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Show 25,000 Nurses Are Needed By the War Department Utah Is Asked To Furnish 200 Of These 'And Utah County's Quota Is Fixed At 21 Young Women Are Urged To Train With Accredited Hospitals In This State. distance from their homes. Tliowe who register In the Deferred class will be ! assigned only after the Preferred ; class is exhausted. j Tho government relies on 'the patriotism pa-triotism o those who enroll to fill out Preferred cards if they possibly can, thus volunteering to go where they !are most needed. Nobody will be assigned to any Bchools whoso conditions of training are not approved 'by the State Board of Nurse Examiners. ' ' Terms of Training. The term of training varies from two td three year?, according to the requirements of the particular scliool to which the -student nurse may be sent. No course takes less thun two years uor more than three. , What tha Training Course Prepares For. At present every woman who completes satisfactorily her training in any accredited school is eligible for service -as an Army nurse at the front and stands a chance of being assigned to duty abroad. At the larae time she will be qualified to earn her living liv-ing in one of the noblest professions open to women. It should bo remembered, remem-bered, furthermore, that her usefulness useful-ness will begin not when she graduates gradu-ates from the training school but as soon as she enters it. Practical nursing nurs-ing work is a part of the work of every training Bchool, and the student nurse is not. only learning to serve but serving her country from the very The government is calling for 25,-' 000 young women to join the1 United ! States Student Nurse Reserve and hold themselves in readiness to train for service as nurses. , The war is creating an unprecedent-ed unprecedent-ed demand for trained nurses. Only those who have taken the full training train-ing course are eligible for service with our forces overseas. These nurses are being drawn largely from our hospitals at home. Their places must be filled by student nurses enrolled en-rolled for the full training cqurse of from two to three years. Eveiy young woman wlfo enrolls in the United States Student Nurse Reserve is releasing re-leasing a nurse for service at the front, T.nd swelling tha home army which we must rely on to act as our second line of hospital defense. Upon the health of the American people will depend de-pend the spirit of their fighting forces. Age The call is for women between be-tween the ages of 19 and 35. Qualifications Intelligent, responsible responsi-ble women of good education and of sound health are wanted the pick of the country. A college education is a valuable asset, and many hospitals will give credit for it. Credit will also be given for a special scientific equipment or for preliminary training in nursing, ,such as that given in special spe-cial courses now being conducted by various colleges and schools. Some schools, on the other hand, do not even require a full high school education. edu-cation. . ! outset ( Finances. The student nurse ! gets her boird, lodging, and, tuition free at - practically every training school, and in most cases receives a small re- Ji munemtionto cover the cost of the I books and uniforms. After gradua- t!on she has an earning capacity of B from $100 to $300 a month. Private B duty nurses now receive an average B of from $00 to $120 a month together with board while on duty; institution B nurses from $50 to $2.50 a, month to- B gether with board, lodging, and laun- fl dry; and public health nurses from fl $100 to $250 a month without main- fl tenance. There is no danger of the I earning capacity of nurses being low- fl Enrollment Women will be given an opportunity to enroll in the United States Student Nurse Reserve in any one of three ways: (1) As engaging to hold themselves in readiness until April 1, 1919. to accept ac-cept assignments to nurees training schools. These women will be sTt to the schools as fast as vacancies occur. Those of superior qualifications. qualifica-tions. 'will be given preference,, and it is, of course, possible that not everyone every-one who enrolls will ba accepted. (2) As desiring to become candidates candi-dates for the Army Nursing .School recently re-cently established by authority of the War Department, with branch schools In selected military hospitals. (3) As engaging to hold themselves in readiness until April 1, 1919 to accept ac-cept assignments to either a civilian training school or the Army Nursing School. Those who so enrolled will be called where tho first need arises. The government hopes that a majority major-ity of those who enroll will thus put down their names for both. The Nurses Training Schools There are 1,579 nurses training schools in this country. Their need is as great and imperative as that of the Army School ,of Nursing. Those who' enroll for these schools will be assigned as vacancies occur. The enrqllment card will indicate two classes of registrants Preferred and Deferred. The Preferred . class willbe those who are ready to accept assignment to whatever hospital the government directs them, although they may state what training school they prefer to be sent to. Those who register In the Preferred clars will be assigned first, and all possible consideration consid-eration will be given to their preference prefer-ence as stated. The iDeferred class is composed of those who limit .their pledge- of service that Is, who will not enRage to go except to .certain pfwpltaK This class Is intended very largely for thos who, for family reasons, rea-sons, can not accept training at a ered after the war enas on account oi the great number who will then be qualified for the profession; the country coun-try will need all the nurses that can be trained, not oiJy during the war but after it, especially for reconstruction reconstruc-tion work. Even if the war ends within with-in three years, every student nurse will be able to complete her training and will be needed. An Honorable Service. 'Ever since the days of Florence Nightingale the nursing profession has been one of especial honor. It was never so honorable hon-orable as it is today. The Army needs evejj' nurse it can get to "keep up with the draft." The United States Student Nurse Reserve is the equivalent for women of the great National Army training camps for soldiers. sol-diers. The government will rely on the studpnt nurses to fight disease at home, to care for those injured and disabled in our hazardous war. industries, indus-tries, and to make themselves ready to serve when the time comes as fully trained nurses, either abroad or at home. Let us show that we know how to answer the government's call to the women of the country. Enroll at the nearest recruiting station sta-tion established by the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense.. |