Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-31

schools in selected military hospitals.
"(3) AS engaging to hold them
selves in readiness until April L,
1918, to accept assignments to either
a 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 majority of those who
enroll will thus put down their names
for both
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 what training school
they prefer to be sent. Those who
register in the preferred class will
be assigned first, and all possible
consideration will be given to their
preference as stated. The deferred
class is composed of those who limit
their pledge of service-that is, who
will not engage to go except to GER
tain hospitals. This class is intended
largely for those who, for family
reasons. can not accept training ut a
distance from their homes. Those
who register in the deferred class
will be assigned only after the pre-
ferred class is exhausted.
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.
AT present every woman who
completes satisfactorily her train
ing in any accredited school is eligi-
Bile as an Army nurse at the front
and stands a chance of being as
signed to duty abroad. At the same
time she will be qualified to earn
her living in one of the noblest pro-
fessions 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.
Practical nursing work is a part of
the work of every training school,
and the student nurse is not only
learning to serve but serving her
country from the outset
"Finances-The student nurse gets
her board, lodging, and tuition free
at practically every training school,
and in most cases receives a small
remuneration to cover the cost of
books and uniforms. After gradua-
ton she has an earning capacity of
from 500 to $500 a month. Private
duty nurses now receive an average
of from 500 to 1920 a month to-
gether with board while on duty;
Institution nurses from $50 to $3.50
a month together with board. lodg-
ing, and laundry; and public health
nurses from 500 to $3.50 a month
without maintenance. There is no
danger of the earning capacity of
nurses being lowered after the war
ends on account of the great number
who will then be qualified for the
procession; the country will need all
the nurses that can be trained, not
only during the war but after it,
especially for reconstruction work.
Even If the war ends within three
years, every student nurse will be
able to complete her training and
will be needed.
An Honorable Service
Ever since the days of Florence
Nightingale the nursing profession
has been one of especial honor. 1t
was never so honorable as it is to-
day. The Army needs every nurse
it can get to keep up with the
draft" The United States Student
Nurse Reserve is the equivalent for
women of the great National Army
training camps for soldiers. The
government will rely upon the stu
dent nurses to fight disease at home,
to care for those injured and dis
abled in our hazardous war indus
tries, and to make themselves ready
to serve when the time comes as
fully trained nurses, either abroad or
at home. Let us show that we
know how to answer the govern
ment's call to the women of the
country"