The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-08


they are not getting enough nurses
to fill their classes-even basing
the number Of students in the
classes on a peacetime basis.
At a meeting Of the American
Hospital Association this year one
Of the speakers said: "In the fu-
ture the demand for nurses will be
two or three times greater than It
has ever been in the past"
Army and Navy requirements
are tremendous and it is hard TO
give the exact figures on them. At
the same meeting Of the American
Hospital Association one speaker
stated that the Army and Navy
would require 1000 nurses q
month in 1913, another speaker
stated that the requirement would
be 1000, and still another, 5000 a
month. And finally, | find an au-
thoritative statement that of the
country's 100000 women in white,
10000 will be needed in the Army
and Navy by July, 1913.
Causes of Shortage
Hospital authorities are frank
ly puzzled as TO why this shortage
should exist. Some Of them believe
that the superior attraction Of the
WAACS and WAVES has been so
publicized that it has turned
attention OF the young women
from the less glamorous role of
the nurse.
Still another explanation has
been that the course is too long.
| am inclined to believe there is a
good deal to this objection and for
the period Of the emergency l
think a year and half instead Of
the present requirement Of three
years is quite enough to fit an in
telligent young woman to take up
the duties Of nurse.
Certainly the armed forces
would benefit by getting more
nurses sooner if the course were
reduced to the one-and-one-half-
year period with an arrangement
after the war is over to allow
these nurses to complete their
nursing course Of three years. |
understand that the National
League of Nursing Education il
contemplating a recommendation
that the course be reduced to two
and one-hah years but in my opin-
ion this is not enough Of reduc-
ton
Great Demand
The Army, Navy and the Pub
lie Health Service will certainly
need nurses for a period Of at least
five or ten years. Even il hostili-
ties should cease in 1913 the Nurs-
ing Corps, with the Medical Corps,
will probably be the last to be de-
modified. This, Of course, stands
TO reason and is perfectly natural
because after hostilities have
ceased there will be a number of
wounded and convalescent men to
be taken care Of for months and
years to come.
At the same time civilian hos
pitfalls have been increasing their
demands for nursing and hospital
personnel. Mr.. Charles P. Taft is
quoted as saying that 10 years ago
hospital superintendent stated
they needed 1900 graduated
nurses, S,l20 student nurses and
10000 other persons giving nurs-
ing care. A recent survey of these
same hospitals showed that they
then employed $1,000 graduate
nurses, $1,000 student nurses and
$500 other persons giving nurs.
ing care.
If q campaign is needed to OBJ
tain the number Of nurses the sit
uation demands, let US get the
campaign started at once!
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
7 J. B.:-Haye cucumbars any
food value?' Is surgery the only
cure for a varlcocele?
Answer: Cucumbers have very
little food value: about one-half
Of one per cent protein; one-ffth
Of one per cent fat; two and one
half per cent carbohydrates and
produce II calories per 100 grams
but they are valuable for rough
age. Surgery is the only cure for
varicocele.
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