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I i t \ 1 \\ i HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE: B /ISanual ot fntormatlon In Detail. ^% 4- ^^o/^ WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF THE VARIOUS TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. - -5 BDITKD BY JANE HODSON, DIRECTRESS OF NURSES, STATE HOSPITAL, FOUNTAIN SPRINGS, PA. EX-MATRON OF THE HOUSE OF REUEF, HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK. GRADUATE OF THE NEW YORK HOSPITAI, TRAINING SCHOOI,. V^ .^ ^«i|W YORK : "MCiilAM ABBATT, 31 NASSAU STREET. 1898J .1 wp l .ll l lMPWP*W*f TPTf »"""TW/ 'lit. M Jl l«\ ^V ^4r '^■.*t^:\ %U-^-^^ Copyright, 1897, bv WII,I.IAM ABBATT. All Rights Reserved. ^ ^^'g^ 1 EB i 81943 ii\ > t- I PREFACE. N arrangi^ff this book for the public, and particu- larly for young^womeu who think of taking up nursing as a profession, ^ft haye endeavored to give a complete and practical guide to all the hospitals in the United States and Canada that have training schools. The statistics have been furnished by the officers of the different institutions and schools, and thus a correctness is obtained that could not be otherwise secured. For young women who desire to become trained nurses and who know nothing of hospitals and training schools, it is hoped the book will help to settle the many puzzling questions that arise : First, the kind of work one wishes to take up, then a knowledge of the number of patients treated, the hours on duty, the opportunities for study, how to apply for admis- sion ; and last, but not least, the important question as to whether she may expect to have a roo|^ to herself or share it with other nurses, as is sometimes the case even in the best hospital*. With a knowledge of these points, the young woman starting off to begin her probationary term will know some- thing of what she may expect, and it is to be hoped she will feel that she has chosen wisely and well. I wish to thank the superintendents and nurses who have written articles for the book, thus adding information in teresting and practical, and to acknowledge my indebtedness to the hospital authorities here and in Canada for their promptness and interest in sending the necessary statistics. As a whole, it is hoped the book will prove a useful and convenient guide to the American and Canadian hospitals and training schools. Jans Hodson. .,4&- I L^ *■■*•*' ^ *■ ■*• -^ *• ^ ^^ ^ -^ ■*■ ■*" -■*• l^ l !■*[ |'*- | -^ 1 .f*-l i*l . IDosqucra's Bcef-Je T U /h^is mosqukra'S bb: *\/\/ JKI,I,Y "Infinitely pre able" to the ordinary extn of beef, meat juices, etc., etc. Sim because the nutritive properties of t are not in the soluble extractive port! but in the solid meat fibre, or Pibb which is rejected iu the manufactur beef extracts, meat juices, etc. 1 manufacturers of these products sim extract the soluble salts, and evapoi to the proper consistency. A pinch salt in a cup of hot water is full) nutritious. In the manufacture of Mosque Beef-Jelly, on the other hand, Nutritive Fibrin is not discard but predigested and rendered solu by the action of Bromelin, the digest ferment of Pineapple Juice. Having thoroughly masticate< mouthful of steak, or roast beef, no > thinks of swallowing only the solii salts, but the meat fibre as well taken into the stomach, digested i transformed into assimilable food, with Beef- Jelly. Mosquera's Beef - Jelly there! contains not only the soluble const ents of the meat, but in addition F DiOBSTED Meat Fibre, which afF< the actual nourishment. The ordic extracts of beef are simply stlmula Mosquera's Beef- Jelly is a food, A trial package and our nu graphs upon the subject, explainini detail the method of manufacture, ' be promptly forwarded upon requ P;|m|»A lljiniC Ct iTfi Detroit, N«w York, Kansas City, Baltimore, New Orlei ■ ill n\f If IIVI9 Ip lUy^f London, Eng., and Walkervitle, Ont. W yy i ■ » ■ I « y i ■ > ^ > »y» II l y i n|. » II « ^ i ■ « ^ » I « ^ II « y II » y » 11 < y I » ^ » ■ « ^ ^ » » y 1 ^ I y I y !.» ADDITIONS AND ERRORS. MASSACHUSETTS — North Adams — North Adams Hos- pital. ~ The vSiiperiiitendent is Miss Maria Daniels. ( C,raduatc of Johns Hopkins Hospital. ) MINNESOTA — Minneapolis — St. Luke's Hospital should read .S7. Pan/. Duluth — St. Luke's Hospital — Will Ix; found on page 219. MISSOURI — Kansas City — All Saints Hospital — loth and Campbell Sts. — Will be found on page 219. NEW JERSEY — Hackensack. — Miss Crum is graduate of the same School. NEW YORK — Middletown — Thrall Hospital. — The Super- intendent is Mrs, A. B, Cooke. {^Graduate of St. Mary' s Hospital, Brooklyn.