New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-03

a moot question. discussed hotly pro and con. The
class OF into the profession. The opponents
result would ensne and that il IS erel ta dscTim
inaton in favor of the girl whose father able to
Il would make money test OF dtness. they say:
educational institutions would provide for the
IS 6 IN favor Of the change and sue
gests that n order 10 lead up to II the student
her services are of least value. should pay
il there be one she SHOULD be PAID by the hospital
But more than anything else the ethics OF the
nurses physicians and employers What should be
9pon @ 81 n h5 she h to dmaGd
Of emPoye are questions which car s ~
see definite rules established
EXACTIoNs OF NURSES.
There is certainly frequent and bitter complaint
the part OF employers TO the disoblgng atti-
tude the part OF nurses; their unwillingness TO
perform any duty not nominated in the bond;
their disregard for the comfort Of the household.
They turn house upside down and make the
servants hate them she had 10 be waited on till
the servants were tired out. She was forever ring
she could e8sy 90 for berssI she h had not he
smallest consideration for any one but her patient
These were bona hde criticisms reported by
celebrated physician at recent citing OF nurses.
On the other side. nurses make constant com,
habitually be required to do servants work; that
ing at the expense OF much time and study Is not
taken into consideration, as II IS in other profess
sions. Nurses often find sleeping accOmmoda-
tons provided for them-not even couch in tho
patients room. often a difficult case requiring
care day and night. night nurse is provided. and
member Of the family offers tc relieve the nurse
either for the night any time of during the dav
She IS apparently expected TO work straight
through. without either sleep fresh air. II is
uncommon thing for a nurse to work fortv-eght
hours in this way. and at the end Of that time to
have her request for relief received with astonish
rnent indignation.
1T is things like these said well known nurse
IN this city. that have made nurses exarting in
their demands for night relief and time off during
the dav. Their determination to have a definite
understanding these points has sometimes made
them evigent. nurse has cot 30 accoIamo-
date herself 10 circumstances. No two cases are
allie went into the country once 10 take care ~
woman who had broken limb. No servant could
be 7 came into the city myself several times.
I kent an eve uron her old father who had a
chronic trouble aid did all the work Of the house
includin~ the cooking The work had 20 he done.
ard 7 did IT, not only for week.. hut for months ]
took II part Of professional duty
would arrrv service At the frort Put do SUD
pose that II a person demanded surh things Of
~ tried 70 impose them me that 7 would do
fhem9 Not at all That's rot the kind Of service
sLaf rlodge myself To render. Ard DON'T thirk
those people ever thought more of me for don
7 ifS. nerhsDs not so r0u~h. And tha'
~ srothe- nurse bad followed up there ard
heard that 7 cooked the meals and washed the
4 she's ard Fhovell'd coal should have been dis
credited in the profession"