The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28
NuRsEs ARR NEEDED

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 NURSES ARE NEEDED \
 Second lieutenant In the Army Nurse Corps rebukes me for trylna to lower the standards of nurse training. She says q recent article In this column, titled Nurses Not Wanted" in which I gave my opin- ion that the three-year course of |, truning req fred in most nurse training schools today is pretty soft for the hospitals--they get for noth. lng Q whole year of service by tho nurse who has had . two.year course of training. That's just my opinion, l mean to say it l were tll or undergoing Q major operation |, I'd want nothing better than the nursing of a two-year tralnsd nurse-whether she might know any more about algebra than I do or not.
 Without knowledge of the sub. jeets which are essential In O pre-. medical course, the Lieutenant In. forms me, that is, chemistry, hiol- ogy, algebra, tho sciences, etc., no. nurse should have the right to the degree R, N,
 We'll, that may bs true, I wouldn't know,
 Tho Lieutenant--and I honor her and oil of her associates serving the sick and wounded in al the sorv- ices, some of them at the cost ok their lives--addS that petty re- mark about ponmanship--doeSnt that apply to the best of doctorsp" 1 made no remark about penman. ship, l said c good many Of tho letters I receive from young women whe arc now studying nursing or E are graduate or registered nurses arc not without faults ia form, punctuation, spelling. 1 still say that in my opinion Q girl who las had only two years of highsehool and can write an ordinary letter with. s out such faults Is better qualified to study nursing than iS girl who has graduated from hlshsehool or perhaps has had ysar or two Of college if she cant write an ordin- Nry letter without faults of form, punctuation or spelling,
 From ihe tenor Of the Lieutcn- ants letter--whiea, by the way, Is impeeeAhle - 1 gather that she thinks nurae who deserves the professional status conferred by the degree E. N. (Reglatered Nursel must have something more than lust neatness the ability to catch on quickly and to giVo the patient good bedside care, Just what more any one can desire in c nurse l con- fess l can't oomprehend--unless I, should want to marry her, In that case she'd have to Dc Q good locker, 1 a good armful, and have In her the makings of Q good mother,
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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 Daughter 44, wonderful character, but liouor has gotten the best Of her, which makes her husband and my- self most unhappy, She will not listen to us--has the complex that we are trying Co boss her, She drinks only before dinner, keeps tho llquor hidden somewhere, gets won' hly, thick of speech, argumentativo and sometimes behaves so strangely In the presence of guests that she. shames us. e
 Auswor-Sinee she thinks Sho keens her drinking secret, lt may be difficult to persuade her to seek help or treatment of any kind. Best course can suggest Is that she eet in touch with Q local group of ATs ooholics Anonymous--no doubt sohea Of the members have gone through what she ia going through and VIII therefore understand her problem ana perhaps she will understand they only want to help her whip its
 Paint Co Conceal Skin spots =
 A year ago you told how to mako, kind of paint to conceal white. patches ia the skin. (Mrs, c, H.
 Answer 1t calls for glyeeran, which S now sold only on preSerip- ton, If you have little glyecrin' on hand perhaps you can make up ths paints.l Is used to conceal any Kind of spot which Is on level with surrounding skln, Instruction ur hooElct cosmetic niemisheS"--fot CODY send ten oonts and stamped envelope bearing your address, po not ineloso elipping-ask TOT what you want,
 What sherman Said {.
 Notice you include huttermilk ancr skim milk wit hwhole milk, eheeses egp yolk, etc., as foods supplying vits amin A, sherman, whom you your-i self often cite aS an authority on nutrition, says hrttermilS and skim milk contain no vitamin A, ' CP, R. s3 ;
 Answer -Shermans "Chsmistry op Food and Nutrition, 9th editio1:r ios7, says O. 000) that both dried sklnl milk with whole milk, cheese tains vltAmln A. Real buttermilk (the kind made by ohurnIng) cons ta.ns some vltamin A, of course " \ was. not my intention to class skim min. or buttermilk with whole milk, cream or butter or cheese or egg yolk as good sources of vitamin A, Of course they are comparatively poor sources of vitamln A.
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