The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-03
Nurses Needed

A drive for student nurses for the
,, army training school was opened
July Goth all over the country. In
some states there are recruiting sta.
tions in every town and house to
house canvass for candidate nurses.
The official notification, together
with the rules for admission of wom-
en- desiring to train, their qualifica-
tions, duties, pay, etc. were all pub
lished in the daily Star of July goth
and the weekly of August 2. How
ever, it being a service of the great
est necessity as well as honor, and
there can hardly be too much said
about it, we reprint today the fol-
lowing, and request all our young
women to take particular notice of it,
for anyone of them who serves in this
work is of as much value to her coun-
try as any soldier who fights on the
battle-lines.
The name of the organization is the
United States Student Nurse Reserve.
1t is to be made up of young women
who prove themselves mentally and
physically capable, from nineteen to
thirty-five years of age. Young wom-
en- not having high school educations
will not be rejected if they can quail
fly in other particulars. Eighteen
army hospitals are now being opened
Three have already been opened at
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass, Camp
Wheeler, Macon. Ga, and Camp
Wadsworth, S. C. The course at the
army schools will be three years, bur
during that time, even though the
nurses in training are not serving in
France, they will be helping their
country in very vital manner, re-
leasing the present nurses for over
seas duties. Special consideration
will be given to those candidates who
have taken the course in elementary
hygiene and home care of the sick
under the auspices of the American
Red Cross, providing they meet the
requirements for admission to the
army school of nursing, and such
candidates are advised to apply for
application blanks to the division
directors of the burea uof nursing or
to the instructors of the course in
elementary hygiene and home care of
the sick.
Candidates who are admitted in ac-
cordance with the needs of the serv-
ice will be assigned to the various
training camps and to the services
provided through affiliations as may
be determined by the dean of the
ary,,xr caboo1 IF y,,,re;,r IT, no oI,r
ible to the army school of nursing,
candidates must be between 10 and
35 years of age, in good physical
condition and of good moral charac-
ter.
No tuition fee is required. The
students will be provided with board,
lodging and laundry through the
| text Books. They will be required to
provide themselves with indoor uni
forms for the preliminary course,
and upon its successful completion,
with an outdoor uniform. A monthly
allowance of SIS to meet these and
other school expenses will be provid-
ed except for the period of utilization.
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extend over a period of three years.
The experience in the military hos
pitfalls is to provide surgical nursing,
including eye. ear. nose and throat,
and medical nursing, including COM
muncable and nervous and mental
diseases.
Experience in children's diseases,
obstetrics and public health nursing
| is provided through utilization with
| civil hospitals and visiting nursing
| organizations.
The American Red Cross and the
Council of National Defense, through
its nursing and woman's committees,
are uniting their forces to conduct an
immediate campaign to enroll u. S
| student nurse reserve for training
schools in both army and civilian hos
pitfalls in order that every vacancy
shall be filed The most vital work
in this campaign is the actual re-
| cruiting, and this can not be done in
Washington. This important task
has been delegated to the state divis.