Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-07
WAR DEMANDS
TRAINING or
MORE NURSES
Thousands of Young Women
Are Needed to Fill Ranks
of Nurses In Red Cross
Service

Thousands of patriotic young wom-
en- throughout the country are looking
for ways in which they can serve the
government at the present time.
The Bureau Of Nursing of the Lake
Division, American Red Cross, Cleve-
land, points out that there is no form
of service open to women more great
ly needed than that rendered by the
nurses of the country.
The Red Cross Nursing Service
for which most registered nurses are
eligible-constitutes the reserve for
the army and the navy nurse corps.
1t Is calling for many hundreds Of
highly qualified nurses for service
abroad in our own hospitals and those
of our allies. It is also calling many
hundreds for service in the base hos
pitfalls in our environments.
eve have" says Miss Roberts,
nurses enough to meet our present
need. but in order to maintain our
health standards at home during and
after the war and to continue to care
for our armies many more must be
trained.
"The need for skilled nurses during
the next few years will be the greet
est the world has ever known and the
number of students in the spring
classes now being enrolled in the
schools for nurses throughout the
country should be limited only by the
teaching facilities of the schools and
by the clinical facilities Of the hos
pitfalls with which they are connected"
The committee on nursing Of the
general medical board of the Council
of National Defense has encouraged
those hospitals possessing sufficient
clinical material to increase their fa-
cilities for the thorough training of
nurses and in many instances this
has been done.
Following are some of the advan-
tages in nursing education and some
points a young woman should con.
slider in selecting training school:
4 Nursing education not only pre-
i pares for large variety of pro
fessional fields, but is an excellent
preparation for home and family life
and for public service in many ways
% Almost upon enrolment the stu
a dent begins her service to the com
munity in helping to care for the sick
az a part OF her instruction and train
ing.
. Life in most schools is healthy
- wholesome, simple and regular II
is full of vivid human interest, the stu
dent sharing in deepest realities Of
life.
a The graduate of good schoo
y steps at once into regular profes
sional life and work with an assured
livelihood. No weary struggle to gel
u foothold-to show what she can do
The hospital has carried her over thai
stage. Her work is ready and waiting
for her II she successfully completes
her training.
= The student is at no expense fol
- tuition, board, lodging, laundry
uniform, etc, in the great majority o
'chools. Only few schools charge {
tuition fee, for preparatory course
rhe student is also cared for in i'll
ness.
r. Salaries compare favorably will
" salaries Of other trained women
In some fields they are higher shal
the average. Especially is this tru,
Of teaching and administrative worl
either in institutions or In Publ,
Health Nursing. Opportunities for ad
vancement are many and steadily In
creasing.
Choice Of Training School.
(a) Be careful In choosing train
Ing school. Be sure that It's diplomi
will enable you to register in you
state.
o. That its educational Standard
arc good.
(c) That It offers thorough training
In medical, surgical, chlldren's anC
maternity nursing.
ID That the housing and livinI
r conditions are such as TO ensure tn,
health and well-being of students.
; lei That the working conditions
are modern and the hours reasonable
(f) That the general standing of tn
school and its graduates is good
Where any doubt exists on this poin
further advice should be sought
through officials of the State Nurses
, Association or the State Board of ES
aminers.
Addresses and further information