The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-16

MISS l.. Louise Baker, ASSISTANT
executive officer, Nursing Division
Procurement and Assignment Serv-
Ice OF the War Manpower Commits
sion, will be the principal speaker
at the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meet
ing Of the Connecticut State Nurses
Association, which will be held at
the Hotel Stratfleld, Bridgeport,
October 20 and 81, 1913.
It Is anticipated that every nurse
who can possibly do so will be pres
ent to hear Miss Baker discuss what
Connecticut nurses must do under
direction Of the nuring division to
secure our quota Of nurses for the
military services and at the same
time, supply the nursing needs Tor
the civilian population.
Further emphasis on the procure
ment and assignment OF nurses will
be given at the meeting Of the
chairmen and members Of the 70
district committees on procurement
and assignment, which have been
formed In Connecticut and which
cover the entire state. Miss Laura
NJ. Grant, state committee chair
man Of the procurement and as
signment Of nurses, will preside at
this meeting which will follow the
closing session Of the Conn. State
Nurses Association on Thurday,
october 81.
The convention opens Wednesday
morning, October 20, with the seS.
sion given over to reports OF com.
mittees whose activities are Of vital
Importance to the entire nursing
group. Such reports will cover the
work Of the nursing council for war
service, the recruitment Of student
nurses, the procurement and assign
ment Of nurses and personnel prac.
tees in hospital.
The speaker for the morning will
be Jeanne Lamb Bruckner and her
subject-"Navy Nursing on a Hos
pital Ship"
The program for the Private Duty
Section, Wednesday afternoon. 200
.. M, includes the following speak
ers:
Diabetes" - Mary e. Tangney,
R.N., Instructress Of the course In
Diabetes, Hartford hospital.
Trends in Private Duty Nursing"
Alice e. Keefe, R.N,, ABB, Direc.
tress Of the School Of Nursing and
Nursing Service, Meriden hospital.
The Public Health Nursing Sec
ton also meets Wednesday after
noon, 200 p. m, and 1t will pre-
sent a Panel Discussion on RE
Mobilization Of Rejectees and Re-
turned Service Men,. The panel
chairman will be Mildred Buck
valdez, Medical Social Worker,
PSychiatric Clinic, lew Haven hos
pital. Taking part In the panel dis
cussion will be: Irma Reeve, as
sociate director, Mex Haven v. N. A.
Mrs. Mildren Cohen, interviewer
for Occupational Adjustments, U.
S. Employment Service.
Frances Hartshorne, executive
secretary. Connecticut Society for
Mental Hygiene.
Mrs. Florence He'll, Red Gross
representative, New Haven.
DR.. Richard Goldstein, attending
Psychiatric Clinic, New
Haven hospital.
Dorothy Baker, director, Family
Society of New Haven.
Edward Chester, director, Bureau
of Rehabilitation Service, Depart
mept Of Education, State Of Con-
necticut.
Sol Robinson, field director Vet
GRAMS Facility, Newington, Conn.
The Industrial Nursing Section
will hold its meeting Wednesday
evening at 1880 p. m. Following its
business session, its program, the
subject of which Is Problems Of
the Industrial Nurse" will be pre-
scented. This will be discussed by:
Viewpoint of the Physician"
DIR. Crit Pharris, assistant med
ical director, United Aircraft Corp
grafton, East Hartford.
Viewpoint of Nurse" - Mr.. Jes-
Sc Williams. R.N., United Aircraft
Corporation.
Viewpoint Of the Compensation
Commissioner Lewis E. Sission,
Compensation Commissioner for
the Fourth Congressional District.
Viewpoint Of Insurance Carrier
through Safety Engineer" - Wayne
Henderson, resident engineer, The
Travellers Insurance Company,
Bridgeport.
The Connecticut state League Of
Nursing Education, Miss Ruth
Jeessee, Bridgeport. president. win
hold q business discussion Wednes-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock and win
conclude It's meeting Thursday
morning. October 81. at 10 O'Clock