The Connecticut labor news., 1921-08-12
GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL
 TO TRAIN NURSES
Offers Women Fine Opportunity for Study in Caring for
 Disabled.

A training school for nurses of the |. $. Public Health Service is to be established by the surgeon general which will offer to women desiring E. to take up the profession of nursing E course Ot study leading to diploma and an opportunity to assist i'll caring for disabled military patients.
 The headquarters Of the school is in the office of the surgeon general, Washington, D. C. Training will be given in certain Hospitals in the serv- Der at Fort McHenry in Baltimore and at Fox Hills, Staten Island, N. \. The service hospitals provide eX- pcrienCc in surgical nursing, including orthopedic, eye, nose and throat :; medical, including, ,communisable, aHd " S@!n ttehnidHs in the diseases of children, and pub lie health nursing. Gynecology and obstetrics will be provided in the second or third year of the course through affiliations with civilian hos atOry work will be given in the re quired subjects in each hospital training school
 The course will be three years. A credit of nine months, or approxi- mately an academic year. will be given to graduates of accredited col leges. Credit of three or more months will be given to students who have had two or more years in college or in approved technical schools that include the prescribed courses in the sciences. The three years will be divided into a proba- tiOnary term of four months, junior year Of eight months, and an inter each. Vacations of one month each year will be granted. Hours of duty on the ward will be arranged with reference to the requirements of the class work. Throughout the proba7 tOinary first four months they will not exceed six hours daily, and there after eight hours.
 Candidates should make application in person or writing, to the surgeon general, L. s. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. Special consid- eration will be given to candidates who have taken the course in ele- mentary hygiene and home care of the sick with the Red Cross or who served as nurses in army or civilian hospitals throughout the war. Can didateS must be between 3I and B years of age, must pass satisfact ory physical examinations, and must be graduates of recognized high school pr present evidence of an educational equivalent.
 No tuition fee will be required Students will be provided with quar- ters, subsistence, laundry and text books through the course They must provide their own uniforms. A monthly allowance of $50 for the first two years and $50 for the third year to meet these and other school ex- penses will be made. Reasonable medical treatment will be supplied.
 Connection between the student and the school may be severed by either side at any time during the period of training. Students who complete the prescribed course and pass physical regular L. s. Public Health Service Nurse Corps. All students except those to whom credit for collegiate technical work have been given will be eligible for registration in any state except those requiring three full years in a hospital. They will also be eligible for membership in the American Nurse Association and oth CT organizations, for enrolment in the nursing service of the American Red Cross, and for postgraduate courses in the teaching, adminstra- tive ,and public health fields.