The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26
WANTED

ed States student nurse reserve.
The Government is calling for 25.-
ooo young women to join the United
States Student Nurse Reserve and
| noio themselves in readiness to train
Tor service as nurses.
| lhe war is creating an unprece-
| uented demand for trained nurses.
only those who have taken the full
framing course are eligible for serv-
ice with our forces overseas. These
nurses are being drawn largely from
our hospitals at home. Their places
must be filled by student nurses en-
rolled for the full training course of
from two to three years. Every
young woman who enrolls in the
united states student nurse reserve
Is releasing a nurse for service at the
front and swelling the home army
Whlch we must relay on to act as our
second line of hospital defense. Upon
the health of the American people will
depend the spirit of their fighting
forces.
Age-The call is for women be-
tween the age of nineteen and thirty
five
Qualifications-lntelligent, respon-
siDle women of good education and
SOUND health are wanted-the pick of
the country. A college education is
valuable asset, ana many hospitals
VIII give credit for it. Credit will
also be given for special scientific
eqipment or for preliminary training
In nursing, such as that given in spe-
cial courses now being conducted by
various colleges and schools. Some
schools, on the other hand do not
even require full high school edu-
cation.
observation-disclosures will be given
an opportunity to enroll in the United
States student nurse reserve in any
one of three ways:
ID AS engaging to hold themselves
in readiness until Apri 1, 1919, to ac-
cept assignments to nurses training
schools. These women will be sent
to the schools as fast as vacancies
occur. Those of superior .aualifica-
tions will be given preference, and It
is, or course, possible that not every
one who enrolls will be accepted.
(2) AS desiring to become candi-
dates for the army nursing school re-
Gently established by authority of the
War Department, with branch schools
in selected military hospitals.
@ at
in readiness until April i. 1919, to ac-
Icept assignments to either civilian
training school Or the army nursing
school. Those who so enroll will be
called where the first need arises.
The government hopes that a major
ity of those who enroll will thus put
down their names for both.
The Nurses Training Schools.
There are 1879 nurses training
schools in this country. Their need
is as great and imperative as that of
the army school of nursing Those
who enroll for these schools will be
assigned as vacancies occur.
The enrolment card will indicate
two classes of registrants-preferr
and deferred. The preferred class
will be those who are ready to accept
assignment to whatever hospital the
government directs them, although
they may state whay training school
they prefer to be sent to. Those who
register in the preferred class will
be assigned first, and all possible con-
sideration will be given to their pref
erence as stated. The deferred class
is composed of those who limit their
pledge of service-that is, who will
not engage to go to certain hospitals
This class is intended largely for
those who, for family reasons, can not
accept training at distance from
their homes. Those who register in
the deferred class will be assigned
only after the preferred class is ex-
hausted.
The government relies on the pa
triotism of those who enroll to fill
out preferred cards If they possibly
can, thus volunteering to go where
they are most needed.
Nobody will be assigned to any
schools whose conditions of training
are not approved by the State board
Of nurse examiners.
Terms of training-The term of
training varies FROM two to three
years, according to the requirements
of the particular school to which the
student nurse may be sent. No course
takes less than two years nor more
than three.
What the training course prepares
for-At present every woman who
completes satisfactorily her training
in any accredited school is eligible
for service as an army nurse at the
front and stands a chance OF being
assigned to duty abroad. At the same
time she will be qualified to earn her
living in one of the noblest profess
sions open to women. 1t should be
remembered, furthermore, that her
usefulness will begin not when she
graduates from the training school
but as soon as she enters it. Pract-
cal nursing work is part of the work
Of every training school, and the
student nurse is i0t only learning to
serve but serving her country from
the outset.
Finances-The student nurse gets
| her board, lodging, and tuition fee at
practically every training school, and
in most cases receives small re-
enumeration to cover the cost of books
and uniforms. After graduation she
has an earning capacity of from 800
to $500 a month. Private duty nurses
now receive an average of from $1O0
to $12O month together with board
while on duty; institution nurses
from $50 to $3.50 a month together
| with board, lodging, and laundry; and
public health nurses from 500 to $3.50
! a month with maintenance There Is