Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-12
MEDICAL SOCIETY
URGES MORE NURSES
Advocates New Conditions Where
bv the Calling Will Appeal to
Larger Number.

Declaring that the threatened shortage
nj nurses * n menace to the public ana
great handicap to physicians provisional
remedies for the condition have neeh
en,hodicd in a resolution which was adopt
cd today at the l3lst annual session OF 'ilG
NIedicai Society of Delaware, beng held
Of the Hotel du/1ont. The resolution,
considered of great Importance ny ttle
socictv follows:
"Wbercas. The threatened shortage OF
nurses issa menace to the public and a great
handicap to the physicians and !.
"WhereaS. The increasing scarcity OF
nurses is due first. to the gradual WITH
drawal Of registered nurses INTO public
bcalth nursing; second, the better re-
,nuncrotlon Of Young women IN business
pursuits. and third, the raisIng ol the
standard of teaching To level that can
he reached only by highly educated Wo-
men, and
Whereas. The curriculum promulgated
bv the National Nurses Association aS
standard for all h osPltalS. IN Unnecessary
specializcd. impractical and IN many ol
the subjects far beyond the mfI'tai re'i''
of any but a college graduate. and
.sIXhercaS. This excessive theoretical
training dcters Young women from enter
Il -
..NhcreaS. Overtralntng IS apt 10 make 4
nurse less useful as a bedside attendant
and render her nuisance rather than
bclp TO the attending physicians therefore,
be IL 60
'Rcso lvcd by the Delaware state
Medical society
First. That the various social orgahi-
cations employing nurses I've asked 70 en-
plo~ aS far aS possible into! g tn' Socia
workers with sufficient training ~ th'
elementary principles oi nursing e meet
the s.mplc requirements Of public heath
nursing.
second. That aspccial course for puhii'
health nurse, be established, such eours'
hong opcn ~ any intelligent woman wis
desires to engage IN this work
'.rhrd. That the course for rcgi~ier''
pur~,., hc reduced from three 70 two Years
Fourth. That the training. school,
institute short rour~c for practical nurse
OF attendants
Fifth Thai the status Of practice
nurses be lecalized by the STATE
A. the election of officers l)r Iamc'
A. Draper wa/ chosen first vice president
Dr. r. <. Mcbr, second Nlce-pTrSideint ~
DIR. ". ~ I.aAlotte, SECRETARY. and IT
; G. Rumiord treasurer
The president viii hc elected ai IN
clos, af the session.
Following an Invocation by Key 4
Trapncll. an address was given by MAYO
William G. Taylor. The president, i'r
II. NJ. Manning. also spoke Papers Wer
read dealing with the following subjects
Nasal and aural conditions associate
with fving. William i. Bonnor. Equi
hbrnlrn and vertigo. Emil r Mayerborg
some errors III the diagnosis and treat
mcnt of heart disease Albert ROBIN
Blood pressure functional and pathologi
cell Richard r. >pahr, The aboiiiio
OF veneresl diseases George Wake
Baltimore. Md; Some experiences wit
and some mistakes made in the dlagnoS'
and treatment OF purulent pleuritiS.
]. Roscoe Elliott: The foot and shc
problem practically CONSIDERED
Terrence Rugh. Philadelphia, Ia
National health insurance in lts relatio
10 the medical profession, Frederic
l.. Hoffman. vice-presldent and Statlstlcla
the Prudential Insurance 90 q Amen'
Newark y. J.
The most important Of tneNe papf
were read this afternoon