Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-15
As ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Crying Need Exiats for More Nurses
Skilled In the Treatment Of Con.
tasious Diseases, and Present
Eplden1ics Prove II
Bx SARAH ID. LOWRlE


by SAHAH II. LOWNiE
MORE than the price of eggs is getting
XVx bnck IN normal. apparently, The
schools Is letting up. and the tide beginning
to turn the other way. At least, SO /! Cleaned
from Miss Clayton out ut the Philade'phla
General Hospital while she was summing up
the situation to committee OF women WIN
meet out there occasionally.
Speaking from city wide point Of view.
the only place that Is still dangerously weak
in nurses is the Municipal Hospital for
Contagious Diseases. The shortage Of the
nursing staff there is not due to lack OF
FUNDS, for the appropriation has been gen.
erous, nor to lack of good management on
the part of those responsible for the nos
pital. 1t Is due to lack Of nurses voiun-
teering to take training In the hospitai.
Their quarters are very good, the rood IS
very acceptable--as hospital fo0d goes tnnt
Is, and that applies to any hosptal--their
pay is good and their training is up to- date
WI Inv scientlhc' nna their exGer.smss e, nuniu
t e h'auaoe. sh but hot enough .n, 'se 10 sonpbis
oe So, .ue Work .naL ,ne hosp'.u, ,,, IN ~ its
cannni.s,. & Mere liio"eu iauao ~ ~" ,n IN tbe
naaJs nJJs.y' ~ AZ. pr ~ a.,o"eu 10 ei''a's' "p " Wv
Ne,us VI 'ne c,ty.
During the height Of cpidemics. such as
ono, p,tsenv t starei lever nna na. ,ursa
iii tho o nos.a H. ~, ,,o s n;tv Tnn.
4 tnn
"h;n,, niy Iiany na.e " pc mu, S:u oon,nu,nn
ond g. ,w'es .n,, iao,t uansr. Ta ,ons rom
On rn,n., 'oI o i e.annn
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IHb MUNICIPAL Hospital IS "ohaer.u,
l. establishment and is doing Wondcriul
work and has the potent ialties OF pettet
and better work. but the fact remains that
for every ten women who take un trained
nursing as profession, not more than one
half specialize on contagious diseases or
even take course in nursing such diseases;
pubic ana partly with the doctors.
1t Is g curious thing that with the DIS
covery OF antiseptic treatment. rather thnn
with the discovery OF the germ theory,
every one got scared or germs ana con-
,,ns;, aIuI ~ Will science ,,,u ,,'e e..
thar tSow hnI ' ,'n,, hno,, ho,oro ac"rv ono
tm",,, ,hes .hs h.u e'sr ueen pu.of. t,.,s "mt n,
n.nio a.,.i.. 49, 80 !" Wv lii. - -
th,ns ''' i''' Vi '"''"'e '''''
Ie x-a. H.. . ...,,, o.,,
.,.,.,' nurse @ nus come h"nE n;a irUn, u enn-
msdioto,v se.tim e nus d rgTr u,cos osc hnoomso
the nbrS,ne, ss y; % a." LAZY ," n,,s. oe" va ;s
hord nyessod fos mmE "i @ thon So "d doas
mt ,ip,o H. tTa,aI. anu NY. ..nt h' on'no
ainnss,' si;e IL 'noush'' out says on' ''i"e
, On account or the heart weakness, dlph-
theria is disease that needs skilled nurs'
1ns " ACCOUNT Q. s"huuiur "eakhesSes
n nroc,;ooJ ,,, .; ".,su ~ t y, H",uneu , w
chicken no1 ye re t mtoos @ touS timn dausO
81" ;IInassa, c. 'nt. s.,,i, a"u al ,'i't iinaJ
IN r,n thotr oo,,s ,,.itho,,. t u,'Vme" W.
c"rtinn tnu,i courSJ I MitnouI constant Pre-
oro e"a'.u" as%ns. coid or WeukheSs: ana tnry
canrot taIa &c tIa,.so,,'a Ta .h . WY ~
disease "hovo nii othnns .,,,t e. .nL ,sp. ".
nosIac,oJ We. ~" t', o."ers rs tnho % siouaa I not ut
most unrsos Se rocois ne unG setses a. ,na'
nnI ohart ,chio .,ro mo .hi.I ~ .S muts.,
n,or. ;ouur,,t WIN III ., ;us VI tnel' are
'''' 's"''""' '""" 'no "'"''i''S VI i"o'ne's'
rr THE odrc,t,or roouirod of q srs.. .o,oss
1 trained nurse does not imply knowl-
edge OF the care OF contagious diseases, it is
not either scientific or practical to the cx-
tent 1t should be.
No city nurse should have omitted that
no nurse specializing in the care of children
and no institutional nurse and no mission
ary nurse.
We'll, ;nosmucb nc ncorlv cverv purso
Sow she can Iishtlv avoid n strcnu"us conrss 9prs
in such hospital as the Municipal cannot
see. I understand that seven large and
notable training schools have nut contagious
disease experience on their curricula, and
their nurses do 20 to the Municipal for
training, but it is still in most cases purely
an elective" study and not required in
earning diploma.
II .ncb n course woro n rsouirod oro IN
,hn ,;r i,mortont bosnit,s ,ho iossou u"c ns t
,nu 's s,In, thn;. a,nnm,o ANY I ,ho uHes
,noI I1nSn;t", would no ahIo % ~ oorr, "r f,,
itas 'i'sp'''' "'''" '' "''e " 'a''s iu''
s'"n !. is I,,,,,, r,,,,hs of o,,do,,, A..
..ai 80. .ha nn,on. .,nn " =; cptue'.. WV
s,iain n y" .nu p.'ns"t - sun - nrrs serlous
h nnu ~ ."ua. . VI "n' .n' " ,n"st resp.hSi.
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aI 'hS'''u'''"' ''''' "''" III" ior Tue Guy
s4'n. H., r,,,.hs ono ,,ho, ,,. A
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Mun.S.pui, tnGaJ W.. meto n a,.iost rnousn nurses
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Len.s, puI tne pyTH pTH,t ~ .hn epiuelnlc nad not
ossn reusniu. .h ~ itn .He rcturn OF mlln
sum! "tn.r ms M p"i',cuiaI @ eplarnic VIII
supslu'' ouI ~ IIo'I s,ul 'h.lc VIII pe II
returI' ;nu ti.iess .n. .ack ~ 10 DC re-
p'atcu diso,, tnerc "iust pe more nurses III