The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04
About Nurses and Their Profession

Many are called but few arc chosen
to the profession of nursing. These
brave women must wage constant
warfare with the grim army of diseases,
at whose head rides suffering and
death. They must fight with all their
strength. The three years training
that the nurse receives does not in any
her in training her instinct. When a
woman decides TO be nurse, enters a
hospital and starts her probation, she
must look beyond the horror and
sordldness of the work, the thoughts Of
drudgery, privation, bloodshed and
suffering. II she cannot do all this, she
might better not wait for her cap and
bib, because she will never make a
nurse. 1T is possible that she may pass
her materia medica examinations, but
the real motive Of the work has been
| lost to her.
The nurses, on the whole. despite the
hard work, arc among the happiest peo-
pie in any profession. 1t cannot be
said that they enter the hospital for
training, as each nurse only receives
So a month, which sum is barely
sufficient to buy her clothes. One
nurse, dainty littlo Irish miss, when
asked why she kept at the work on
snch small pay. smiling, answered: ::
Because Just love it. You don L
know how interesting and fascinating
| it is, There is always something new
TO learn, and then, too, we cnn do a
great deal Of good. 1t is really n very
nice home, too, as The nurses home is
very nice one, aud the nurses are like
one big family
Well may the nurses be pleased with
their home in this city, as it is Il very
comfortable one. 1t is built after the
bungalow style, the parlors being en-
tlrcIv IN mission. Al ono corner of the
spacious room is great old-fashioncd
fireplace. There is a piano, where
music-lovine girls may spend an enjoy
able evening, besides Il great number
of books from wcIlkuown authors, to-
gether with all the periodicals. BY
these the nurse s mind is brondeDcd,
not only in a medical line, but is also
kept up on the current happenings. The
lated rooms. The nurse, when she is
on her probation, which lasts three
months. does not have her bedroom by
herself. three girls occupying one large
room. However, somo time during the
first year the girl is given pretty lii
tie room all by herself, which she
can hX up 10 meet her own artistic
ideals, apd many Of the little rooms Rre
yeritable "fairy bowcrs.' The Young
nurses arc well looked after, and they
have plenty Of freedom. Each ono is
allowed TO 20 out each evening until
10 O'clock, once week until /
o clock, and once n month until L.
o clock. However, they do not loavc
the grounds without a permit, which is
always chccrfully given if the girl be
trustworthy.
Daily Routine in Home.
Tho routine may seem very hard to
the idle. pleasureloving girl, but the
nurse cheerGully accepts IL. A gong
rings every morning at O'Clock, AZ
630 o'clock the girls must be up and
dressed and their rooms left in perfect
order. They then all congregatc in the
parlor. where prayers arc held for ten
minutes by the superintendent. Break
fast is served at clock, and the
nurses arc on duty ut T:30 o'clock.
Each pursc then goes TO her respective
duties. There is always An advanced
nurse in charge Of floor, aud the
younger nurses arc placed uudor them
to learn. First Of all breakfast is
served tn tho patients, which have
been prepared by the night nurse, and
tho temperatures arc taken, after
part Of the day. All during the after
noon the nurses attend TO the patleuts
needs. Then tue temperatures arc again
taken about O'Clock, and dinner
served. After that the patient is pre-.
pared for bed, and until 7:30 o 'cloch h
the nurse is kept busy.
To many IL may seem that the lives
lof these girls and women AS ono Of