Show women run hospitals for many a year women have claimed as their own the high executive positions in the profession of hospital administration dr malcolm T maceachern director of the american college of surgeons pointed this out recently the reason for this said dr maceachern is the close relationship between nursing and hospital administration nurse executives are concerned with the problems of hospital administration and thus are prepared for the duties of hospital management the high percentage of women ill ii the profession believes miss nellie G brown superintendent of ball memorial hospital muncie ind the famed middletown is due to women who started as head nurses in in the small hospitals which total 75 per cent of the nations general hospitals A small hospital is one which has fewer than beds often a superintendent of one of the smaller hospitals is simply a head nairse nurse with some idea of menu making xray X ray and the workings of the laboratory said miss brown in time the small place becomes larger her own abilities increase and she finds herself an important administrator of a thriving hospital |