^ New York City — Roosevelt Hospital. — The Directress of Nurses is Miss Mary A. Samuel. (^Graduate of the New York Hospital. ) OHIO — Zanesville — City Hospital. — The Superintendent is Mrs. Caroline B. Hall. {Gradtiate of the Pittsburgh Homeopathic Hospital. ) RHODE ISLAND — Rhode Island Homeopathic Hospital. — The Superintendent is Mrs. Jennie ly. Bassett. {Gradu- ate of the Neiv Haven Hospital.) 1 3. Male Nurses. 13- iviairon \>raig coiony, ttonyea, JS . Y . By Miss Eugenie Iiibbard, Ex-Supt. Training School for uale Nurses, Grace Hospital, Detroit. Taking Notes—" Charting." - By Miss Anna L. R. Mines, Instructress of the Christian Workers, Brooklyn, N. Y. (With specimen pages from a Hospital Chart.) A Chapter for Superintendents and Matrons. By Mrs. Anna M. Lawson, Supt. New York Cancer Hospital. Uniforms, Medals, Diplomas, etc. - - By The Editor. »T i f" ■■y V- < IE A i\ 1 I mosqucra's Beef-Je TY/hVis mos MOSQUERA'S BK infinitely pre the actuaTnourishment. Tne onui. extracts of beef are simply stimula Mosquera's Beef- Jelly is a food. A trial package and our nu graphs upon the subject, explainini detail the method of manufacture, - be promptly forwarded upon requ P^t^lf ^ Il^lli< fi> i/A OtHrtM, New York, Kansas City, Baltimore, New Orlei r III 11^; IFIIVI9 9f lir¥*f Undon, Eng., and Walkerville, Ont. " The Training Term. \ ' " By MisS >> nne A. HinTZE. Supt. Training School and Hospital, New York Infirmary for Women and Children. 4. Graduation and " First Case." - By Miss Mary A. SnivELY, Supt. Training School, Toronto General Hospital. 5. /Private Practice. - - - By Miss Mary A. SamuEI,, Directress of Nurses, Roosevelt Hospital, New York. Hospital Employment. - - By Miss Marion E. Smith, Chief Nurse, Philadelphia Hospital. Private Sanitarium Employment. - By M1S8 Anna Alston, Ex-Supt. Training School, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. District Nursing. - - - - By Miss Lillian D. Wald, Head of the Nurses' Settlement, New York City. (with Specimen pages from a District Nurse's book of cases.) Obstetric Nursing. - - - - By Miss Emma J. Keith, Ex-Supt. Training School, St. Luke's Hospital, Utica, N. Y. Nursing the Insane. - By Miss Emily J. MacDonnell, Supt. Training School, Albany, N. Y., Hospital. Massage. By Miss Elizabeth D. Holt, Matron Craig Colony, Sonyea, N. Y. Male Nurses. ... - By Miss Eugenie Hibbard, Ex-Supt. Training School for Male Nurses, Grace Hospital, Detroit. Taking Notes—" Charting." - By Miss Anna L. R. Mines, Instructress of the Christian Workers, Brooklyn, N. Y. (with specimen pages from a Hospital Chart.) A Chapter for Superintendents and Matrons. By Mrs. Anna M. Lawson, Supt. New York Cancer Hospital. Uniforms, Medals. Diplomas, etc. - - By The EdiTO' [I. 12 13 li CONTENTS-CONCLUDED. Chapter. i6. Some Eminent Nurses : I. Florence Nightingale. Alice Fisher. - "Sister Dora." - i 2. By Thk Editor. By Mrs. Jo.skph R. Hawi.rv. By Miss Joskphink Hiij., Of the New York Hospital. 4. Agnes Jones. By The Editor. 17. List of Training Schools in the United States, with particulars. 18. " " " in Canada, 19. Training Schools, arranged under various headings : I. As to rates of pay. As to denomination. Schools for Colored Women. Schools for Men. Schools for Attendants on the Insane. Schools having a course of study exceeding two years. Post-Graduate Schools. Homeopathic Schools. Schools attached to Hospitals where both Homeopathic and "regular" Physicians practice. Schools attached to Hospitals for Women and Children. Schools attached to Obstetric Hospitals. Schools known by independent names, with names of Hospitals to which attached. 13. Questions asked of Candidates. 14. Training School Mottoes. 15. List of Books for Nurses. 