The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-27
STATE LEAGUE
OF NURSES IN
SESSION HERE
President Makes Plea For
Small Hospitals in Her
Opening Address

"Oyer three thousand small hospl- |,
tails in the United States are today
serving some sixty-one mllllon peo-
pie who are just as insistent IN thcir
demands for the best in medical ser
vice as the people OF the metropo.i-
tan communities, declared SISTER w. ,
Kathla. R. ~. superintendent Oh o. !
Nichaers HOSPITAL in Grand FORKS, IN
a;scuss;nr the important role and |
The nursing problems of the small
hosrital in rural communities, IN her !
presidential address before the tli'h !
Annual Session of the State League
Of Nursing Education. which opene"
at , O'Clock this afternoon at the
Masonic Temple. ,,o,
The State League, founded IN 1879,
and with organizations now IN a!hosl
every state. has been one OF 1he
greatest movements for the advance
nart of the standards and hlsh
ideals of the nursing profession. she
stated. predatory to her discussion
of the need of the small hospital, us
nursing problems, and the question
Of adequate training.
at has always been serious pro
hlem for the small hospital TO get
sufficient number OF deslrao!e APP
liicantS, the DTeSluciiA
reason is. i think. that the young
women of the higher tyne are seek
ing entrance into the larger schools
where greater variety of training IS
offered. Then, too. applicants some
tunes think that the training gwen
in q small hospital must be ineHl-
.ient or not up to the standard
ITO fill our schools with undes'r-
shla annlicants for the sake Of keep
ing up the required number Is
mistake. and is conducive to lowering
the standard of the school. Far bet
ter would it be to relieve the tenn
norary shortage that at times may
occur, by relying on graduates anu
EMPLOYING extra ward helpers to re
lieye the nurse of the mental duties
thus leaving them for the actual care
of the sick.
"Much could be done by the coun-
ty school and public health nurse II
the rural communities to bring De
fore the young girl the advantage
and opportunities OF our pro1ession
at the same time impresslng upoi
them the necessity of at least hlgi
school education, though the othe
qualifications Of noble principles
tact. good Judgment and the human
itarian motive for choosing nursln
az her life's calling, are equally I'm
portant.
what the standard Of the train
ing school should be in order to
accredited is so clearly defined az
cording to the state law governln
the nursing schools, through tn
State Board of Examiners, that
needs no comment. We have all e!
perienced at times that the sma
training school finds it hard to cor
ply strictly with the rules and reg
lations. But as long as there is
true need for the small hospital;
long will there also be need OF q
small training school. :.
THE question now is: Can t
small hospital give an adequa
training; and answer Yes
When the question arises:
they give an adequate training,
inclined also to say Yes. But
can improve our meth DDS"
There are also other aids to at
uuate training, Sister kathla contir
ed. Among them she listed adh
ence to definite educational requi
ments for entrance into our schoo
establishment of a definite currl'
lum in conformity with the requi
ments of the state registration
the standard curriculum; keeping
good system of records; provid
competent instructors and the use
the latest and best textbooks; p
viding the essentials of effect
teaching, classrooms, good bla
boards, anatomical charts and &.
skeletons, etc; arranging good
ture courses and regular class
lecture periods; installing essen
modern equipment; supervising
practical work of the nurse, that
ineory as taught in the classrC
may be applied to the best advant
at the bedside: having llbr;
however modest, with one or
journals of nursing, and especl'
1.-THE American Journal of Nursii
and works on the history of nurs
"Now, as to the advantages
training in the small hospital
president said, there is, for
thing, a better opportunity to
serve more closely the work OF
individual student. She receive
splendid, practical working kr
ledge of many important duties
in the larger hospitals are pertor
by the inferno or the graduate nu
The close contact that usually e>
between the superintendent Of
nurses and tho student, gives
Superintendent the opportunity
study and develop the characte
the individual student nurse.
relation between the patient and
nurse is of more friendly nat
The nurse learns to think OF
not merely as a lease" but &
guest, thereby creating hom'
feeling.
Our nurses training in S
schools can be inspired by b
vision, sense of honor, high
cal ideals, the possibilities and
portunities of the profession.
not the size of the institution
makes for the proficiency OF
nurse; it is the individual WI
who counts.
I'm closing, recommend
suggestions for your considers
They are: The necessity Of app
for membership. to the National
que: the Abortion of the con!
HI ton and bylaws as prepared
recommended by the League; tn
pointment of committees; and
need Of more frequent NEE
Nothing worth while can be a.
plished by few individuals
therefore, that we may accom-
q our purpose and get results