The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-31
OCCUPATIONS FOR WOMEN.
Two Young Women Make a Good
Living by Giving Simple Lessons
I'm Nursing-Tbeir Flats Are Fitted
Up Especially for the Purpose.

Living by Giving Simple Lessons
in Nursing-Tbeir Flats Are Fitted
Up Especially for the Purpose.
Two bright young women, each hold
ing the certificate of a trained nurse
have discovered an entirely new field
of usefulness for members of that pro-
fession. Having a talent for imparting
knowledge, rather than a love of tend
ing the sick, they have opened classes
where well-to-do women in private life
may learn the rudiments of trained
nursing-enough to enable them to as
sst the doctor intelligently in their
homes, in cases not serious enough to
require the service of the professional
nurse, or where an invalid member of
the family has constantly to be cared
Ior. AS almost every mother and
daughter of a household has expert
enced at some time or other the need
of such knowledge, the two nurses in
question have met with most crafty
ing success. Their classes are filled
daily.
Though they conceived the idea, and
thought out their plans together, the
two young women decided that it
would be wisest to start out independ-
emily of each other. They rented two
small flats in different parts of the
city, three rooms of each of which-a
bedroom, kitchen and bath-were fit
ted up as models of their kind for
nursing purposes. They contained all
modern sick room improvements and
appliances. When a class is in session
it moves from one room to another, ac-
cording as the lesson of the day de-
mands.
How one should dress in the sick
room, and personal hygiene in order to
prevent contagion is the first piece of
instruction given to the class. Each
pupil is asked to provide herself with
the necessary cap and apron, and a
linen dress is recommended, for regu-
lar sick room work is done, and street
costumes might get damaged, or be
very inconvenient
The care of the bed, how to keep 1t
clean and comfortable, is the next
thing learned. The shaking of the
mattress, how to spread the sheets,
and how best to arrange the pillows
that the patient may lie lightly and
gently in order to change the bedding
or Shift the position is then mastered
followed by instruction in moving the
convalescent, with many little hints
toward making her comfortable on any
available couch or chair. For lessons,
when practice of this kind is required,
woman is engaged by the teacher to
represent the patient.
After this the class turns it's atten-
ton to the model sick room itself
Methods of ventilation, the tempera-
ture, sweeping without raising dust,
busting without disturbing the quiet of
the room, are discussed and explained
The most convenient and sensible fur
nishing for the sick room, the use of
the various appliances and utensils,
the disinfecti0n of these, the keeping
of them clean and in order, and every
point of sick room hygiene is thor
ouehly gone into.
The class then proceeds to devote its
attention to administering to the pa
tent personally, beginning with the
simplest duties, such as taking the
temperature of the body, and keeping
the daily register for the visiting ply
sician. The care of the teeth, hair and
nails, both of the patient in bed and
the convalescent; bathing the patient
hot, cold and alcohol baths, when adj
visable; frequency of bathing; foot
baths, both in and out of bed, and pre-
vention of bed Sores are taught in or
der.
Enemata, the methods of prepara-
ton. care of appliances, douches, ETC.,
is then taken up, after which the
pupils are taught the use of external
applications, such as hot-water bags,
hot bottles, fannels, salt bags, iodine,
liniment. and how to prepare and apply
mustard plaSters and poultices of varf-
Gus kinds.
The last few lessons are devoted to