Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-06
M0n0poM Of Nurse T1aininQ

Monopoly Of Nurse Training /.
Where is an increasing demand everywhere for
the supervision OF the nursing profession as the wel-
fare of the sick is SO dependent. upon the proper
training OF nurses and their thorough knowledge
Of sick.r0om practlses, etc. e,
Many of the States have enacted laws safeguard
ing the profession and requiring conformity to Ger,
tsn standards ny all persons desiring to become
nurses. In commenting upon the Introduction Of :
bill in the New York legislature looking to this end.
tho Rochester. Democrat observes:
"There is II disagreement among physicians re-.
garding the s3adyisability OF enacting into law the
seeley bill, which prohibits the use Of the term
nurse" except by those who have had at least q
two year's5Sconrse in a hospital training school. At
a recent hearing by the legislative committees on
public health It was urged by Dr.. W. O. Stllman,
/ president ofsa Nurses School at Albany, that not one
person in tep. could afford to pay $500 a, week for
q nurse in Case Of illness, and that il the bill should
be passed. only the poor would suffer. Sineularly
enough representatives Of thirty.eieht OF the more i'm
poriant hospitals Of New York City appeared in OF.
position to the measure. 1t would seem to the disin;
terested layman that the matter might he amicably
arranged by amending the bill and prohibiting per
sons acting in the capacity Of nurses from using the
designation of hospital trained nurse" The claim
of a special type Of nurse to the right to monopolize
tho term nurse was, contested by some of the
physicians at the hearing"
The Portland. Maine. Evening Express and Adver-
tiser makes this Illuminating. comment:
Standards of nurse training have been rising
constantly, in keeping with the growing importance
of the nursing profession. Thirtyfour of the states
and the District of Columbia now have laws pre-.
scrihing examinations and other tests for the re
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lated on the subject are: Alabama, Kentucky. Maine,
Mississippi, Nevada. Arizona. New Mexico, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tenn.
essee. Utah and Vermont. Several 2of these states
have organizations actively working in behalf of ade-
quate safeguards for nursing and it Is believed to be
only q short time when all, Of the states will cover
the subject OF nurse training.
According to officials of the bureau, training
schools for nurses, throughout the country are, stead.
lily ehecting improvements in their work and c0ndi.
lions. The professional field Of nursing is widening
and embracing new and important activities and
Offering new incentives to effort. One of the notable
developments in the last two years. since the last
complete report, on the; subject has been issued, Is
the application Of nurse service in ever.increasing ex.
tent TO tbs public schools. s
vinc;ng.S$Hharacteris interest in the condition
Of tho deserving poor the Philadelphia Press says:
""rhc plan.of send g trained nurses to the homes
Of the deserving poor In time Of illness has grown
rapidly in progressive American cities. It offers one
more proofsM the great advantage Of organized char
ity over indiscriminate or sentimental giving. Pri-
vate and personal charity, even II the generous
givers are not deceived in the objects. are liable to
overlap. so that one destitute or needy person will
receive more than enough to relieve the necessities of
the case. while Others, equally deserving. are neglect
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