The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-26

The examining fee is $500, and If you
your certificate, which confers upon
the holder the right to practice as
registered nurse.
Iowa recognizes nurses OF other
states who recognize our nurses, pro-
vided said states have similar re-
quirements to Iowa. There are elab-
| crate provisions in regard to the
| duties Of nurses, and as to a revoca-
ton OF the certificate for certain
violations of the law, and the trial of
such matters, in all of which Of
course you will not be interested.
There is also a penalty for ractfctng
| without such certificate, or violating
any of these laws, of fine OF 500
or thirty days in Jail. Is. 2575-a2S
to a35)
A quite interesting discussion has
been going on recently in the public
prints that affects your profession
very directly. The bureau of immi-
grafton of the federal department of
labor, has allowed Miss Stoer of
Toronto to accept a position at
Athens, Ohio. She is graduate
nurse, trained in England and Can
ada, and was detained at Buffalo
under the immigration laws, which
prohibit contract laoorers from COM
ing here, and only excerpts actors,
artists, lecturers, singers, and per-
sons belonging to any organized
learned profession. So you see the
issue was clearly made as to whether
nursing was a recognized learned
profession. Miss Helen R. Melon
aid of Hamilton, Int, graduate OF
Johns Hopkins hospital, was like
wise detained and also debarred from
this country.
in this immigration law, namely,
No such plea has ever been made by
those nurses seeking admission. This
in itself is significant of the whole
trend toward training and profession
al standards, that no nurse has claim
ed this exemption. She has too high
and dignified appreciation of her
honorable profession to do this. She
would rather be barred out.
Another Exemption.
There is still another exemption,
namely, eff labor Of like kind cannot
be found in this country" And in
passing it might be observed as
somewhat indicative of the growing
demand for this profession, that calls
for trained nurses from the boards of
health of at least seven mid west
states have been made. And this was
before the unceasing and overwhelm-
ing demands that have come since
the great European conflict. The
Red Cross of all countries is doing a
magnificent work for the soldier and
the civilian, both of whom need
help on account of war and famine
and disease. Recently reorganized in
this country under the leadership of
ex-President Taft, Mabel T. Board
man, General Gorgas of the army,
and General BREASTED Of the navy,
and other prominent persons, the
work has been divided into two de-
partments, one for civilian relief
under Ernest P. Bicknell, and for
military relief under General Murray.
Today the possibilities of your pro-
fession are boundless. AS conserv-
ers and saviors Of life, your profes-
sion is outranked by none, being
equalled only by that of medicine, of
which nursing is certainly the hand
maiden. Medicine and nursing-Q
use the terms in the professional
sense)-are today the two big factors !
for the saving and conserving OF
human life.
Our government has been advertis |
ing for trained nurses in our own
work in the Philippines, in the Indian
service and at Panama. The salary |
ranges from $50 to SIS a month, in