Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-08
WANTED
$4,000 WOMEN TO ENROLL IN
THE UNITED STATES STU.
DENT NURSE RESERVE.

states Student Nurse Reserve and
hold themselves In readiness TO train
for service ~ nurses
The war is creating an unpre.
cedcnted demand for trained nurses.
Only those who have taken the full
training course are eligible for ser
vice with our forces overseas. These
nurses are being drawn largely from
our hospitals nj 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 Re.
serve Is releasing n nurse for ser
vice at the front and swelling the
home army which we must rely on
to act ss our second line Of hospital
defense. Upon the health Of the
American people will depend the spir-
u Of their fighting forces.
Ass.-The call 81 for women be-
tween the ages Of nineteen and thir-
ty-fve.
Observation-Disclosures, respon-
sible women Of good education and
sound health are wanted--the pick
Of the country. A college education
is valuable asset. and many hospit-
ais will give credit for II. Credit
will also be given for a special scien-
tihc equipment or for preliminary
training in nursing such as that
given in special courses now being
conducted by various colleges and
schools on the other hand, do not
even require a full high-school ed
ucation.
Enrollment.-Women will be Civ
en- an opportunity to enroll in the
United States Students Nurse Re-
serve In any one Of three ways:
u As engaging to hold them
selves in readiness until April I.
1919. TO accept assignments TO nurs-
es' training schools. These women
will be sent TO the schools as fast
as vacancies occur. Those Of sup
erior qualifications will be given pre-
ference. and IL is, Of course. posi-
BILE that not everyone who enrolls
will be accepted.
t2) As desiring to become esndi-
dates for the Army Nursing School
recently established by authority Of
the War Department, with branch
schools In selected military hospitals.
ca As engaging to hold them
selves in readiness until April 4.
1919. TO accept assignments 10 eth
er 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 q majority Of those who
enroll viii thus pm, 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-Prsfsrrsd
and Deferred. The Preferred class
will be those who are ready to ac-
eept assignment to whatever hospital
the Government directs them. al
though they may state what training
school they prefer TO be sent to.
Those who regitser 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 certain hospitals. Ibis
class Ia intended largely for th,le
who. for family reasons, can NOT ae-
ecpt training at a 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 10 Ill
out Preferred cards II they possibly
can. thus volunteering to 20 where
they are most needed.
Nobody will be assigned 10 any
schools whose conditions Of training
are not approved by the State Board
Of Nurse Examiners.
Terms Of trainins.-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