The Yale expositor., 1894-10-19
MATRONS AND tJAIDS.
ALL IN AND OUT AMI AROUND
THE HOUSE
What n Woman Must BE to Minis ter
Successfully to the sick--Picturesqus,
hut Dangerous In Necdlework
Beautiful Arms.
Professional Nurses

uated by our hospitals did not repre-
sent the best class of young ladies in
this country. Now we find many of
our first daughters of the land taking
mp course of training Tor nursing.
What is the cause of shis change?
One reason may be found in this fact
the demand of the public for more
intelligent and refined nurses. How
jarring and discordant to the nerves
of the sensitive sufferer Is the loud
voiced individual who walks about
your room with jerky step and set
ties you among your pillows as If she
were anxious TO get through as
quickly as possible, while upon her in
great measure, your recovery de-
pends, for good nursing is often more
effective than medicine.
The nurse of to. lay is also TO be a
companion; much more then it is ne
.cessary that she be congenial and
capable of ministering to wants of
mind and soul as we'll as of body.
Again, the rapid strides taken by
the medical fraternity in the last
quarter of century have given rise
to more complex style of nursing
and the standard had of necessity to
be raised. In all our hospitals the
nurse must be at hand in critical
operations TO aid both then and after
wards by hand and brain work
As rule, those are not admitted
for training who have not had expert
ence in the responsibilities of life or
are old enough TO be able TO have
good Judgment and to rely upon
themselves in emergencies. The
training now given in the form of
lectures is such as will enable the
bright student TO understand any
technical terms physician may need
to use IN his instructions to her, while
object lessons are found in the actual
nursing of the sick in all ordinary
diseases under the watchful eve OF
IN experienced nurse, thus the stu
lent has the advantage Of both theory
and practice.
Then with the increased opportuni-
ties for work and with the so.called
enlargement of her sphere, woman
las very naturally looked favorably
upon this line of work. Her woman's
curiosity has led her TO inve stipa te
'or herself what has puzzled the mind
If the physician and her womans wit
las sometimes solved rather trying
questions. A bright, intelligent girl
once said to me: II have always
wanted to train for nurse ever since
! helped to take care of grandma in
Ter last illness, and the doctors did
lot know what was the matter with
lcr.
Sometimes the knowledge acquired
training for nurse has awasened
desire to carry study along the same
inc still further AMI in few years we
ind our young aspirant to the rank of
1 nurse full-fedged physician. says
he Philadelphia Times.
From financial standpoint nursing
fairly good profes, sion, comparing
avorablv with teaching, and short
llnd and type-writing, as trained
arse seldom receives less than 500
yer week. From being sent out on
private duty at first, in the interest OF
he school with which she is connect
ii, she acquires foothold AMI stand
rg, while after graduation, if not oc.
lpied, she leaves her address at the
chool, aud in her turn is assisted tx
occurring another position.
To one who is at all philanthropical-
y inclined nursing offers broad, in
7iting field for labor; the disap-
pointed lover and the orphan, who
eel that this world has no longer any
pleasure for them, and who desire
lnly to devote themselves to a life of
long good, are not now the main
workers in this profession, put the
uajority are those who have taste
for the work and who wish TO sup
port themselves and who prefer IA
work of immediate usefulness, for it
is true that in nursing one can use his
influence directly, and the conscious
ness that one has been able to relieve
suffering, be the extent ever so
small. causes one to realize that life
is worth the living after all.
There are also those who take the
training, not intending to make use
of it afterwards in professional line,
but applying it in their fam lies and
finding that the practical experience
of their training often CONES in very
handy. To be sure, nursing has it's
disagreeaile side, but what profession
has not? Nothing worthy has ever
been achieved W thout patience and
labor and the unbiased mind passes
over all the petty trials and un.
pleasantness as merely helps to aid us
in moulding our characters which
must be tried as in furnace.
All hail the wearer of the stripes
and capt May her good work go on
and may she realize her responsibility
in the lives entrusted to her care, and
while she labors to bring renewed
strength and health to the weak may
she inculcate those princip es of love
and moral light that never grow old.
Household Bells.
A popularity of the modern house
is the absence of bells. Many of tho se
recently built have no bells except at
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