The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-09-11
THE TRAINED NURSE.
Calling Ennoblel by the Devotion
of Florence Nightingale.


Passing from mortal to immortal
fam" there lies on an English bed of
pain the woman whom stricken Grim
can soldiers called angel and whom the
entirn EngliSh-Speaktng world rover
enceS AZ the Incarnation of gentle
self-Sacritice. Florence Ni@hjn gales
earthly hours may l." numbered. but
her niche in the temple Of fam" is
Secur,- for all time wherever great and
heroic deeds. tind admirers and emu
latorS. The tranquility of Floren g
Nightin@ale'S later life. since tn" Ter
rihle cNactiUnS of the trimean war re
turned her aS an invalid to her native
land has been further distinguished
by practical suggestions for the foun-
tlation Of training schools for nurses
and BY the transfer for this lauhable
purpose Of large fund intended ~
its dGnurS aS an expression of grati1ud"
for her superb Observation-Disclosures.
The evolution of the skilled nurse is
one Of the characteristic advance
mcnt& Of the closing half of the nine
teonth century. 1t is IN expression of
humanitarian mcth"d:; i'll caring for
the sick in peace and the wounded in
war that diffprentiateS our modern
life from the various gradual ions Of
harb.,riSm. Followin" closely upon
Florent." Nightin-alo'> pionpcrachicvc-
mcntS in the 'rimca. there has been
i St"3dy growth of societies and or
d"rS COR the training of skilled nurses.
Sanitary scienc" has lent its aid 10 the
evolution of mcth0dS for the amel
fora ton OF the horrors Of the battle
field and the mjniStration> OF special
trained nurses lave taken the place OF
the rud" and callouS methods offormcr
generations. frinc,lcnt with the cX-
tranrlinary development of engines of
death II m@l"rn warfare. we now
have IT," ma significantly equipped Red
Cross society and other volunteer or
,lcvS of noble rhilanthropir nurses to
care fer til" victims of destructive
science.
In tn" njted States the evolution of
the framed nurse has within the last
decade cr Two outStrirpci almost any
other Sl,te'j2l line Of sanitary or hy-
girnir endcavor. II would he well if
skilled nursing We're kent as far as
possible on the humanitarian plan and
not degraded To the level OF a profeS-
>iuu or trade. II" hospitals and
nurse training Srhunl> of the United
States are almost Overcr0W,led with
IcOphNtcS Who expect to find employ
ment - trained nurses. and there is
an unfortunate tendency in many
quarters to make little or no diScr-im-
nation as Ia the special qualifications
of candidates provided they can pay
for their training. An overprC1uction
OF p"rfunctory or mcrcenary profceS-
Sinnal nurses i threatened
Florence Nightingale'> greatest serv-
Ice II humanity was in teaching that
the special training of nurses can on
~ hc i supplement to Il benevolent and
self Sacrificing nature and that with
out Ii" latter qualifications The human
itHriin SIDE of carin" for the sick and
wounded VIII be lest. She NAV be-
said Il hay" given the world Il new
:d"a or. rather. to have clothed an old
idea with living force and 10 have
demonstrated that the hest skilled
nur>' deserve To rGni; a. philauthro-
pi>tS in 4 selfish world Chicago
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