The Opelousas courier., 1907-09-07
rue @ow DrleaIs Charity Hospital
Training School for Nurses.

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nugh and up-tn-date institutions in the
limited States, which numbers among
it's graduates ladies Il the highest char
nctpr, worthy representatives OF the
oldest and best families of this and
other states.
The school, which is now entering its
fifteenth year, is the outgrowth of that
broad humanity which would bring to
the aid of physical suffering not only
the sympathy. tenderness and love
which only Il woman can give, hnt the
trained hand, the observant eye, the
skiIltuI touch of that woman whose in
teIligtnce has kept pace with her heart,
and who, taking up this noble calling as
a Ife-woik, bends to it all the energies
of her being, all the faculties Of her
soul. and the tinest impulses of her
heart that humanity may be lifted up,
that the sick may walk again in health
aud strength.
The skilled hand, the welI-equipped
offices of the nurse, who knnwShtr duty,
are in constant demand, and the call for
them il ever widening. This ma es-
prriallv be said of the nurses who grad
nate from the New Orleans Charity Hos,
uital School. Many Il woman hitherto
unconscious of the hidden powers that
Law within her, has found in this great
school the opportunity for that study
and development which has proven not
only a most lucrative means of llveli-
hood, but far and above this, the answer
to the divine call in her heart, the re-
spnn~e to the ""still small voice." ever
urging upward and onward that human
misery and pain may be relieved.
| The school, organized from small be
| ginnings and enriched by the magniti
cent hcuutst of the late A. &. IIutchln-
son, has grown to its present splendid
proportions, and proposes to aggregate
Il class of over II hundred students
with the opening of the next term. Year
by year has witnessed au extension of
its scope of work, 40 that II two years
course in this institution will not only
fully equip any intelligent, industrious
female for this great profession of nurs-
ing, but the experience gained in the
famous Charity Hospital, with its un-
rivaled facilities and opportunities for
study and practice, gives its graduated
nurses il distinction that makes them so
greatly sought after that the demand
for their services is far in excess of the
supply. An idea of the superior advan-
tages offered by the school may be
gained when it is stated that over one
thousand patients, male and female, of
all classes, races and conditions, are
| treated in the Charity Hospital of New
Orleans every month. The nurses con
nccted with its training school have the
benefit of receiving instruction and
training at the bedside of this enormous
number of patients; the experience thus
gained, together with the knowledge
acquired from the faculty of lecturers.
consisting of some of tho ablest and
.,.,nt 5,,4ir -ri,hnI n,nIinnl man in tItn
| country, eminently fits them to attain
! successa and Independence ia their chosen
profession.
The hospital has accommodations now
for quite a number of candidates, and
vacancies are constantly Occurring as
nurses graduate. Applicants should adj
dress the Directress. Charity Hospital,
New Orleans, La, for full details, which
are in pamphlet form.
SOME OF THE REGULATIONS FOR NURSES
EATTACHED TO H CHALlTY HOSPITAL
The Training School for Female
Nurses, attached to the Charity Hospi-
| tai, offers to m DESTROYS Of hsskun,-
Ir~sr- professional nurses entrance into
the school fol ii enurse of two years. in
struction upon the following conditions:
Those wishing to enter the school
| should apply, either in person or by let
ter, to the Directress, Charity Hospital,
| New Orleans, for a blank list of Ques-
tons to be answered. The applicant
should send, with answers to her paper
of questions" a letter from a clergyman
testifying to her good moral character,
and from a physician stating that she is
ia sound health.
A statement of age must accompany
each application. No applicant will be
accepted who has not attained the age
Of twenty.
1t is indispensable that an applicant
should have a fair English education
should be able to write legibly and &C
curately, to keep simple accounts and
take notes of lectures.
During the mouth Of probation the
pupils are boarded and lodged at the
expense of the school, but receive no
pected to wear the uniform of the school,
but must come provided with dresses of
washing material for wear in the hos
pital.
Those who prove satisfactory will be
accepted as p~upil-nurses for the two
year term of she Training School,
The pay for the first year is .$S a
month, and for the second year $12 a
month, with board and lodging at the
hos )ital at the expense of the school.
This sum is allowed for the dress,
textbook and other expenses of the
purse in connection with her work, and
is in no wise intended as wages, it being
considered that the education given is a
full equivalent for their services.
The Institution is strictly un%sectarian.
There are no religious services con-
nected with it, and all nurses are privi-
legged to attend the place of worship
they prefer once on Sunday.
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