| Show nuda NURSES ES NEEDED 1000 per cent increase Is sought by government nurses being called for duty to meet needs of the united states army washington thirty seven thousand five hundred nurses will be needed in thu the army nurse corps of the medical department according to present estimates based on an army of men the present strength of the 4 corps Is about increasing the enrollment by nearly 1000 per cent in a year ear Is the task confronting the corps dally numbers of nurses are being called for to meet immediate needs in army ho hospitals petals in the united states and for duty overseas the present rate of enrollment does not meet the demands hospitals at national guard and national army camps still need nurses to bring the quotas of all up to the hie minimum considered necessary 05 each in order to get the enrollments up to the needed number some of the re quire ments heretofore imposed are being waived according to estimates of 0 the nursing committee of the general medical board of the counell council of national defense there are between find and registered nurses in the country and about other goddu graduate and practical nurses just as soo as immediate needs or of cantonment hospi hospitals tills have been cared for a reserve of nurses will be organized for emergency service in tile hie united states lakewood hotel lal lak wood N J lias has been leased by the government for use ive as a general hosp hosl tal for the army find and provisions will be made for housing the reserve nurses there tills this hotel has not yet been turned over to the alie war department but will be in a week or so the necessary alterations N w ill be made as soon as practicable and the nurses for the reserve will be needed in addition to the permanent nursing staff of 0 the hospital 11 pital |
