New Britain herald., 1927-10-28
NURSING SCHOOLS
 GRADING STUDIED
Salient Facts Brought Out at
 Stamford Conference

The Graduate Nurses association .of Connecticut held its regular meet Ing in Stamford yesterday.
 The educational, private duty, public health and the board mem bers divisions held their sectional meetings in the morning at the Nurses home of the Stamford hos pltal.
 Lun4heon was served at the hos pltal. In the afternoon a general session of all divisions of the grad uate nursing field was held at the Noman's club building. Tea was served after the meeting by the board of directors of the Stamford Visiting Nurse association.
 An address of welcome to the as soclation was made by the Stam- ford commissioner of hcalth Dr. Raymond D. Fear.
 Of special consideration was Dr C. E. A. WinsloW's discussion of the grading of nursing schools which is being undertaken by a committee composed of representatives from tho American Medical association. the American Public Health associa- ton, American College of Surgeons, the American Hospital association, the three national nursing organiz- ations and representative educators at large.
 The cost Of this study will amount to about $200,0oo contributed by the seven organizations and several interested foundations. 1t will last over period of five years.
 The first task Of the committee, Dr. WinsloW said, is to find out the facts about nursing and nursing ed ucation. The committee has started with the study of the supply and tho demand-that is how many, of what kind and at what cost are nurses available, and again. how many and of what kind and at what cost should they he available.
 Qucstionnaires have been sent 10 representative doctors and nurses in 10 different states, The doctors are being particularly helpful.
 "Thc finding gathered to date by the grading committee, seem to in dicate That doctors, hospital patients and nurses are all suffering from the lack of Or9auization Of private luty' Dr. WnsloW said. 'Jf priv ate duty nurses could he brought into groups. as hospital nurses and public health nurses arc already brought, such organization might mean, first that A doctor could al ways get a nurse when he needed one, and that she would. be the right nurse for the case. second, that several patients could bo cared for by on" nurse, reducing the cost Of service 10 the patient and permitting regularity of hours for the nurse, and third, the patient would be pro rc@istor"I nurse.'
 One method Of organization. for private duty nursing, suggested hy Dr. WinsloW, was he further de NclODmont of the So-calvd "hOurly soYNice' offered by the visiting nurse or%anIzations. such H service has the advantages of being already or ganiHod and in most instances hay ing necessary and adequate super EisiOu. IL too meets the cost prob ,"m. for tho patient pays only for the tiue when nursing care is ac- tIally needed and not for the entire day of nursing service, which often times is not needed.
 At the public health nursing sec ton. Miss Maud kcator. director of special ciuoation and standards. Connecticut state board of oduca- ton, talked on the subject of "Chil- drcn Who are Diffcrynt'
 She said that it is a poor school law which enters d child i.l the first grade according 10 his chronologi- cal age alone, In other words, q child whose age In years in five and one half but whose mental age is four if entered in the first grade, suffers the fatigue and humiliation of net being able to learn to do the things which his companions whose mental ages arc 5i2 years. Accordingly along with his mental retardation he develops an emotional instability which marks him as a, problem indi- vidual for inc. rest of his life. For the child who is different the carly establishment of good habits both personal and social, is the only means by which complete disaster in his life may be avoided Such habits must be commenced in the homes of the children and continued through special classes for them; closses where they compete with other children of their own mental ages.
 The public health nurses who at tended the meeting were representa- lives chosen by the Visiting Nurse association, Mrs. Helen Mtchan, Miss Anna O'Connell and Miss Ruth Hartncy.