The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-06

The Connecticut State Nurses Association, now numbering more than $500 registered nurses through out the state, will hold its thirty fourth annual meeting at the Hotel Bond Hartford, on May 10. II and 12, 1888. The program for the gen. eral sessions is built around the theme Does the Nursing Profession Meet the Nursing Needs of the Com munity?" Mrs. Ethel P. Clarke, pres ident of the State Nurses AsSocia- ton, and who is principal of the School of Nursing at the Bridge port hospital. will preside at the general sessions.
 Sophie c. Nelson, Boston. director, Visiting Nurse Service, John Han- cock Mutual Life Insurance Com pany. will be the speaker at the opening session Tuesday morning her subject, Missing Links in Nursing"
 Safeguards Public
 Mrs. Ethel P. Prince, president of the New York State Nurses Associa- tion, will speak at the afternoon ses- sion on Nursing Laws to Safeguard the Public"
 Following the afternoon session there will be a meeting of all state and local Red Cross Nursing Con- mittees. Gertrude Osborne, the state chairman, will preside.
 Dr. A. N. Jorgensen, president, Connecticut State College, StorrS, will speak at the evening session in the Bond Ballroom. His subject will be Functions of State College within State."
 The Wednesday morning program will be devoted to statewide pro- grams of interest to nurses. Dr. Will liam M. StockWell, superintendent of Cedarcrest Sanatorium, Hartford, will discuss "The Nurses Place in Tuberculosis" Dr. Robert M. Yerga- son, Hartford, "The Nurse and the Crippled Children's Program" Dr. Maurice R. Moore of Norwich will tell of Promoting Cancer Research efforts through Education
 Wednesday afternoon is given over to section meetings. The Public Health Nursing Section, at which Ruth M. Olson, chairman, will pre- side, will listen to Dr. E. R. Coffey, surgeon, U. s. Public Health Service, Regional Consultant for District No. l, speak on "The Public Health Nurse as a Force in the Commun- ity."
 League Marches On
 Claribel A. Wheeler, executive sec ratary of the National League of Nursing Education, using the title "rhe League Marches On", will dis cuss the work and progress of the National League of Nursing Educa- ton at the Educational Section meeting. Miss Augusta Patton, chair man, will preside at the meeting and give news of the recent biennial meeting of the National League of Nursing Education in Kansas City to which she was delegate.
 Professional Growth for the Pri- va,te Duty Nurse" will be discussed at the Private Duty Section meeting by Helen McDonough, chairman, Private Duty Section, American Nurses Association. Mary E. Dris- coll, chairman, will preside at the meeting.
 The Thursday morning speakers for the sections include for the Public Health Nursing Section, Ruth E. Hoyt, acting supervising public health nurse, Bureau of Venereal Diseases, Connecticut State Depart ment of Health, speaking on The Public Health Nurse as Case Find CT in Syphilis and Gonorrhea." Eliz- abeth P. Rice, director, Medical So- cial Service, New Haven hospital will discuss the subject Social As poets of Syphilis and Gonorrhea. Dr. Henry P. Talbot, director, Bur eau of Venereal Diseases. Connecti- cut State Department of Health will give an illustrated lecture on some