10 II 12 V ■ ; r m •" f l T".' PUBLISHER'S PREFACE. T cannot justly be expected that this woik, the first of its kind, should contain a liter- ally complete list of all training schools for nurses. The difficulty of discovering many, par- ticularly the smaller ones, has been great, but it is believed that only a few have been overlooked. It is to be regretted that some others neglected to furnish the required information, hence are omitted. The Publisher will be glad to receive information regarding any schools not represented, but most of the omissions which may exist will be found due to neglect on the part of the authorities addressed. Great pains have been taken to secure and arrange separately the statistics of schools for Attendants on the Insane, for Male Nurses, for Colored Nurses, the Post-Graduate Schools, and those of the Catholic and Jewish Hospitals. It is believed each list is substantially complete, and that such subdivision will prove useful to those interested. m NOTE. k t f ■v-i t« N order to avoid repetition and save space the fol- lowing details have not been inserted in the sum- mary of each school, it being understood that they are common to all, viz : Every school furnishes board, lodging and washing free to both probationers and' pupils. Applicants are admitted, unless otherwise stated, at any time when there are vacancies. During probation the school uniform is not worn, nor (usually) any pay given. The probation period is not usually included in the training. Unless so stated, neither uniforms not text-books are furnished free, though both are usually furnished at cost. Nor do nurses or probationers have individual bedrooms unless so stated. Every hospital has medical, surgical and obstetrical departments (unless noted), but no contagious diseases de- partment, nor beds for children, unless so stated. "Ambu- lance service" means a public service, bringing accident and emergency cases. It should be said that the sum named as pay has been averaged in each case. Thus, if a school pays pupils ten dollars a month for the first year, and fifteen for the second, the average would be twelve and a half. At graduation a diploma is given, sometimes a badge or medal, occasionally a sum of money, also. A ' ' school case ' ' is a case of private nursing, given a graduate as soon as possible after graduation, the pay received for it being the nurse ' s perquisite . lectures are always given by the hospital staff, or other physicians, to the pupils. Class instruction is also given by the superintendent, but lectures or instruction in massage or cookery for invalids are not given unless so stated. Probationers are usually admitted without regard to re- ligious belief. The list of questions in Chapter will give an idea of the detailed information each is expected to furnish regarding herself. A photograph is also frequently required. 2tmm mm^mmmm )ace the fol- in the sum- 'd that they 3l furnishes itiouers and' wise stated, g probation /) any pay iuded in the t text-books 5hed at cost, il bedrooms obstetrical diseases de- . "Ambu- ig accident y has been pupils ten the second, a badge or :hool case ' ' as soon as t being the ff, or other 50 given by in massage Lted. ?ard to re- r will xpected to frequently CHAPTER I. vorei WHAT IT IS TO BE A NURSE. These are the women who carry, wherever they go, an atmosphere of noble labor and unselfish enterprise, which brings to this work-a- day world a gleam of the glory to come. Wesltninster Review, 1888. I ANY think a nurse's life one sweet poem of ''gently stroking fevered brows" and "wet- ting parched lips," being repaid by *' sweet smiles from the grateful patient." But we who know the course of fevers, realize the back-break- ing and prosy period of hard, earnest work that must ensue ere we earn our poetry in that thank- ful "sweet smile" of the convalescing patient. So don't start out with the mistaken idea that a nurse's career is a serene, beautiful and easy one. The calling of nurse is a noble one, but remember she has many hardships to bear, many obstacles to overcome. Keep this in mind, and you will be fortified against the dark days which come into her life, as they must into that of every one, be the vocation what it may. Let us look the matter in the face and see what "to be a nurse " really means. To begin with, the essentials of a good nurse are : Love of God and of fellow creatures. Strength of body and mind. Cheerfulness. , Belief that cleanliness is next to godliness. Refinement of character. Good education. Knowledge of human nature. Quickness of comprehension and action. Patience and perseverance. 