hisher
unknown in this country.
Hospital training, the fullest sense OF the WORD
means careful discipline and drill order Cleanliness
method trusworthiness and obedience so absolute
and intelligent that physician though absent can as
fully depend upon his orders being obeyed by the nurse
as II he present" This is the standard aimed az
and, we believe, attained by this school
During its brief existence OF two years and half tho
New York Training School has furnished IN New York
city matron to the Roosevelt Hospital and a head
nurse TO the Presbyterian Hospital; In Brooklyn a
matron 10 the Maternity Hospital In Boston, SUPER
inteudent to the Boston Training School, and is about
to send TO Georgia. to Arkansas and to other Southern
States properly qualified persons for similar respon
sble situations Interest in this most important work.
has been aroused and from all quarters OF the country
information, looking to the establishment OF like
schools, is sought from this the parent institution
Within the past year the school has also trained
nurses TO more than sixty private families.
For the opinion OF medical men the undersigned beg
to call attention to the testimony set forth inner
page
ally administered The maintenance of the pupils costs
tV-RpV cen nQF 10 Ofi
being received before the age of twentyone cannot
look to parents friends for support therefore tho
sum Of $40 per month is allowed each in addition To-
maintenance for the purchase OF clothing.
Commencing with the house No. Sl4 East Twenty
sixth street home for the nurses 1t has been found
necessary 10 take and furnish the one adjacent and
expenses increasing with the constantly increasing
number Of pupils the fund contributed by few friends
ago to found the school almost exhausted
As measure OF safety another house is needed where
nurses returning from nursing contagious diseases
scarlet fever, diphheria &c may be isolated till dan
ger Of contagion has passed.
To meet this and other expenses the present annual
income of the school must be increased by AZ least
$40 000 Without such increase the usefulness of tho
school will be checked just at the moment when--ts
efficiency fully proved, its machinery perfected-it
stands ready TO fulfil its pledges Of two years ago and
send forth skul the bedside Of the sick and
the suffering. The undersigned being fully convinced,
after careful examination OF the success and value OF
this school, would consider such check public ca
amy and therefore, confidently appeal TO the citi-
zens OF New York place it upon such basis that,
free from pecuniary anxiety, it may be enabled to
tend its sphere OF usefulness and take its appropriate
place among those bene1cent charities which the
crown and glory of this metropolis.
Subscriptions may be sent to George 8. Coe, Presi-
dent American Exchange Bank; to H. G. Stebbins,
Treasurer No so Exchange place, and to Mrs Robert
Woodwork, Secretary, No. Is East Thirty seventh
street.
William Adams, D. D.; John Hall, D. D. Thomas
Armitage, ID. d. w. f. Morgan. D. ID. Robert s How
land, D. D.. Father McGlynn, Lucius Tuckerman,
Clarkson N. Potter Robert l. Stewart, William II.
Osborn, william H Macy, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles
E. Butler Joshua Hendricks, D. Willis James.
The following extract. from q communication to the
Board Of Apportonment November 15, 1875, will show
the estimation in which the Training School for Nurses
Is held by the Medical Board Of Bellevue Hosptal:-
'Our Official duties have qualified US to speak from
personal knowledge to the great necessity for SUCH
school, to secure competent and responsible nursing
medical and surgical aid may be rendered vaueless-l
The usefulness Of the institution Is however not CON-
fined to public hospitals, all know that II ia
often matter OF extreme difficulty TO obtain the SER
vices of trained trustworthy and experienced nurse
This is want that may be felt by many residents OF
the city in Of sickness and it the aim OF this
school to aid in overcoming the difficulty"
A. Clark, President of Medical Board; James r.
Wood N. D.. William r Lusk, N. D. J. NJ 8. Gou-
ley, NJ D. Lewis A Sayre NJ d. A Looms M. D.
W. H. Thompson NJ d. Stephen Smith, NJ d. A. B.,
Crosby, NJ. ID. Fordyce Barker. N. D.. T. M. Markoe,
NJ. D. Henry F. Walker, NJ d. Alexander B. Mott,
NJ D.; Z. G. Janeway, n D.. q. A. Budd, NJ D.; H
B Sands, NJ D.; Austin Flint, NJ. d. Francis Della
field, NJ. d. w. NJ. Polk M. d Erskine Mason, M D.
}. P. P. White NJ D.; A Jacob, n D.; f. Il Hamil
ton, NJ D. .at {ii
We heartily subscribe to the above:-W. Fl. Van Bu-
rem, N. b.; O. K Agnew, M. D.. John H. Hinton, NJ
D. Theodore G. Thomas NJ D. /; Z. R. Peasee N. d /;
Smith, NJ. D.; Gouverneur NJ Smith, NJ D. John o.
Stone M d.