Show The Girl as asa a Trained Nurse By Margaret MargaretE E Sangster 1 I HEN HI N a girt girl decides that she will I W become a trained nurse she sh must put out of her mind every thought of f romance Th There re is nothing romantic about ab ut a work which hIck is 18 full fun to Ito v of ot drudgery and taxes ta every power of mind and ald body Only an as intelligent woman quick to com comprehend her duties and willing to obey obe literally the Ute orders of or a physician just juat i Eta aa as a soldier on the battlefield obeys the of ot his commander is fit tit to be a Hume Only a woman of very strong Physique able to endure much loss of or t tI I Weep leep to bear patiently with ith the cap capr ca f ricer rices MC and anil unreal unreason i of the he sick and to togo to too toso r j so go o through whatever the situation may ma maI I demand without breaking down from flom Strain is fit to be a nurse hUnte The incidental tal needs nt df of ut the sickroom include much that is dl a ata fastidious ta woman and unless one can conquer all repulsion rf and enter heartily into the fight between life wd death that goes on ors in fn the chamber of illness one should not undertake lar profession Girls GIris often oCten write to me saying that they are tired of teaching t a or of house hOUS housekeeping housekeeping keeping or of newspaper work ork and they think they will ill study nursing Un tn Unless Unless 1 less Jess they the have a positive vocation for forit forIt forit it they would better select something else elM To the girl who has hn the needed requisites nursing presents itself as an I inviting field of labor In these the e days physicians ph are reluctant to allow very ill Iii persons to depend on the most effi efficient efficiEnt In Iu private pra practice practice tice there are multiplied occasions o for forthe forthe forthe the nurse nur e and the payment for her ser services S services r vices is generous as indeed it ought to be considering the risks r she takes the delicate nature of the work and Its many responsibilities re I Hospitals absorb a great many nurses s and nd In short one who Is capable t and efficient is seldom long l ng in idleness Nurses are not in excess e eess of the de demand demand demand mand The novitiate required of the nure nuru extends in tn some hospitals over two years and in others over three Most lost of or the large hospitals have training schools attached to them and the nurse while in training I If is at no DO expense ex except except except for her clothing and laundry work She receives board and lodging and a I small sum of ot money either 8 s or 10 J every month Her uniform is not ex cx expensive expensive pensive cotton dresses es white aprons l 1 and caps are worn by b the nurses nurs Simple Sim pis pl as the uniform is nothing prettier or more becoming has ever been devised de devised d to set off oft a It girls good looks It Itis I is dainty and soundless and gives an anair anair air nil of real r al distinction t A nurse is taught how to change the position of a patient so that he maybe may maybe maybe be rested and und yet et not lose os any particle I of needed strength Site Slie learns how to adjust bandages give baths and make people at ease when every nerve is raw mw I rawA A college professor who had his hig first hospital experience during an illness Ulness I 1 told me that It was to him a revelation I of ot comfort Hitherto he had bad been nursed by b his own womankind but boy lov loving 10 1 ing in as they the were they did not com compare compare pare lare with nurses who knew precisely what to do and how to do it He said The simple operation of or changing the I sheets and making the bed was done I for tor me meb by a few w magic passes The nurse had bad learned le how to have her herclean herclean herclean clean sheets ready read aired and warm wann then turning the tho th patient over on one side away awby from her het she had bad folded the upper sheet sh et tightly in fiat flat folds up to him The clear sheet she laid on the side ot of the bed nearest her half of or It folded up against the roll roU of oC soiled sheet she next n tucked In the clean n sheet sheen on the side of ot the bed where she was standing then crossed to the other side gently pulled out the th soiled sheet from underneath her h r pa patient patient patient tient whom she had turned softly back b ck on the clean sheet This all sounds very ver simple and easy but it requires dexterity and practice to do doit doit doit it right Among other things the nurse is taught how to prepare food for her pa patient patient tient how to snake make broths and porridges por porridges ridges s to cook eggs and und to operate a 8 amei mei l so that It t may be relished by b a u slender appetite A surgical nurse must have steady stead nerves a quick eyes a cool hand and und the power of I everything In her on the case casein casein j in hand land handShe handShe She prepares a patient for tor an au opera operation operation tion assists the doctor in any an way h he requires while it Is going on and on her assiduous care the life of a patient after a critical operation often depends No nurse Is permitted to use the right of oC private judgment when under a physicians orders At every step she must consult her superior officer and do the thing he tells her to do whether she approves of it or not She makes carefully written reports to him of the hours that pass while she has the th pa patient patient patient tient in charge char in the th intervals between his calls caUs Her office 1 is no sinecure She earns carns every ever dollar dolar she receives It is of or great importance that a nurse shall shan have heye a grammar school course co and shall know how to speak correctly and in the soft and tones of ot an educated woman In the homes to which she is admitted she must not forget that she be blind and deaf to td anything that does not concern her Many things go on in a No ahome ahome home when hen families are ale more or less upset and md unnerved by b anxiety that would b from view to the ordin ordinary ary ury visitor The nurse has become be ome for forthe forthe forthe the time being a member of the family I an and r must U guard its secrets iJ She must 1 not let herself become b embroiled with the servants Here H re fe is one of or her great greatest greatest est perils perD The people below stairs are often jealous of a nurse and unwilling Ito to give her the th privileges she site requites requires in the kitchen but cooks and chamber cham chambermaids er erID I maids ID have warm hearts as others have and a tactful nurse can find the theay way ay to them I Some employers appear to overlook the fact that a purse nurse is human bunn and that her strength str wears weal out if she hi j not allowed a comfortable r place ce in which to sleep at a prescribed Ul tufts lira I comfortable facilities for fo bathing and ald time for daily exercise in the open airs I The nurse in II order to do her best must gently gentl insist that she site Shashi have these Uee opportunities There rrb re may be crises when she will viii go for a day or 01 two be beyond beyond yond ond her strength in taking care of or an extremely sick patient But In lit a long ofU campaign as in typhoid fever level or the like Uke she will better serve ere her patient I and antI the family if she take proper care cane of herself An Imperative for tol I every nurse who ho would hold ok out and aid j not break down d wu In ill her profession is 16 a 1 vacation every e ery year of or at least four J weeks Most nurses who are successful suc ful and steadily employed can afford to I give themselves this holiday While it lasts la ts they should try to forget that I there is such hush a a thing as as disease in ti tie He world If It you are thinking of o becoming nurse consult your family l pIs phy si it i is as to the best training school bOOl for ya j o v oThen Then send to it by letter for appu tk tion n blanks These will furnish yOU y ou iu with all aU essential e information aa as 4 to h th qualifications demanded by that soho sho Your physician hy will give you a certificate cate Itte of health from your pastor or tl r principal of your school or some s mf or oT 3 a else whose who e word will be accepted a phd AIU t lU lUwi u will wi 1 require a certificate of and thus armed you ou need not fear t begin your studies s Otter Often titers there is a along along long waiting Mst list and the new appi j cant must be ba patient until the vat au an y p she can be admitted admit ed Once having put your hand Mind to tn t V H plow plo do not look back ba k You ar at c rolling roiling yourself In a noble army corps oT or women om In n modern life Ufe art are irP honored none more beloved than th s who ho come to us like a ain L g in ht our hours houIS of greatest need T Th Thare Thare 1 are secure from disrespectful t tM went and are held in hr I reverence 1 h t most unworthy un worth as as by th the wort wort orn H The services they render rt entitle t tto tto tto to much h more than the money hI pays frays for them often to lasting lut nf r i and anil the tribute of grateful ret t Copyright Cop ht 1905 l or by b Joseph Josef h B 13 Io nf |