Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

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THO Medical College VIII hessn the hrst VI
the coming year to graduate trained nurses
who have satisfactorily attended a course
n, ,yantyyo,r Iacturos extending over A
Va ,.,,.so,f ,,ae,o-
pef'ou Vi e'sht "eeNs nave my
tiated with X. Is. tombstone. A. NJ, M d.
vice president of the college, for such
cource bav. also served a day as pro-
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patIoEer III tiie 'ta'i'iis se"o'i io'
at Columbia Hospital where. as Is 'he RUE
,N, -. - 49, hosr',.o1 arc ra-
o,,,,as 80 an,,,Ia = ,,,rso RI a ainloma
oc,,aa Dr tombstone NJ the National
1Jor,ao,a.,lo noa;caI C-o,,oea for nositiye
.s. -. ,a,,,rrr ot,o,aaa tn.
$50 81 ,oc,,,rss he ofYers the Diploma I
would ,h.n receive would place me in rank
with the trained nurses who have done the
usual hosD.ta1 work
Certainly" he replied. "A trained nurse
is, strictly speaking, one who has received
training and that YOU will have in the
didactic lectures. You will De trained in
physiology, anatomy, matera Wed!ca and
the other branches that come in your line
You Will be trained in how to take the
Temperature and the pulse of a patient
In short in all the techncalities of nurs-
ing The rest Is dexterity and we think
that comes natural to a woman"
Would your diploma admit me to a
nurses directory and entitle ne to the
training?''
Most assuredly YOU would be entitled to
nav as a trained nurse AS for the direc-
tories they are purely arbitrary in their
rules Some require two years hospital
practice: some as much as three years, and
some none at ALL But in any event, the
81 ccess of a nurse depends upon the favor
of physicians and our nurses would be
certain of the favor of the doctors connect
ed with our institution which would give
them start Independent of any dlrec-
tory"
In search OF Information.
Dr. tombstone was DESTROYS that I should
register at once and showed me the names
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VI eshteeh vi twenty "oiheh WIN nave
Joined the class which, when 1t increases
to twenty-five, will begin operations
There are no charges for the lectures"
ssid the doctor I'VE arc doing tbis s,IaIv
With a yiou, 70 DOING sood and tba oniv az
800 " "rad,Iati Sill u'Ii ha III 49, nn.. "a,
pprintino - dininJn, u,h,cb viii he ~,
- ini,s'. N'p'o"' "i''' "ii oe '''u'
want fror, tho National 1Ionaon,.h,,
,Ja5;o,J caIIsna ~ ~ Washi-a.tan IT,
80, - No. 80 Irai - -,
not re1lstar tbera a. a trained mrs. With
Ont q Ginrnn,a csrtIfyine tryo yaars, asnar
$50 q ~ % he.'iti 10y ms '"' Seai' eNpei
- Sa,a,..,iir,ai 60 ,,,;, ro..,o, ,,,,
edps Of the vaIua Of ibia hnsnitai exnsr-
tanna r. nro,a ~, o'ii, op -
~ ,nys.Is ubetboy a. ,nIs,s ~ antb;,, ~,
49, 49,, y oartoi, de,,a. -, 80 ti S
. ,n n,Snu $500 49,. $500 oeiie
annIIad FOR admissinn ,a ths trainina scbooi
of Columbia Hospital.
Ihe history OF the use and development
VI senoodS ; 40, ,raLnhs nurses IN W ashihS-
director of Columbia Hosnital who was ac
tive in establishing the first school, is rath-
er discouraging to any woman seeking
s s Gu. ~ success ~, this PROFESSION. Inc
80 au ~ haSri.I ,,it; aoout zen Years
er lines must be drawn in the seJection Of
applicants for admission lax rules in this
particular causing the hospitals and the
community To he imnosed ,inon hy n,,rsas
totally unit either in character or in eJu
cational qualifications to assume the care
of the sick Eventually about four vears
ago. the hospitals withdrew from this
school Columbia and the Cbildrep's Hos
pital united in a school which in the no.in
makes the same provisions for pupils that
does Garfield Freedman's Hosnital ,sso
ciated with Howard University. continued
very liberal in the selection of DuDjIs untI
q couple of years ago when the bosnitsl &c
tablished an independent school strict In
its requirements and having a course Of
training practically the sama az rho oth.rs
The HOMEOPATHIC HospitaI also hos a train
Ing school that presents a two wears. course
In the hospital and differs from the others
not at all in the practical features of IT'S re-
quirements. Consequently what I have
learned by personal experience in columbia
Hospital is essentially true of all other
training schools In Washington which aim
not to graduate nurses but to train them
T-,,u, D,
MISS ohuerhlli, the superintendent of the
Columbia School. is graduate of Bellevue
the pioneer training school for nurs.s L.,
+bis ooun,rv ,,h;ah - .mt 40
g, estaoisheu III
100 ana rhodeieo AFTER that or ST. Thomas
Hospital, London, school that developed
under the supervision of Florence Night
inpal. \vbap r told AI;,, Irnao.h,, -. ,
was considering entaring n trainin., 49,
for nurses which wouIl eraduata me Of ~
end of satisfactorv ATTENDANCE 49, 'Ae
course, of tveutvro1r iacturas sha rpoI,,t.
such an institution may give you a
n,irsn ,'ar h poi nns GUS not make d
where but In Washinrton If is msnifsati
ahsurd-just as absurd as that school
should teach the theory of medicine and
.urh loose upon an uhsuspectns commun-
nerience in tbair mrofsi',n "o r ~ eA
there is a certain amount of hook knowI
edge necessary 10 properly equip a nurse,
but the whole subject of nursing is one
that can he mastered in Just one way-by
doing.
Miss I'u6erhil agreed to ar mo tast tbis