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Show -a-a a a British Nurses Rebel At Training Harshness LONDON. Harsh methods of training, perpetuated by British hospital matrons who have been brought up in the old tradition of strict discipline, have tended to discourage dis-courage members of the present generation from continuing their hospital courses, it was states in a recent debate in the house of lords on the question of what could be done to attract young women to take up nursing. Despite a widespread compaign of recruiting and the Importation of a limited number of trainees from foreign countries chiefly Germany the hospitals still need greatly increased in-creased staffs. The shortage of nurses nur-ses is estimated to be in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of 48,000. One of the suggestions was that the training of nurses be taken away entirely from the hospitals and turned turn-ed over to some new authority. Lord Shepherd announced that this policy was already being "considered by the government." Lord Crook told the members that several instances of petty tyrannies to which his attention had been drawn had resulted in the resignation resigna-tion of young women who resented being sharply reprimanded or punished pun-ished for slight infractions of the rules. Another suggestion for relieving the shortage was that provision should be made for the training of more male nurses, but the proposal met with little support. Lord Simon said most patients preferred having hav-ing "a ministering angel of the female fe-male sex" to look after them and he doubted if they would be as comfortable com-fortable under the care of the best-trained best-trained male nurse. |