12 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Then there are perhaps the family prejudices to overcome. The leaving home is a great question to be weighed. It ina}^ mean a complete change in your life, and is something which you only can decide — and this decision should be made carefully and prayerfully. Unless you are in perfect physi- cal health, don't attempt it. You will never make a good nurse if you cannot bring in sunshine to dispel darkness, and this cannot be done by one who is herself not in vigorous health. Do not forget that there is a "probationary term," sometimes of more than two months, which will seem like an eternity. During this period you feel fully convinced the world hangs on the matter of your dusting and bed-making, and you wearily ask yourself **Is this what I came here for?" But keep up your courage — all this and the semi- military discipline which you undergo throughout your hospital career you will appreciate later, rnd realize how necessary it was to your training. Having successfully passed through the "pro- bationary term" and donned the pretty uniform which designates you as a nurse, you feel suddenly overwhelmed with the responsibility of your self- chosen life. But to this you grow accustomed after a while, and take pleasure in thinking that the patients in the ward look upon you as their mental support, as it were, and that a pleasant manner on your part may serve to shorten the weary hours of pain, while one of hurry and impatience may make these same hours drag woefully. It may be that, as a novice, you will be surprised and dismayed, for the moment, on finding yourself in a ward full of people in no way your social equals. Perhaps your life has hitherto been s guarded that you have never come in contact wit; the "masses," and the revelation that you mus ^^■* -I *-^ HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. »3 care for these people may come upon you with a shock. But remember, if you are not willing^ to minister ♦to any and every one of your fellow creatures in distress, you are not fulfilling your highest mission as a nurse. Keep in mind Ian Maclaren's creed, " Love the man next to you," and you will be astonished to find how much more good is in the heart of man — even the lowest — than his fellow creatures give him credit for. Once your hospital course is finished an entirely new field of professional action opens to you. You are confronted with the fact that hereafter you are not only responsible for the success of your own professional career, but are also charged with main- taining the reputation of your school. As you enter on the work of a private nurse, you will realize that for the time being you are a reigning power in the house. You may cause the family to regard you as a perfect godsend, bearing responsibilities with which they find themselves unable to cope — or, on the other hand, you may upset the whole household, inconvenience every member, create dis- cord among the servants, and even uproot the faith heretofore placed in the family physician. In other words, you are a great power in a house- hold of sickness ; let that power be for good. Again, you will find loyalty to your doctors a most important factor. While in your hospital career you may have worked with one or two doctors, outside you will find yourself the aid to many. The true nurse faithfully indorses and carries out the orders of each, no matter how much his methods and ways may differ from those of his predecessors. All this requires adaptability. If you enter the profession merely for financial profit, great will be your disappointment. There is so much more in nursing than the mere measur- :i ^ ,^ 14 HOW TO BECOM * A TRAINED NURSE. ing of medicines and ministering of food — as the patient's needs are often quite as much mental as physical — that unless you can supply those wants you will be a disappointment to yourself as well as to others. Nurses must be ministers in every sense of the word. True, all cannot be Florence Nightingales, and the world will never know of all the good deeds done and self-sacrifices offered, but to one who loves her profession the knowledge of work well done brings its own reward. Thus, viewed with all the high possibilities in- volved, no other calling can be greater or nobler than that of the trained nurse. Consider well before choosing it, and then, hav- ing chosen, throw yourself into the work with your whole soul. Frances Eaton Pope. \ Graduate's Badge N. W. Training School, Minneapolis. # CHAPTER II. THE PROBATIONARY TERM. No more honorable or lucrative employment for women is