The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-05

tory for the pupils. In
school the students live !.
across the street from IN. !.
four or five girls in a roos
desirable standard for nun.
tiers is a comfortable residsa.l
lighted and heated and ~,
from the hospital, vii,
rooms for the students
Hospitals are having !,
higher standards because ~
no longer overlook the t ~.
young women are more y.
about starting upon a cav. ss
than they once were. M -,
enters a hospital with am sA
standing Of the work er,..'
have an easy time. but she A..
pect and demand a broad eo n.y.
training under livable conSi,i,'
Girl Has Many Chsaeea
There are so many 9th,
lions open to the high schs.,
graduate now that she M !.
takes up nursing as the AM.
OF a life OF teaching school
is the main reason why tNe -.
nurses has dwindled.
law. and other profession -
fering big rewards, while \.
pitfalls have gone on Conn.,.
thinking that the great ooos.s
for service through nursias =
continue as sure an attr,sx..
ever.
Most women who take ),
Ing as a profession are hmm.
by the possibilities Of the vort
nowadays a girl who is inter-.
in this kind of social service i,
orally interested enough to tna
exactly what she will get Nv
course Of training. For inst,
there are fewer girls entering h
hospitals. sanatoria and nj
hospitals that are not able n !
ter their graduates. Not IN hs
istered in the state means th,,|
graduate with her two or n
years of training cannot becos]
member Of the Red Cross ,u,]
association. an army or nayy h
nor would she be admitted }
stan nurse in most hospitals oil
ognized standing.
Training school standard,
rising and so are the STANDARD
nurses. At one time girls iur|
of gammar school were in a 1
many hospitals admitted as nj
TONERS. The tendency now }
demand a high school dipIom,|
to make the nurses trainin,|
proximate a college or na
school with a B. S. degree.
twenty colleges now mai,
schools of nursing, usually q
a five-year course. The army
has an excellent training e
where a three-year course Is 3
i Nurses-really trained nur,
are going to be needed in eve
creasing numbers as We ain
higher standards of health and
itation. Right now. more d
health nurses are needed for
welfare work, visiting nurse
Citations, and medical social
vice departments. Graduate nj
for permanent hospital stats
scarce-one reason why the
dent nurse has had less TIM
; study during her hospital trai
The army is conducting its
campaign for more stut
, Nurses for home duty and for
sionary work are also scarce.
yet these branches offer
: varied or a more highly specii
career than nurses have ever
offered before.
The nurses associations hav
ganized their campaign on
markably systematic basis.
Cross chapters, women's
boards of education, and 9TH
cal organizations are told to 4
,, local committee to conduct
, campaign. And from that poi
campaign is a series of pt
speeches, literature and movir
q lures until the town or stat
, the recruits needed.
. Recruiting may cOntlnu
: months, even years. says
T julius Stimson, superintendt
t the army nurse corps, who is
r man on the national recruiting
? mittee. THE drive has just
but the outlook is hopeful b.
D already the states are gettll
d cruits, and people are beg
e really to understand how imp
: the trained nurse iS-and now
4 of her kind are needed.