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Show Requirements For Nursing School Entrance Listed The following article, setting forth the essential qualifications of a nurse, Is published in connection with the urgent national call for nurses to assist In meeting the demand's de-mand's of the country in this field during the present national emergency: emer-gency: Entrance requirements of good schools of nursing are high. Necessarily Ne-cessarily so, for the nursing school program Involves not only classroom class-room Instruction but responsibility for the care of patients as well. The first step on the road to nursing, therefore, is to meet the admission requirements of good schools of nursing. In general they cover: AGE: You should be between 18 and 35 years of age. It Is desirable, however, for you to be between 20 and 25. Increasingly, emphasis is placed on the Importance of a mature ma-ture attitude toward life, based on experience or advanced educational work. Some shoolsthose which offer of-fer 4 or 5 year combination programs leading to the nursing diploma and baccalaureate degree, may admit you as young as 17. Their students usually spend the first and second years on the campus of a university, univer-sity, and so do not start the clinical clin-ical phase of the nursing course until un-til they are 18 or 20 years of age. PRELIMINARY EDUCATION: Oood schools of nursing and for your future success you should choose no otherwill admit only those high shool graduates whose scholastic standing has placed them In the upper third or half of then-class. then-class. Most schools, too, state that, other things being equal, "preference "prefer-ence is given to young women who have had some college work." Requirements of individual schools vary, but in general it Is well to take the college entrance or preparatory pre-paratory program offered by the high school. The range of subject matter In high school courses is wide. It 13 important to secure as high a cultural cul-tural bakground as possible. Eco-nofics, Eco-nofics, civics, social studies and natural na-tural siences, among them chemistry, chem-istry, biology and physics, are essential. es-sential. English, Including spelling, history and religion too, are Important, Im-portant, , and also mathematics, especially a working knowledge of fractions and percentages along with algebra, geometry and business busi-ness arithmetic. HEALTH: Before you are accepted ac-cepted by a nursing school, you will be required to submit a statement state-ment from your physician, based on a physical examination, attesting, attest-ing, among other things, to your good health. You may also be required re-quired to submit a certificate from your dentist. In addition, most schools require you to undergo a thorough physical examination oy their own physician either before or soon after your arrival, and will not accept you nor permit you to continue in the school until remediable remedi-able health defects such as dental defects, diseased tonsils or faulty eyesight, have been corrected. Many schools of nursing also require you to pass intelligence, educational achievement and aptitudes tests, either before or shortly after you arrive. PERSONALITY : The ability to get along with people is a valuable asset In any profession, but it Is even more Important to nursing. You should be strong because as a nurse people will depend on you. You should be trustworthy because people will confide In you. You should be steady and self-reliant, for you will sometimes be charged with heavy responsibilities. Too, you should have a spirit of service and a sincere Interest Interest in human beings of all classes and kinds. Finally, you should be tactful, tact-ful, be able to give constructive sympathy, have a sense of humor, and be resourceful and adapable. |
