Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-22
HOSPITAL CHIEF TELLS
OF NURSES CALLING

\ large crowd gathered at the
First Methodist church SUNDAY night.
to hear an address on Nursing as a
Life Work" which was delivered by
Miss Jessie Horn, superintendent ot
Ryburu hospital The talk was the
first of series 0f which VIII be
given by people of various protes.
sions explaining the desrability and
requirements of various vacations for
life work.
The series will he given IN place
Of the regular Sunday night sermons
and the general public is invited 10
attend all OF them Special musical
programs viii be given In addition
to the addresses.
Miss Horn spoke on the history OF
nursing. and the strides the PROBES
sion has made. She also touched on
the requirements of a suecesstul
nurse. saying in part.
What are the requirements for adj
mission To a school for nurses
First good moral character and
desire IN be Of use to humanitv y
purely commercial motive seldom sue
ceeds. good health and q pleas ant
personality are essential 2s nurse
who cannot please is never popular
The minimum educational require
meutir this state is one year high
school
Training schools are inspected and
controlled by the state board of reg
istrati0r and education and must
meet their requirements 30 be classed
as an accredited school. from such
schools graduates are eligible to the
state examination to be registered By
the state and given the title OF regis
tered nurse.
In selecting a school young women
should be sure chat il is accredited or
they are limited in their field OF serY'
ice. many things should be taken in
TO consideration in choosing school,
Large schools may have adyan-
tages hut as is true of large colleges
detail is not given as much atten'
zion as in @ small college IN a lar
ger hospital the responsibility y
shared by SO MANY that the individ-
ual responsibility is lost
For bedside Nursing small hos
initial has the best training Recently
a snperintaHdant who employs more
qraduatee than any other hospital in
+he middle west made the statement
that a small hospital graduate exceli-
Cd in the inner points OF nursing when
II came to tire actual care Of pa
tiept
The small hospital can give the stu
dent more home life and better SUI
peryision as to- personal health and
habits
If a graduate desires to specialize
there are many courses she can en-
ter on her diploma from an accredit-
ed school.
We hear so often that the work is
so hard so much drudgery Many
things that are routine become
drudgerv If we allow them often
think Of a little jingle that has help
me over some Of the rough places,
1.-TWO men stood behind prison bars;
one saw mud, the other saw stars.
The nurses personal attitude TO
wards her work is often the answer
to the drudgery charge It is also
true that a sick patient is not al
ways disagreeable, and we are given
in our work some heroic examples OF
self control and soon learn that 1t Is
a privilege to serve.
grant you that the early training
schools did require too much mental
work, but that is not SO true Of the
present schools The experience OF
the older nurse is still being repeated
and frequently discourages young
woman who would make nursing q
life work 1t is also hard to make
the uniformed realize that it is a
school. and that the hospital is the
laboratory or workshop whore they
work under supervision and that
while receiving this education no
tuition Is charged, and the student
is maintained, there is practically no