New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
YOUNG MEN AS NURSES.
A SCHOOL WHERE THEY MAY BE TRAINED,
CHE REQUIREMENTS DEMANDED OF THOSE WHO
SEEK TO FIT THEMSELVES FOR THIS
ExCFIIENT WORK

SEEK TO FIT THEMSELVES FOR THIS
EXCELLENT WORK.
Tho Bellevue Hospital Training School foi
Male Nurses presents fine opportunity for th'
thorough education OF young men OF intelligence
and good moral character who desire to be fitted
for the work of nursing the sick. 1t is under tht
direction OF tho Commissioners Of Charities and
Correction, and was informally opened on Deem
Der IT, The school presents an attractive ap
pearance. On the first floor are the offices Of
the warden, the committee room, the reception
room and the private rooms Of the janitor and
Mis- wife, who is the matron, the kitchen and
dining-room. On the other four floors are
forty-seven bedrooms.
The committee has made arrangements with
the authorities of Bellevue Hospital for giving
two years training to men DESTROYS Of becoming
professional nurses.
Those wishing 10 obtain this course Of instruc-
ton must apply to James T. O'Rourke, the
warden of Bellevue Hospital, New-Yorl. upon
whose approval they win be received into the
school for one month on probation. The accepta-
BILE age for candidates is from twenty.one to
thirty-fye years. The applicant should send,
with answers to the paper of questions which
may be obtained from Mr.. 0'RourSc, letter from
responsible person testifying 10 his good moral
character, aud from a physician stating that he
is in sound health. Applicants are received at
any time during the year when there is vacancy.
During the month of trial and previous to obtain
ing position in the school, the applicant must
be prepared for an examination In reading, PEN
manship simple arithmetic and English dictatlon
The examination is to test the applicants ability
TO read aloud WELL 30 write legibly and accurate
ly, to keep simple accounts and TO take notes
OF lectures This amount OF education Is IN
dispensable for a member of the school, but appLi
cdnts are reminded that men OF superior educa-
ton and cultivation, when equally qualified for
nurses, viii be preferred to those who do not
possess these advantages.
The Warden has full power to decide as TO
their fitness for the work, and the propriety OF
retaining or dismissing them. lie can also, with
the approval OF the committee discharge them at
any time In case of misconduct OF iuefficiency.
During the mouth of probation the pupils arc
boarded and lodged az the expense Of the school,
hut receive no other compensation All cloth
ing must be plainly marked.
Those who prove satisfactory viii be accepted
as pupil nurses, after agreeing to remain two
years in the Training School for Nurses and TO
obey the rules OF the School and Hospital They
viii reside in the Home, and serve for the first
year as assistants IN. the wards Of Bellevue; the
second year they win be expected TO perfora any
duty igned them by the Warden, either 20
act as nurses in the Hospital. or be sent In
private cases among the rich and poor.
The pay for the first year is sl2 a month, for
the second year SIS. This sum rs allowed for
the dress, textbooks and other personal expenses
OF the nurse, and Is in nowise intended a. wages
II being considered that the EDUCATION given Is
q full equivalent for their services. They are
required after the month Of probation, when on
duty, 10 wear the dress prescribed oy the inststu-
ton.
The dsy-nurses are on duty from q. m. 70 &
p. m, with al hour of for dinner and additional
time for exercise or rest They Are also often
given an afternoon during the week, and have q
right 10 the half Of Sunday. vacation OF two
weeks is allowed each year. As the Institution
Is unsectarinn there are no religious services con-
nected with IL, aud all nurses are expected 10 AZ
tend the place Of worship they prefer once on
Sunday.
The instruction includes the dressing Of
blislets, burns, and wounds; the duplication
of ;omentations pouluces, ours and leeches; the
best method OF friction 70 the body and EXTERN
iiles; the management OF helpless patients
bed and preventing and dressing bed sores;
tnndagfng making bandages and rollers, lining
of splints: the preparing, cooking and serving
" raining is now given in the care Of the insane.
The nurses will also receive instruction In the
best practical methods az supplying fresh air.
warming and ventlating sick rooms In . proper
manner, and taught to take care OF rooms
and wards 10 keep all utensils perfectly clean
and dlSintected; 70 make accurate ODserVdtlOns
and reports 10 the physician OF the state OF the
secretions, expectorstion, pulse. SKIN, appetite,
temperature OF the body, intellignce-as delirium
or stupor-breatIilng, sleep conditions Of wounds,
cruutlons formation OF matter, effect Of diet
or of stimuants or Of medicines, and TO learn the
management OF cOnyaescents.
The teaching will DO given by physicians and
surgeons az the bedside OF the patients, and by
the head nurses. Lectures, Rotations and demon
STATIONS will talpe place from time 10 time, and
term of two years is ended the nurses thus trained
can chose their own field OF labor, whether in
hospitals in private families or In district nursing
among the poor On leaving tho school they will,
after passing the final examination, each receive
a diploma signed by the Commissioners Of Public
Charities and Correction s4d the Executive Com
mittce OF the School.
The managers OF the school are Dr. A. L. LOOMS,
chairman; DR.. W. L. Fluhrer, DR.. j. ID. Bryant
DIR. G.. l.. Peabody, Ogden Mills and j. G.
Mccullough.