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Show DRASTIC SHORTAGE OF NURSES HAMPERS OPERATION OF MILFORD HOSPITAL A drastic shortage of trained : nurses is threatening the Mil- ford Hospital, it was disclosed today by Dr. Eugene H. Davie. Only two registered nurses are on full-time duty, and these two ladies have much more work than they can properly handle, and are being "worked to death" giving proper attention atten-tion to the patients. Two or three more registered nurses are needed at once, Dr. Davie said, in addition to several sev-eral practical nurses and nurses assistants. Dr. Davie has endeavored to employ registered nurses in every city between San Francisco Fran-cisco and Denver, and even as far away as Dallas, Texas, but with the present critical shortage short-age of nurses over the entire nat'on, it has been impossible , to find any who are not at present pres-ent employed. The local surgeon offered to train girls or young women who are interested in making nursing a career. They would obtain practical experience (in addition to good pay) at the hospital, hos-pital, and would be offered regular reg-ular nurses lecture classes in the evenings. At the conclusion of such a course of training," Dr. Davie said, "they would be given a certificate, entitling them to work as a practical nurse anywhere in the country." coun-try." The critical situation could be somewhat relieved if the registered nurses who live in A lford would even work at the hospital four hours a day, Dr. Davie said, or if the various women's organizations of the city would alternate at furnishing furnish-ing nurses' aids to assist in care of the patients. This would be excellent training for emergency emer-gency civilian defense work. Also needed at the hospital are towels, sheets, bed pads, etc. If any homemaker has material ma-terial suitable for such use, it should be taken or sent to the hospital at once. |