The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-05

government hospital service. ha
learned that smiles and sweet dis
position alone are not so necessary
TO the conservation OF the lives o
our boys as sound knowledg
OF asepsis, the ability to recognize
symptoms, and an understanding oI
dietetics according to Mrs. J.. )
Higbee, chief of the navy nurse
corps at Washington. A sick man
must be kept happy, she says, but
there is no happiness greater in
illness than the security OF expert
care.
"A girl may have flickering dim
Piles in her cheeks and the features
OF a movie queen; she may be able
to fluff up a pillow or write home
TO mans family, but she must also
know how to dress his wounds in
such manner as TO cause the mini
mum Of pain. and must know how
10 move a fractured limb without
wrenching the newly set bone apart
is the statement OF the navy nurse.
1T is common knowledge today
that the regulations for the APP
pointment or enrolment OF rLerve
nurses in the navy have been con
siderablv relaxed TO meet the mer-
gency demand for thousands Of
nurses Only graduates OF high
schools and training schools attach
ed to hospitals numbering more
than 100 beds are eligible for the
regular navy nurse corps. The
bars have been put down enough
TO admit graduates OF smaller in
stitutions and the educational re-
strction has been removed for the
reserves but registration is retained
IN the requirements.
Must Be Mother" to ALI
"One might consider that the sick
sailor is the sole responsibility ot
the member OF the navy nurse corps.
No indeed Her work is limitless.
She must be prepared to mother
the sick little native urchins on the
tropical islands OF the Pacific ocean
and also to mother the parents
who are nothing more than chill |
dren OF larger stature. She must
be i trained executive, able to in
struct the sailors assigned to the
navy hospital corps. IneXhaustiblc
patience and tact re the priceless
possessions OF 4 teach2r. The navy
nurse co-operates with the doctors
in transforming the sailor bo, into
hospital attendant. Though her
capable fingers may itch to finish
the task which the new student
bungles with his amateurish mex
pertness. She must stand by with
only kindly suggestion.
Also Social Service Worker.
"Wherever the United States,
through the medium OF the navy, is
managing the affairs OF Il people,
the navy nurse must establish her I
self. Her relation to the commun- I
ity is that OF a social service work !
er. In thatchcd hut or temporary /
pavilion She organizes a training ;
school for native girls. In Samoa y
there is such school which en- c
rolls pupils recommended By the !
English missions. These native t
nurses trained in American way {
are sent to the sick throughout the 7
sland. Every six months they are I
required to return to the hospital 4
and remain for hall a year lest by 4
association they are tempted TO slip e
way and become merged again with h
heir own people forgetting the die )
ates OF the doctors and the advice p
Jn sanitation. o
The first native woman'S club in q
he Philippines was established by
navy corps nurse more than TWO u
ears ago. 1t has become an edu- /,
ational and social center. This club II
.pcned clinics in Cayite, employing g
iatiye nurse, To- assist the doctor. "
The nurse must be a baby welfare q
Npert. She usually plays very Il
part in the native lair al
y setting mp miniature hospital /
Nhibit> IN tent. competing with "
he interest OF the fakers and bal st
.hoo,. Native nurses alternate IN g,
TO the public modern HI
lethod> OF fighting germs &C
Because OF this high standard re- &C
uired Of the navy nurse one mem tn
er oi the staff OF the L. =. naval vo
o,pital in Guam /, assigned to the NJ
.cult, oi the local normal school an
here she teaches teachers the prin- ,u
piles oi public health Ia the hc
crsonad letter, received from the ",
urses by their chief. anecdotes
-eep ia between the official sta E
sites. One nurse with rare sense
the ridiculous mas written OF the
,ual night duty in the children
ard in Guam. The natives many n
them have never seen 4 bed. Isl
hey sleep ON hard mats laid upon le,
Ie bare floor Some OF these ma OF
Ves have a Superstitious fear OF ait
hat may happen to their children ia,
ithin the walls OF the hospital. an
ccause Of this fear and TO engen- en-
r confidence the mother, are al
wed to remain with their babies m:
iring the night. Gil
The babies show a wonderful tio
eierence for the little white enam- sa,
cribs. but the mothers hold firm lar