Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-31
NURSE TRUST
STORY A DREAM r..
Mrs. Enpey So Characterlzes
Article in Local Morn
Ing Sheet.
WORK OF DEVOTED WOMAN.
WORK OF DEVOTED WOMAN.
For Seven Years She Has Maintained
Register Without Remuneration
Opinion Of sfIsa Burlcs.

The story of nurse trust in Salt
Lake City as contained In morning
paper liz characterized ,as a dream, by
Mrs. N. A.. Empey and those associated
with her, without even the shadow OF
10 foundation In fact M Isl! Il IN pey s
devotion to her work In connection
with the nurses. Ia shown by the fact
that. for seven yoars or more she kept
q registry of nurses, and furnished
them for people all over the state, and
even into adjoining states, and never
received any remuneration for services.
ID During all this time" said Mrs.
Empey this morning. drug stores kept
! In touch to q granter or less extent
the doctors also used them when they
peened nurses. While the drug stores
did their work we'll considering that
they received nothing for their services.
yet the work could not be done per-.
fectly in that way and 1t was often
difficult for the members OF the med
heal profe ssion to get the nurses they
This led Mrs. Empey to present the
matter to the medical men OF the city,
a number Of whom WERE approached
on the matter last year. tAll of them
Who were spoken to gave the PROPOSE
ton their hearty approval. 1t was
presented to the medical society of the
city last September, at which time it
was intimated that rs number Of
nurses were contemplating the for.
nation of nurses association, the.
matter ought not to be decided them
Actinp upon this suggestion the
medical society let the matter lie
over, and with the approval Of a
mum Der of doctors. opened up the regis
try for trained nurses. in addition to the
IN 70. q, J,ar of
for nurses who had had some training
but who had not taken the hospital
course" II (
Mrs. Empey said her registry now
numbers about 40 trained nurses who
have received hospital training and a.
hundred or more who have taken the
course provided by DR.. Maggie O.. Rob
erts. When an inquiry comes to her
for a nurse she endeaVors to supply the.
nurse the doctor wants. or that Is need
ed by the patient, and having a knowl-s
edge of both, she has been able to do
the work to the satisfaction of every
body who has done business through
her. These, in few words. are the
facts of the case as far as Mrs. Empey
is concerned. and those who know her
willvouch for her devotion to the work
and her jiptegFtty ir,ghe matter,
SECOND REGISTRY.
The organization Of another registry
for trained nurses by the association OF
graduate nurses was completed a few
months ago, and Mrs. C w. Howe of
81 east Seventh South, is in temporary
charge. Since then the names OF a
number Of trained nurses have been
placed on their register and frequently
when medical men and others cannot
get the nurse they want tone of these
registries they have called up the 9TH
er. Things have continued this way
since the beginning of the year, and
those who felt like connecting them
selves with either of these registers
have done so according to their own
yolitfon.
Exceptions are now taken to the
action of the DIR. Groves l.. ID. g.
hospital, which has Instructed Miss
Mahoney, superintendent Of nurses at
the hospital, to consult Mrs Empey's
register when nurses are needed and
there to take them. Miss Mahoney
slgnifled her willingness to do so last
week, and como dissatisfaction has
been expressed at this course by
nurses who have registered with the
nurses II association. who have taken
the matter up with the morning paper
referred to and the result is a tempest
in teapot. This is succinct state
nent Of the trouble as gained from a
number Of those who know most
about 1t.
TWO REGISTERS UNNECESSARY.
Miss A. E. Burless, who is nom
Mormon and a graduate of two hos
ritals said this morning that there is
no need for two registers in this city,
or anywhere else. Some have voted
for a. separate register of graduated
nurses. but why impose this incon-$
venlence upon the doctors when one
will suffice The graded register ex-
lists in other cities, and is, apparently
success Another thing. / do not think
1t possible for a graduate of any hos
pital to give satisfaction to all the
nurses. She would be very liable to
ia ynr. nurses with whom she worked. 81