Milford chronicle., 1938-06-03

Even in protestant England, where
purely secular training schools have
reached their highest development.
the generic title of Sister, alike
priced by its holder and honored by
the public, remains the popular and
professional synonym for head
nurse. and perpetuates the old assO-
citation.
Nursing as a popular or pro-
fessional occupation, is not a mod
ern invention.
The staff appointed for st. Bar
tholemew's on its establishment by
Henry VIII in 1914. consisted of a
matrOn and twelve nurses; and they
were engaged in domestic Occupa-
tions when off duty.
Nursing continued to be a menial
Office and inferior means of liveli-
hood till the middle of the 18th CEN
tury, when a new movement began
which was destined to revolutiOnize
the status of the nurse.
The systematic training of nurses
for their vocation had no doubt been
given here and there by physicians
and surgeons before the 18th cen
tury.
Lectures were given TO nurses in
the New York Hospital in 1880.
Germany gets credit for inaugur-
ating the new order Of training
nurses, and here religious influence
came into play.
This was in 1856.
II is true that state training
schools for male nurses had prev
iOusly existed in Prussia, but the
employment of male nurses in hos
pitals is a feature of German sys-
TEN which has not been copied by
other countries and seems to be In
process of abandonment in Ger
many.
The beginning Of the modern sys-
TEN dates from foundation Of the
institute for training deaocOnnesses
at Kaiserwerth by Pastor Fleidner
in 1886.
England owes much to the Kaiser
werth Institute for here is where
Florence Nightingale received her
practical training which enabled her
to turn her remarkable
gift of organization to such brilliant
account.
Soon other countries followed
example and other
schools for nurses were organized.
Nursing received a new impetus
from Crimean War. which was fur
ther emphasized by the Civil War in
America and the subsequent great
conflicts on the continent.
The work of Florence Nightingale
and her staff of nurses during the
Crimean War riveted the attention of
The eyes OF the civilized world.
She had grasped the principles OF
hygiene, which were beginning to be
and she applied them to
The reform of hospital administra-
lion.
In civil life this stimulated the
raining movement and raised the |
status OF the nurse; but substantial
were only obtained by de-
yrees.
II was not until 1860 that the mod
arn training schools were inaugur-
tied in the large hospitals.
1t remained for the third inhu-
snee, Science" to complete the
york begun and to develop system
ltic nursing to its present dimen-
ions.
Since 1880 the increased demands
II medical knowledge have well nigh
the craft In the home,
n the hospital and in the work
louse.
A large part Of the work may be
ummed up in the words scientific
The outcome has been TO raise the
lignity OF the calling. to induce per-
ons Of a superior class to adopt It
n increasing numbers, to enlarge
he demand OF their services, and 10
the means Of educating
hem.
Nursing does not appear to be reg
ated by law in any country. though
ttempts have been made in this d.
eetIon IN England.
In the United States the individual
tates have so raised the standards
{ training nurses that many OF the
tate Boards OF Nurses will recog-
ize nurses from other states who
ave like standards.
IN as much as the nursing pro- {
sssion is composed Of individuals. /
he height, the summit to which
ursing rises depends upon the
inds and qualities Of the materials
/ the ladder Of each nurses life.
Therefore let US select such ma
,rials that when "the summons