Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-16
SCHOOL FOR NURSES.
Young Women Who Study to Care fol
the Suffering.
From the New York Start

Prominent among the institutions for
which the city of New York is justly IA
nous is the Training School for Female
Nurses. This school is connected with
the POSTGRADUATE Medical School and
Hospital 1t is located at No. 1853 East
Thirty-sixth street. From this school the
most expert and successful nurses are grad
uated. This school was established in
1886, and has been uniformly prosperous
ever since that time 1t has received pu-
pills from all parts of the United States.
Canada has sent several young ladies, who
have availed themselves of the opportu-
nifty offered here, both of tuition and the
valuable experience afforded by the metro
politan hospitals. Europe and the West
Indies also are represented here.
The studies of the young ladies are pur-
sued under the careful supervision of DR..
Julia McNutt, of Lexington Avenue, who
is assisted by Mrs. Lee. The pupils, on
first entering the school, start in upon a
probationary course lasting two months.
During this period they receive training
at the bedside of actual patients. They
are carefully watched by head nurses;
their courage, patience, intelligence and
general adaptability to the profession OF
nursing are tested, and if accepted, they
enter at once upon a regular course of
study and training. They then receive a
regular uniform, consisting of Gght-blue
cambria dresses, with aprons, sleeves and
caps, and thereafter usually are called
"cap nurses" OF all nationalities, the
American girls take the lead in proficiency.
The foreign nurses are largely hand;-
capped by their ignorance of the English
language. After young lady has been
in the school for one year she is sent out
on private cases, but all the moneys she
may receive for such service she is ex-
pected religiously to turn in to the au-
thorities at the school.
The hospitals most visited by the pupils
are such as afford experience in all the
various diseases and illnesses.
Many of the young women nurses attend
the Presbyterian Hospital. Here no con-
tagious diseases are treated. This hospital
treats mainly such disorders as hip disease,
rheumatism, consumption and, in fact,
almost everything except fevers.
The pupils during their training have to
devote a large portion of their time to the
requirement of knowledge in physiology,
anatomy, hygiene, and must be familiar
with the textbook of nursing by Clara
Weeks.
In this school the strictest discipline is
maintained. They are expected to be in
bed, when not on duty, at 1870 P. NJ.
They are allowed to go out of an evening
with escort, but must first go through the
formality of obtaining permission from
the Superintendent The terms under
which pupils enter the school are as fol-
lows: For the first two probationary
months they receive no pay; after that
they are paid at the rate of s. per month
for two years, which is the regular term of
instruction and training. During all this
time they have the benefit of periodical
lectures by "blushing young physicians, /"
as young woman member of the school
styled them.
Some of the pupils are young women be-
longing to wealthy families and have
taken up this life for eharity's sake. Such
girls invariably make the most expert
nurses.