The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-21
TRAINING SCHOOL
Thine OF The H PAST.
Relief Of Poor Committee Inaur.
gurates New Move.
DIFFERENT NURSE SYSTEM
DIFFERENT NURSE SYSTEM
One Graduate Trained Nurse and Four
Assistants to Be Employee at City
Hospital-First Named viii Re-
ceive $50 Per Month.

Action-such action as will beyond
doubt scar the fate of the proposed
training school for nurses at the City
Hospital-was taken by the Committee
on the Relief Of the Poor at their reg71-
lar monthly meeting, which was held
last night in the City Hail. In its stead
there will be established a system of
nursing at this public institution which
WILDE somewhat similar to the one that
fas been IN vogue there for a number Of
years, although it Is the intention of
both the committee and Superintendent
George B. Davis to make it great i'm
provement on the former system.
1t developed for the FIRST time last
night that tie nuchiy talked-of training
school has never been put TO actual test,
although it Eas been pronounced a fail
ure time and again. Indeed. the trains
ing fea turc of the system was not to
have gone into practice until about now
But the action of the committee last
night defeats the Inauguration of the
system, and introduces another which
they think will prove a much greater
success.
IMPRACTICABLE.
That the training school idea is not
to be inaugurated is due to the fact that
Il has seen found practically Impossible
to secure the necessary medical talent
to instruct the pupil nurses who have
been labCrinS at the City Hospital all
summer.
At the last meeting of the Committee
on the Relief Of the Poor. Superintendent
Davis recommended that the training
school be abolished. having been found
impra cticable,e and the matter was re-
ferred on motion of Mr.. Minor, to
subcommittee Of three, consisting OF
L.essrs Russell, Cloves. and Minor.
After giving the matter careful con-
sideration, the committee formulated
report to the committee OF the "hoie
last night in which they recommended
that the system be not inaugurated.s over
locking the request that the system pc
abolished inasmuch as they We're Oh the
opinion it rad never really gone INTO
effect and was not to do SO until the
late fall.
The report was supplemented with
Recommendation that a graduate nurse.
he employed at the hospital ana 1our
underera C,;.ates be elected as assistahss,
two Of winnl are to be assigned 70 We
,s,,o,e.. ard two TO the white depart
mem a..d all to be under the super w
sion of Superintendent Davis.
REPORT ADOPTED
Further, the subcommittee requested
that the salary OF the graduate nurse
no tiv-ai nj $50 per month"; $500 per annum
a,,d me nav OF the assistant be SO per
MONT, s24o ,,er year In addition 1t was
recommended that a. committee be ap-
8poipted to appear before the y nance
Committee in the interest OF securing
sl!tficient appropriation to carry ms
change into effect
s The 4renort was debated at some length.
= ftar. which twas unanimously adopted
aDt7 viii nov go to- Council for consider
of;on There is no doubt that the reco1n-
mend, tio,, will be adopted and the ldea
Of . raining school will have become a
hing of the past. while a thoroughly up
to-dafa system of nursing: Will be lnau-
el1rated at an early date.
II is the intention of the committee 70
en,;eayor to make arrangements VIII oiie
of the hospitals to have the u,ldef-srhi'
,,atesn,,rses get the benefit OF their IeSu-
lar lectures to nurses thereby eNehtuai-
y, s-,,al king them professionals.
N1essrs Cloves and Gunst We're named
.,,a subcommittee 10 appear before.
~, FINANCE Committee in the interest," OF
tho appropriation.
The subcommittee which was appoint
Oh "a investigate system for purchasing
,,,5icines for the City Hospitals re-
-,nrte,7 that as yet they had arrived at
~ definite conclusion and asked for more
time This was granted.
NJ, o+,,er matters of Importance We're
-, for consideration and the committee
adjourned.