The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Two-Day Educational Program Arranged By Sectional Committee
Waterbury Nurses on List of Speakers to Lead Vari- Ous Discussions Miss Clarke, State Presi-
 dent, tO Preside

 The educational section of the Connecticut State Nurses Associa- tion of which Miss Augusta Patton of West Hartford is chairman, will hold it's eleventh annual nursing in- stitute in New Haven on November 29 and 30, 1888. The morning ses- sions of the institute will be held at the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar street, and will start at 9:30 a. m.; the afternoon sessions, at Strathcona Hall, corner of Col- lege and Grove streets, and will start at 1:30 p. m.
 The membership of the educational section includes the members of the faculties of the schools of nursing, and superintendents of nurses, su- pervisors, and staff nurses in hos pitals.
 Program Adopted
 The program for the first day will be focused on the importance of good bedside care of the patient; for the second day, on staff educa- ton, the accreditation of schools of nursing, and the place of emo tional hygiene in the life of the nurse.
 Mrs. Ethel P. Clarke, president of the Connecticut State Nurses AsSo- citation, will preside at the institute on Tuesday, November 29. Dr. Iro V. Hiscock, professor of public health, Yale University, will give the welcoming address.
 Miss Sally Johnson, principal, Training School for Nurses of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, will be the speaker at the morning session and her subject is What Are the Schools of Nursing and the Hospitals Doing to Improce the Type of Nursing Care We Are Giving the Patients2" Miss John- sons talk will be discussed by Ida Meier, nursing arts instructor, School of Nursing, Waterbury Hospital; Kathleen A. Bell, head nurse, Bridgeport Hospital; and Harriet Nelson, staff nurse, Greenwich Hos pital.
 The program for the afternoon session consists of three demonstra- tions given by student nurses. The first, Teaching Plan of the Post Operative Care of a Patent Follow ing a Thyroidectomy," will be given by the Grace Hospital School of Nursing; the second, Teaching Program in the Central Supply Room," by the Hospital of St. Raphael School of Nursing; and the third, Teaching the Diabetic Patient During Hospitalization," by the Yale University School of Nurs- ing.
 AIumnae Tea
 Tea will be served at the close of the afternoon session by the alum nae associations of the Schools of Nursing of Grace Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven.
 Miss Augusta Patton, chairman of the section, will preside at the We'd nesday sessions. Fife J. Taylor, dean of the School of Nursing, Yale University, will give the address of welcome.
 The speaker for the morning will be Laura M. Grant, director of nurs- ing service, New Haven Hospital, who will give a paper on "The General Staff Nurse in the Hospital"
 Miss Helen M. Marchant, super intendent of nurses, Stamford Hos pital; Sister Alice Mary Leary, m- structor in chemistry and nutrition, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford; and Miss Mabel McVicker, director of nursing service, Waterbury Hospital, vii ltake part in the Discussion of Staff Education Problems"
 A round table for staff nurses with Miss Monette Springer, staff nurse, New Haven Hospital, as leader, will be held at Il a. m. in the Farnum Auditorium of the New Haven Hospital, as leader, will be held at II a. m. in the Farnum Auditorium of the New. Haven Hospital, 330 Cedar street.
 Mrs. Ethel P. Clarke, president of the Connecticut State Nurses Asso- ciation, will speak at the afternoon session and will have as her topic, "The General Plan of Accredita tion of Schools of Nursing and Hoy It Affects Schools of Nursing in Con- necticut."
 The next speaker will be Camilla M. Anderson, M. D., secretary, Penn-