The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-26
VALUABLE PAPERS
TO The NURSES
Continued From Page One.

shape as the natural outgrOWth of the
daily experience and observations con-
corning themselves with the welfare Of
the sick and helpless and the better
ment of their living conditions. The
nursing profession has passed on to
the stage where it contents itself no
longer only with the care and recov-
cry Of the individual patient. The
nurse of today seeks to find the cause
Of a broker down condition, it's sig
n%ificance to those who share the same
environment, the family group; to in
dictate to the physician the possibilities
or limitations of the patients re-
sources for health; is interested in
how far character may. be dependent
upon neglected or unimpTOyed physi-
cal handicap. In short the nurse of
today looks beyond the immediate re-
suits of her work, the recovery of her
patient. Her work is largely edu-
c%ational.
In order to explain state registra-
ton we will quote from the first bill
passed; that of New York bill in 1903,
where it says: Nursing in the Unit
ed States will have reason to consider
1903 as one Of the most epoch making
in it's history. In this year five legis-
latures have given to the profession
the substantial recognition by state
registration"
u punt VI ~ ~
tween the laws regulating the praC-
tice of nursing and the laws ~regulat-
ing other professions is that the form
er bill does not attempt to prevent
anyone from practicing the art Of
nursing. Its purpose is to establish
the title "R. n" and to prevent any
one who is not registered from using
it. The so called natural" nurse may
follow her vocation as before, but by
differentiating the public may know
the skilled from the unskilled.
Further amendments to laws for
state registration are under consider
alton in Massachusetts, in New York,
Illinois and Oklahoma, and new bills
are being introduced in California,
Florida. What New York n other
states have done can be done for
North Dakota.
'On contemplating work done by
North Dakota nurses in the past two
years, it appears almost incredaDle.
we have been watched with eXpecta-
ton and pride by our eastern sisters.
Boards of health and other branches
of our community welfare rely upon
us for assistance in the successful es-
adjustment of public safety. We are
looked upon as responsible members
of the profession, lot merely a band
of wage earning women, and as inte!-
igent friends battling c~ourageousiy
for their we'll being n health in the
most skillful manner known to modern
science.
The Value Of Organization.
Charles D. Hine has written a valu-
able series of articles on the Modern
! ORGANIZATION of Business, for the En-
gineering Magazine. He very apply
| called organization a smaller sister OF
| Sociology, the Science of Human Ma
ture. The dictionary tells us that orr
SANITATION is a formation or arrange
ment of parts. Therein lies it's
strength-the strength of number sys-
tematically arranged, whether it be Of
animate or inanimate objects.
Our government is claimed to be a
| highly specialized organization, vol
UNFAIRLY formed by ourselves: 1t IS
| this ability to create organizations
and make laws for their control, n
then abide by the laws all voluntarily,
| hat is the proof of the greatest free
dom.
We are very sure that there must
be a great value in organization or
the business world Would not be so
thoroughly committed to it. One can
very easily prove the advantage to
business in organization by contrast
ing a we'll ordered business with n
run in a careless manner. Since we
| believe in cooperation we must be-
| Iieve that numbers of men engaged in
the same line of business will advance
by Joining themselves into associa-
| tions to discuss that trade and plan
| for it's carrying on.
Society is organized in every branch
| religious, social, p~hilanthropic n
political life is all organized in every
department. No up to date church
| but has it's Aid society, it's Brother
hood, it's Missionary society and even
organized Sunday school classes. One
need not stop to prove the efficiency
of a really modern church. We no
longer do our aims as individuals.
Time was when we gave a dime to the
| beggar, carried fruit to the. sick, Or
gave our cast off clothes to the first
person we thought needed them. Now
we have organized our charities, and
some people believe the beneficiaries
of our charities have also followed
this custom.
The many valuable sociological In
stitutions of which Hull house is a
familiar example, the Sunshine socie-
ty, the Crittenton homes, the poor
farms, the school centers and the In
dustriaI schools-are all organized at
tempts at betterment. The segrega-
ton of the feeble minded and the in
sane, and the sterilization of GRIMM
ais are all results of well organized
social and political life. Much of this
form Of advancement is due to the as
sociations of doctors and nurses.
Anyone at all familiar with political
parties knows how completely they
must all be organized If they would
be successful. =
Seventy five years ago women could
not vote anywhere in the United
states. Last fall 1000 voted for pres
ident. In nineteen states women vote
on school questions and last weeks
election in Fargo was proof that they
use the right where they have 1t. In
several states ome have municipal
suffrage and in nine they have full
suffrage. A proposed constitutional
amendment has been introduced by
Mr.. Chamberlain. The American
Woman's Suffrage association has
been active in securing every advance
made and much of the credit for the
achievement is due to organization.
The National w. C.. t. u. was or
ganized in Cleveland, O.. in 1874. The
growth of this noble band often spok-
en- Of as organized Mother Love has
been remarkable. 1t is organized in
| every state, territory and dependency