Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-07-24

for 16 nurses. The house is ideal
ly located for the purpose and will
give the night nurse, at least an
opportunity to rest in quiet, far
from the noise of the street cars
and other ''over bridge" traffic.
The evolution of the Delaware
Hospital is little short of miracul-
Gus. Under the competent and ag-
gressive regime of Miss Duncan,
the hospital has developed into one
OF the best in the country. Through
her executive ability many new
and important features have been
established and it's present organi-
cation will long remain to remind
the people of Wilmington of their
loss when she has gone to take up
her proposed course of instruction
at the Columbia University to en-
able her to carry forward the plans
which always abide in the mind of
a woman with Miss Duncan's broad
YET pfdcllcdl vision.
1t is planned that the work of
the training school shall be carried
on under somewhat new order of
things. In the fall there will be an
lnstructress of nurses, woman of
keen insight and wide experience
as assistant superintendent in a
New England Hospital who has
just completed most valuable
postgraduate course at Columbia
University.
Miss Francis Reed, who has
given such untiring service to the
hospital for number of years, has
been made the Directress of
Nurses, increasing her authority
and insuring to the pupil nurses
the most efficient practical train
ing. Miss Reed knows her work
and Better still knows how to i'm
part her knowledge.
One of the greatest innovations
to be established this year will be
the course in social service work.
To the casual reader this seems
unlmportant, but to the hospital
worker, the needs of social service
are imperative and a better and
more intelligent Wilmington will
be the ultimate result of such in
struction. Senior nurses will have
the advantage of a social service
course.
Miss Marston who has had
charge of the dietetics for several
years continues in her work and al
ready plans for the increase in the
school. Miss Marston's ability is
we'll known. She is a graduate of
Miss Forhand's school of Domestic
Science in Boston. This is one of
the foremost schools in the coun-
try, and had her practical training
as dietetian at Jefferson Hospital
in Philadelphia. Each year Miss
Marston brings to her own class
two graduates from some other
school to whom she gives a post
graduate course. These young wo-
en- are then sent out to train other
classes and incidentally spread the
name and fame of the Delaware
Hospital; while Miss Marston re-
mains to carry on the successful
work which she has inaugurated.
A maternity course is also in
cluded in the training, the matern-
ity department accommodating Is
cases and now much too small,
gives an opportunity for diversified
training. This department has
grown so steadily and so rapidly
that a new building must be pro-
vided in the near future to take
care of its needs. With the in
creased facilities for maternity
cases will come great deal of ex-
ira training for pupils, and this
is of vast Importance.
All of the departments of the
hospital are under the supervision
of the most capable men and wo-
men.
Applicants for nurses training
classes must have either two years
in High School or it's equivalent.
This not only raises the standard
Of the classes, but confines the per-
sonnet of the hospital staff to a
most desirable standard.
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