Milford chronicle., 1918-07-19
$4,000 WOMEN ARE
WANTED To ENROLL
Government Calling for Young WO-
men to Enroll In United States
Student Nurse Reserve

The Government is calling for 25,-
600 young women to join the United
States Student Nurse Reserve and to
hold themselves in readiness TO tram
as nurses.
The war is creating an unprece-
dented demand for trained nurses.
Only those who have taken the full
training course are eligible tor ser
vice 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 re-
leasing a nurse for service at the
front, and swelling the home army,
which we must rely on to act as our
second line of hospital defense. Up
on the health of the American people
will depend the spirit Of their fighting
forces.
The call is for women between the |
ages of nineteen and thirty-ive.
Intelligent, responsible women of /
good education and sound health are |
wanted-the pick of the country. A
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and many hospitals will give credit
for it. Credit will also be given for
a special scientific equipment or for
preliminary training in nursing, such
as that given in special courses now
being conducted by various colleges
and schools. Some schools, on the
other hand, do not even require a full
high-schoOl education. /;
Women will be given an oppOrtun-
ity to enroll in the United States Stu
dents Nurse Reserve in any of three {
ways:
l. AS engaging to hold themselves
in readiness until April 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 qualifica- 7
-ions will be given preference, and it n
Is, of course, possible that not every ?
)ne who enrOlls will be accepted. ]
2. As desiring to become candi- T
iates in the Army Nursing School re- <
,ently established by authority of the p
Mar Department, with branch schools
n selected military hospitals.
3. As engaging to hold themselves
n readiness until April l, 1919. to Il
ccept assignments to either a civilian W
raining school or the army nursing gS
choOl. The Government hopes that m
majority of those who enroll will WI
nus put down their names for both. IN
The Nurses Training Schools Sr SI
There are 1879 nurses training fo
choOls in this country. Their need fc
as great and imperative as that of
le Army School of Nursing. Those
no enroll for these schools will be ~.
ssigned as vacancies occur. ~
The enrolment card will indicate VI u.
70 classes of egislrants-Preferred a. a.
Id Deferred. The Preferred Glass II
Ill be those who are ready to accept wa wa
signment to whatever hospital the ~. tla
)vernment directs them, although W pol
ey may state what training school oy
ey prefer to be sent to. Those who GU
gister in the Preferred Glass will ~, Io,
assigned first, and all possible con- a.
ieration will be given to their pre- &c 10
renee as stated. The Deferred - -
ass is composed of those who limit ~ ~
cir pledge Of service-that is, who m m
II not engage to go except to GER ~ ~
n hospitals. This class is intend az 1le
Tor those who, for family reasons. IN IN
not accept training at a distance @ @oIp
I'M their homes. Those who regis sSi sS
in the Deferred Glass will be as N
ned only after those in the Pre- r alu
red Glass are assigned. CEN
The Government relies on the pa-
otism Of those who enroll to FIJI
the Preferred Cards if they pos II
ly can, thus volunteering to go c..
ere they are most needed. 5 5eo'
'obody will be assigned to any -. tseP
oois whose conditions are not ap- 400,
we'd by the State Board of Nurse LII Io
Iminers. Coli
he term of training varies from ro0r r,l0,
10 three years, according to the ofSo
lirements of the particular school Iii
which the student nurse may be oyar
I. NO course takes less than two roor
rs nor more than three. aSact Sou
What the Course Prepares For welc
present every woman who com -
es satisfactorily training in any er Il
eul'eu scnooI IS eligible for ser great
as an army nurse az the front ified
stanus S chahce OF being assign will
duty abroad. At the same time he +,
~ WI De quallhed 70 earn her liv- but a
IN one Of the nOblest professions tion
10 women. It should be remem- with
d, furthermore, that her useful nurse
VIII begin, not when she gradu- train
rom the training school, but as Ev,
as she enters it. Practical nurs- Nigbt
work is part OF the work of ev- has !
training school, and the student was
e is not only learning to serve dav
ierving her country from the out can 2
The [
e student nurse gets her board. serve
ng, and tuition free at practical the ?
cry training school, and in most camns
receives a small remuneration will r
'ver the cost OF books and uni fight
). After graduation she has an those
ng capacity Of from $100 to $500 ardou,
NTH. Private duty nurses now thems
re an average Of from 500 to time
a month, together with board either
on duty; institution nurses show
$50 to $3.50 a month, together the q,
board, lodging and laundry; and of the
health nurses from S10O to Enrc
a month without maintenance. station
is no danger Of the earning Commi