Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-24
MILITARY sTATUsFoR ARMYNURsES
by Frederic }. Haskin

nre on ward duty iess than IN most
hospitals And then. TOO. there are ~
many instructors from the Army
Medical School who can bo called on
70 lecture for us.
Corps ~ army Instructors.
Where the private hospital m st
depend on small faculty of doctors
20 give private lectures on al sort
of medical subjects the army srhool
can nave specialist ~ every s1bjnct
from among the army doctors s'atlon-
Cd at Walter Reed or at the Medical
School. These doctors who lecture rsT
US do 20 by army orders. ~ IL pai [
Of their regular work. We have rs
of these instructors giving Lectures -
one class in the school"
Besides tho unusual opportunity u
studying With 50 many specialists. ths
army nurse student has an Oppor-
tunity 20 visit and study In other hes-
pitfalls. There Is no provision for
teaching public health nursing ot val
Ter Reed. nor fOr montsl nursing ncry
care OF children nor maternity casos.
For these subjects. the army aflistesI
with hospitals specializing IN suchI
cases. students spend AZ least al
third Of their three years In the 81
lother hospitals. FOR public hesvhI
nursing they have been going % ihsi
famous Henry Street Settlement ln|
: New York and for other subjects to|
New York, Massachusetts. Penn~yl-|
yania. and TO ST. Eiizabeth's. the gov-|
eminent hospital Tor the insane. in|
Washington, y. c.
Ono rti fhf, offFs,.sf... - a,
army nurse schools is the opportunity
FOR physical and cultural developmen,.
! The recreatonai lectures ana eh~
y classes in basketry and other voca1
u uonal subjects that are held Tor fh :
2 soldiers at the hospital are open "A
: the student nurses At Walter Rod
Q school last year nature eufhusfn d
$ took the girls on outdoor trips in t.s
3. spring and summer months Ther
$. there are basketball. swimming and.
a. tennis. and gymnasium classes undr-
y an army specialist in physical culture
it Major Stimson IS snthusias.io abor'
II the Army school.
e. we have never had any word ~ on.
4 Of our graduates failing 20 ys~-
~ state registration examination. !" rrl
az says. And az the iast two sxarnsns 1
Is tons in California. out of 800 nurse
each time an Army nurse csrns
on top.
Is. Qualification Standards Hirh.
% + I'VE keep tho STANDARD of the sch
u high. Only high school graduates
" admitted and we hapo many norm
hs school and college girls. These cofi
ne graduates are allowed credi, for
months work. which brings the coul
'oi for them down 70 q little more IN
ne two years. We are starting anosv
is class IN March. and although no/g/
ny eraI announcement has been nnsde
be have already received a number
N applications. Stim another class
np1 enter in October"
be Mics Stimsou receives many Ind
ry esting letters from the girls who "
TO be nurses, and sometimes r
Is their mothers. One mother wrote Il
1s- a western farm 20 know all about
nd school at LetternaD. She wsnsec
me know IL someone would meet
n daughter and II she could 20 20 chu
nv on Sunday and IL tfere would be sol
Iiy one to take an interest In her
In we could give satisfactory
swers 10 all her questions" says
alv Stfmson, $50 she cent her daug
at I have a recent letter from this m
me er saying how much the girl
Ian her studies and how glad she IL
!c- her daughter viii have profess
the In which she Is Interested. The
.tal thing about this case is that the
us- has aptitude as well as enthu. a
ub- Right here with the mothers le
be I have a report from the chief NJ
led at I.etterTnan school IN which
nay speaks particularly OF the good
the this girl is doing.
nts I'VE are Interested in every Rir5
the school. Il - partly because OF
out advantages which would come 70 |
my girls that we want the school 20 b
of part Of the Army. The student u
. TO who becomes III or ia injured u
ded the present system is not able
ion draw insurance or disability allow,
the from the Veterans Bureau because
.nts is a civilian"