The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-27
Refresher Courses
 Started For Nurses
1885 Retired Inactive Members of State Assn. Inyt ed to Help Meet Present Demands for Trained Workers

ing that have developed since the nurses graduated: These courses are not postgraduate courses but are an excellent method of review for those who have been inactive in nursing in recent years.
 Increased Population
 Hospitals in this. state have been working at full capacity all year. This situation, which has placed an unusually heavy burden on hospi- tai nursing staffs, has been brought about not because Connecticut's quota of registered nurses have an- swered the call to service in army and navy nurse corps; 1t is be- cause of the increased population due to industrial expansion in this state and the normal incident of illness in this increased popula- tion. The quota of nurses who have gone into military service from Connecticut is relatively small.
 As a further step in meeting the greatly increased demand for regis tered nurses, many of our schools of nursing in this state are increas- ing the enrolment of student to the limit of the schools clinical facili- ties available and to the facilities available to house the student. Un- doubtedly more students could be admitted with no sacrifice of stand- ards of nursing education, if fi- nancial assistance were given for additional teaching personnel and for additional housing facilities. Reports show that there are l. 600 students in our Connecticut | schools of nursing. Of this num- Der, 567 are entering their second year, 550 are entering their senior year, and 466 will graduate this year. It is estimated that there will l probably be about 6 per cent in- crease in thee nrollment this fall I in the Connecticut schools of rllrs- ing.
 For years the Connecticut State Nurses Association. has endeavored to keep in touch with the needs of nursing and to acquaint well-quali- fled young women with the oppor- tunities as well as the satisfactions here are in nursing for the com petent professional nurse, and in or der that this information might reach young women, leaflets re- garding nursing have been sent yearly to the principals and voca- tional guidance counselors in all the high schools, secondary schools and women's colleges in this state. Increased enrolment of student nurses and the return to active nursing of large numbers of retired and inactive registered nurses will do much to relieve the unusually heavy need for additional nursing service, especially in the hospitals There will, however, be place in the civilian defense program for thousands of workers who have had first-aid courses whihc will enable them to assist the nurses and the 1 doctors.
 Aiding Defense Program The Connecticut State Nurses aS- Sociation is helping in the defense plan on three fronts: First, through the Nursing Committee of the State Council of Defense, 1t is perfecting its emergency nursing plan. This Is being done on 8 county basis with public health nurse as chair man in each county and the nurs- ing plan is being made in coopera- 'tion with pr. George M. Smith, g member of the State Defense Coun- ell, and chairman of the Medical Preparedness Committee of the Con- necticut State Medical Society. Sec ond, the Association is endeavorine to interest eligible young women tC enter schools of nursing. Third, fl is cooperating to increase the mum. Der of enrollmentS of registered nurses under 38 years of age in the American Red Cross Nursing Ser. vice, which Is the reserve of thu army and the navy. In fact, oul schools of nursing, our registered nurses, and the Connecticut Stat Nurses Association have the phil osophy which Colonel Samuel Fish CT in . recent broadcast defined a
 being Prepared for the worst-bu l h0rAR .fnS fh@ hest D