The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
NURSES TO MEET
Tenth Annual Convention VIII
Open Here Thursday.
More Interest To Be Taken in
Legislation.

Nurses should be more interested
in politics.v declared Miss w. Pearl
Martin of Topeka president of the
Kansas State Nurses association. Il
hope the time will come when our
profession has a representative in
both houses of the Kansas legislature
We learned in the last session how inn
portant to us it is that we should be
represented and should take an inter
est in the making of state laws Dur
ing our convention / expect to urge
nurses to keep informed and interest
ed in politics.
The tenth annual meeting of the
Kansas State Nurses association will
open in Topeka tomorrow. More
than 200 nurses from all parts of the
state are expected to attend the meet
ing. 1t will be held in conjunction
with the eighth annual meeting of the
Kansas organization for public health
nursing and the second annual meet
ing of the private duty nurses section
To Meet in Representative Hall.
The sessions of the joint convention
will be held for the most part in rep
resentative hall at the state house. but
the opening general session will be
held at the city auditorium at
o'clock Thursday night.
The Shawnee Comfy Medical society
members will attend the convention
many courtesies to the visiting nurses
Well Pleased With Legislation.
Kansas nurses are gratified over
the legislation benefiting the profess
sion which was passed in the last ses-
sion, Miss Martin said.
1.-The standard of the nursing pro-
fession in Kansas is much higher as Il
result of that legislation" Miss Martin
said. The educational qualification
for nurses is that every candidate for
the profession should have at least one
year of high school education or it's
equivalent, and should spend a mini
mum of two and a half years in train
ing The legislation further provides
that every training school must have
registered nurse in charge. Prior
to the passing of the measure, nurses
were only required to have common
school education and the minimum Of
training was two years.
Miss Martin To Retire.
Miss Martin has been president of
the state association for two years.
and was secretary of the organization
for three years. She is retiring as
president this year. New officers will
be elected at the meeting this week
ond vice president of the state asso-
citation and is also president of the
Kansas State Nurses organization of
Public Health Nursing.
Miss PARSONS To Speak.
Miss Sarah 2. Parsons, superintend-
| ent of nurses of the Massachusetts,
| General hospital, Boston, Mass is
national speaker of much prominence
who will b. on the program of the
nurses convention. She will give one
| of the principal addresses at the open
| ing session at the auditorium Thurs
| day night. Her subject will be 1.-The
Obligation of the Community to the
Profession of Nursing"
i DR.. r. L. Loveland, physician IN
| charge of the Topeka tuberculosis
| Sanatorium, will address the opening
| session on the subject The Part the
Nurse Should Play in Detection OF In
| cipient tuberculosis" DIR. w. E Nc
| Vey of Topeka, editor of the Kansas
State Medical Journal. will speak on
Educational Requirements of Student
| Nurses"
Reports of various phases of the
associations work will occupy the Fri
| day morning program. The address
| of Miss Martin, the president, viii be
! given Friday afternoon.
Special Program Saturday.
Saturday the Kansas State Organi-
/ cation of Public Health Nursing will
have its special program, with Mrs
! c. {. Bailey presiding at the opening
session at s O'Clock at Representative
| hall. In the general session of that
meeting Miss Louise Kenninger, r. N.
| superlntenuent OF Cnrlsts nospltaI,
will be Fundamental Requirements
| of Successful Nursing"
The annual banquet of the nurses
| associations will be held at PeIIetier's
| tea room Friday night at O'Clock
| Mrs. Alma O'Keefe, r. ", of Wichita
| will be POSTMASTER. The Shawnee
County Medical society members and
| their wives will also attend the ban
] quet Among the speakers will be
Bishop James Wise. Governor Henry
]. Allen, Chas. L. Mitchell. Miss Sarah
Parsons of Boston, Senator Hugh
Fisher, and a number of prominent
| nurses.