Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-11-01
VALUE OF GOOD NURSING.
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In our reminiscent moments. when
we dwell upon the great advances med
icins and surgery have made In b last
few decades. We often lay too much
stress upon "a ~scienee and upon the
remarkable labors % our colleagues.
and too little upon some less ob,rusive
c~oiaborers whoarr never beard in public
urging th~ir claims for personal recog-
milton and priority. and yet without
whose efficient collaboration the wheels
Of progress would have been sadly re-
,arded. IL not stopped altogether. says
a writer in the Philadelphia Medical
Journal.
Chief Of these helpers are the nurses.
They save the lives Of many doctors
every day by assuming responsibilities
unknown 10 their predecessors. IND 30
robbing the work Of it's harasSing
ard tear. And who can calculate how
many PATIENTS lives are saved by the
alert trained mind. ready 10 recognize
danger in its uttermoS; outpoSts. and
50 able to summon timely aid? And
set for this very reason. because we are
20 dependent upon these noble helpers
ia work. We should utter n warning
and enter a plea for still higher and
uobier ideals in their work
The trouble with the rank and Gle
% our nurses = hat they are spoiled
in their training. FOR the one great dom
inaut impulse 81 'he true nurse. old
fashioned a. well ss new and trained.
should h- the tender love 81 the sick
and suffering. a sense Of having a mis-
zion In the world only rightly fslhlied
when with warm heart and skilled
hands lifting some little bit Of tn.
worlds weight II woe.
W. have often thought that zach
training school should have a chair on
h humaniti-S. continually emphasix-
ing To the nurse the emotional hu-
name and r~isgic-s side Of her calling.
- true j. this that W. verify believe
that without the dominant impulse no
Noman has a right 20 enter the sick
room. any morr han an unconVertsd
man has a right Go enter the puipii. or
a blind man to b. 4 painter. All the
scientific sup~rstruesure which can b.
pti~d On eanno' make up for this awful
Deficiency in th~ir f~ouudafion.
Md vet a chair. a formal l~efur~ship.
would never make up the lack Of IL. for
one cannot, have a professor 20 inspire
Affection any r-orr than one ran buy
affection in the market. II rests after
u in the head cf the school. he - the
soman BY fer-- Of daily example. hy
pr~c-Pt and prastire. 20 sc tina, this
TENDERNESS j. in the vamsn she selects
for the coRrS-. ant 10 - that NO lines
- training are followed which viii
tend 10 rrPrrsS this ,ssrrtiaI eIerrent.
Il il the testimony % = gr-at surxeon
that We So too much science $50
~eaiieSil and ton little regard for the
Divine calling in almost all our train
ing schools. -Wh-n I come 70 SCH for
nurses In my private praetie~. I find
th- woman with a true calling is rzre
INDEED Our training schools. some
q them. arr arctic in their temperature
and their infurnce. and the influence
"a chief nurSes seems too frequently 10
hook 70 the murder % n girls natural
affection and frnd~rneSz Bat the
fzult not seldom lis az our own PRO
fesSinn's door Al rraiSe- then. Is due
90 ths moi-l hospital in Nathan.
Mas Nhtrr humanity Is made the
chief issue. whsr~ the woman first
gains her training amen< the pnor IN
private practice and has every Induce
meat to develop tn affection IN a sym
pathetic peu~onal relationship thus -
tahlished before entering the hospital
mill.
Let ~ have seieue- and let Us hax.
h~wmanify. bat 1T us not have scienc.
without Humanity = the love and
drvefiou which aliri Florence Nightin.
gales heart and Wifhous which sh~rs
can h. m true ard sueceS<fui nurSe-