The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-18
NEED OF NURSES
In CANTONMENTS
Is IMPERATIVE.

Mrs. Angela Boleyn, 407 Improve
ment building, Fargo, in charge of
recruiting OF nurses for active serv-
Ice, has been urged in communica-
tions from the war department and
the Red Cross bureau of nursing
service to double efforts in recruiting
to supply the very imperative
demand for nurses at this time, es-
pecially in cantonment hospitals.
So imperative Is the demand that
the requirements have been lower
ed, and affiliation with the American
Nurses association has been waived.
Enrolment will be granted to nurses
who are graduates of recognized
schools, even though the hospitals
are somewhat below the average re-
quired.
Recognize Smaller Hospitals.
Heretofore, to be eligible for en-
rollment, nurses had to be graduates
from the training department OF hos
pitfalls having at least q 50-bed ca
pacity. BY special arrangement. four
hospitals in the state having no this
he'd capacity, but having very good
standing. win be recognized. and
nurses from any Of these hospitals,
with whom Miss McCulloch has been
in communication, will be eligible.
w. G. Gorgas, surgeon general Of
the u. s. army, in a communication
recently received here, says: For
the proper care and preservation OF
life of sick and wounded soldiers in |
hospitals, skilled nursing, care and |
attention is absolutely essential and
can only be given properly by gradu
ate nurses. The men OF America have
so nobly answered their country's cali /
that il is believed that nurses will |
not be less patriotic. The need is /
growing daily. and to meet it, it will
be necessary for this office to have on /
file the names Of thousands Of nurses
who can respond to a call on short /
notice. In the course Of the next /
year 1t is estimated that at least 20.-
600 nurses will be required in the i
army hospitals at home and abroad
should the war continue, therefore /
the applications of all graduate
nurses who are professionally, physi-
cally and morally qualified for serv-
Ice will be given consideration by
this office, certain of the require
ments being waived for the period of /
the war emergency only. Nurses will
be appointed for three years IL they /
desire, or for the period Of the
For the graduates OF smaller hos
pitfalls, who may feel the need OF
postgraduate work, several OF the
twin city hospitals have arranged .
special post graduate courses, with /
special reference to war-work, and i
the names Of these, with any other
desired, may be secured
from Miss McCulloch.
The organization Of nurses In this
country has assumed a definite re-
5ponsibility for service in time of
war, a far greater responsibility than
rests upon any other group of wom-
en-, according to Miss Delano, and
she feels confident that IL the need
Is brought to them clearly, they will
not fail at this time.
Outside of the service in army hos
pitals here and abroad. there is a
very definite need for nurses in the
public health field, and in this state,
alone, recently there have been 4S
calls for rural and city school nurses.
rhe Red Cross urges the need of
effort on the public
health work, at this time. The atten-
ion of the nurses not caring to enter
he army hospitals. is drawn to this
phase Of nursing. The public health
ield provides an opening for very
wartime work also, and
hose nurses to whom the hospital
nursing does not appeal are being
To give this branch OF
he work consideration.