The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-05-10

regular lectures TO the student
nurses and arrangements are now be-
ing completed with our college by
which they will accept student nurses
for one quarters work m snch sub
jects as chemistry, dietetics, anat-
omy, etc. There are. also. require
ments for the housing of nurses, such
as single sleeping rooms, adequate
lavatories and bath rooms, comforta-
bic class rooms, etc, which we have
been able to meet, since the old hos
pital was converted into it's present
commodious nurses home. The ma
tional need for for all lines of
work, from public health to private
duty, is far in excess of the number
available and training schools all. over
the country are short of students.
There r many reasons for this. /
think the chief one is the fact that.
the three years course is filled with
very hard work and very few oppor-
tunities for such social diversions as
all young girls now expect and, need.
Let us now consider the standard to
be obtainer by the hospital. 1t will
this year be inspected by a repre-
SENTATIVE of the American College Of
Surgeons. Until recently only hos
pitfalls of 100 or more beds were con-
sidered. Now 50beds hospitals r
included. which admits US, and of
course We are extremely anxious to
pass muster and be put on. the stand
ard list. l am glad to mention here
that our chief of staff, DIR. Blair, has
recently been elected a Fellow of this
college, and without the examination
which regularly admit members, a
significant recognition of his ability
as a surgeon
"The minimum standard for hospi-
tails recognized by the college. is as
follows: That physicians and sur
geons who practice In the hospital be
organized as a staff, and that mem
bership on this staff be restricted to
men who are competent in their re-
spective fields and worthy in charac-
ter and in manners of professional
ethics; that staff meetings be held al
least once a month, at which clinica.
work of the staff, both successful anC
r~fhsudcesgful, shah be openly dis
cussed and analysed, with a view tx
preventing a repetition Of mistake:
and of profiting by the success O
others Accurate and complete cas-
records are to be written for all pa
TENTS and filed in an accessible
manner in the hospital.
can interesting subject in con
n~ection with hospital service is it
free work. This comes under severs
different heads, and comprises abou
one-tenth of the work done eac.
month. 1t does not include the car
of county charges. They are paid fo
by the county at a very low rat'
which barely covers the actual cost t
the hospital In this c~onnectio
; should be mentioned the fact that tn
. hospital co+operates with the Re
Cross in its county school work b
granting it a very low rate for ps
! tients it brings iii and pays for. I'll
. work which is entirely without con
pensation comes under two head
First the care of the members of tt
I hospital family, work done for mi
: listers and their families, and dectol
and their families. In the case of tt
q doctors, adequate return is more tina
f made in the free service they rend'
n to the members of the hospital fan
lily. The second part Of this work
harder to describe by it's nature, fl
the names Of the recipients Of Il
n service must not be divulged or Il
good accomplished would be mus
lessened. We all know that MAI
self-respecting people who, when We
d have no need of help, and in case
n need would no more apply to Il
county for aid than you or l. De
perate need for hospital care in SUI
cases is constantly being brought
the notice of che hospital authoriti
by the doctors and through 9th
channels. Occasionally the charg
IS for a case taken in with no expect
# ton of pay is afterward paid, but tn
is only the exception and not the ru
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l. "We have no endowment; we a
1t struggling under a debt on our bull
e ing; we must overburden our sup'
J. intendent with work because we C
not give her the assistance she shOu
i have, and we are in the transit
le stage from a small home for the 81
to a hospital and training school.r
Of on national standards; but with t
at help of the people Of Gallatin cour
"a we mean to head the list of Mcnta
ct hospitals.
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