Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-21
New Course Established in
Brigham Young University.

In few days there will issue from
he press Of the Deseret News an an
nouncement by the Brigham Young
University Provo, Of the establishment
da course in nursing and obstetrics,
which will be distributed to the patrons
this school, This progressive insti-
ullon has secured the services Of Fred
scE Gift NJ, D., graduate Of Cam
hdge, England, and Of the Keokuk
Medical college, Keokuk, la. He is a
Hccessful practitioner OF this state of
Y years standing As a justification
l@ work OF this Kind In secondary
khools the doctor offers the following
Neas as Introductory 10 the course
son 70 be established by the parent
Vhlreh educational institution:
civilization nowhere displays its pro-
l'ess 50 much as In the care OF the sick,
lof greater progress has been made
curing recent years In the art OF nurs-
Ealing
Little provision has been made for
we special training OF those called 10
lne WORK, for our hospitals are neces-
a,lly limited in their accommodation,
ana can only train the few who marry
W develop into specialists In their re-
treuVe lines OF work, Further pecuni-
uy conditions do not allow many,
sn9se physical and mental powers es-
Fualy Mt them for this profession, 10
w'oN TWO or three years to unremun-
usuYe work In such institutions.
W practical experience gained in a
"1N1al Is valuable, but the general
,UnVehsus OF opinion Is that it should
.gy" ana not precede theoretical
G3use OF instruction In what Is now
nnN'ea TO be a science. The hospital
1 "Slse mas put little time for the study
WY winch forms the foundation of
~ Ivy. Ute work. As result, she often
io,,ts nold ot her vocation. because she
M a knowledge Of the elementary
innllPles on which the science OF nurs-
cntN vdsed' and Is unable to keep pace
day. 'e'Si'e Vnousnt OF the
M lne other hand, the nurse who has
se ',ousnly mastered the first principles
,bo''attsnt IN school OF nursing, even
wo, She may never enter a hospital
s.,t van apply these principles 10
shIn individual case, and they win en-
lng ner 20 adapt herself to the chang
evan sIil.ulllons Of medical and surgical
49,. those seeking a vocation, the pro-
on OF nursing is one of the most
20, 1Vtlye that a sympathetic woman
ava omplIe TO. The sick, like the poor.
NY, t'er IN evidence and the advance
dsnas OF medical and surgical science
NJ, ''anus knowledge not only OF the
bp,onl nursing, but also personal attrI-
can acquire. =" V'u0a'eu woman
ul,s ne ned Is an ever widening one ana
nv a. intelligent self confidence inspired
ue knowledge gained in The cIasa-
In, inc nurse goes forth ana viii ho
,il.C,ulunended by physicians ana no
us rnI not because she Ia n hosnitai
sa',S.uuate, but because abe nroveS har
srs ,eqNal to emergencies inteilIsent
ties VI 'he discharge OF her du-
b,,s Clara Weeks-shaw wboso no.
NJ Nc oeen devoted TO the cars NJ nc sioh
called ,no mere are few who will not be
some ILL., Nu 10 serve In this capacity at
viii n S''ne IN their lives, fewer still who
he ornt, a. some time have occasion 10
sklifpi a Tor the minlstratlon OF n
BY ths h anu etlcient nurse, or annoyed
compete o,1n e. OF an awkward and in
joarS V1ner writer in one Of our medical
dinloul,loss 'ter dealing with some OF the
alderStinn says From this brief con-
school Il OF the hospital training
most nssa evident that the changes
~ InstrncJ,,are l) Leisure for study;
s''ucuons In the principles of