open at the present day than the comparatively modern profession of the trained nurse. To the educated, healthy, refined, lady-like young woman who shrinks from ''the publicity of the clerk's position, has not a taste for teaching, and marks the overcrowded state of the typewriters' market, the calling of a nurse offers special in- ducements. The calling is honorable — none more so — it offers broad fields for Christian usefulness, steady and sure employment, and liberal remimeration. | Thfi-v p ^ n ^ woma n who has mentsl and physical ability sufficient tp orave'ly uncTerfaTceirnd'^sleaH- fastly carry tnrougn the two or three years of study, lectures and practice required by the course XJtas in her possessi on, at its close, a profession which makes her inslepetideni or the frowns of fortune, gives her tremendous power for good to humanity, and fits her for the position of wife, mother and home-maker as no other two years' wprk can do.* . It trains the haAd and the eye, sharpens the wits, deepens and broadens the sympathies, teaches.. seUiCdOtlTol and self-reliance, prer.ches the gospel of i^ood health and woman's great "3uty, and compels neatness, activity and industry. Report of the Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, 1895. I HE Opportunity offered to women by Train- ing Schools for Nurses, to acquire a fairly remunerative profession at little or ndjcost, naturally attracts the attention of many who must be self-supporting at once. The care of the sick, too, has always been an honorable occupation, de- veloping the best qualities of heart and mind, and attractive to many who may not look upon it as a means of livelihood, for the power it offers of doing good and acquiring a useful accomplishment and discipline. With some such motive, and often with no thought of a nurse's life beyond the time jjf preparation, the woman seeking such a work siders little her own fitness for it ; but, for succt there should be a sense of congeniality and a! / i6 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. earnest devotion to the work, with a broad love of poor and sad humanity. With this foundation, good health, good educa- tion, good judgment in small e very-day matters, — which is common-sense, — good manners and good taste, are all needed. The various requirements and privileges offered by the different training schools would seem to make the choice of a school diflBcult ; but upon this choice much depends, and the school offering the widest experience should be selected carefully and intelligently. This volume gives the statistics of three hundred and twenty-five Training Schools for Nurses, com- prising each from five to one hundred and fifty pupils. All, connected with general hospitals, give two or three 3'^ears of training. In the selection of a school, the particular city where one would wish to live, or the best school r earest one's home, all else being equal, might be preferred. The important con- siderations as to experience are the size and kind of hospital ; that is, whether the cases are general, acute medical and surgical, including, preferably, obstefrical and contagious. The very large schools offer, apparently, more advantages to the pupil ; but often the schools connected with well-organ- ized general hospitals of from fifty to one hundred beds give a more thorough training in many ways for private nursing, and there is less restraint and formality, as a rule, though in selecting a small school care should be taken to see that the full term of training is spent in the hospital, as some of the smaller schools send out nurses to private cases for too long a time during their period of ttmining, for the benefit of the school. If the train- i^ is desired for institution work, then the large school of wide reputation should be selected, so that % HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 17 '■ ids the best methods of hospital management and rou- tine may be learned and practised. It is greatly to the advantage of any school to have a well-equipped Nurses' Home, under the control and influence of a thoroughly cultured and broad-minded superintendent, who is the principal teacher and is herself a graduate nurse. The comfort and health of the nurse depend on the provision for her welfare in the Home, and many hospitals, the majority, in fact, have very good buildings devoted to the use of the nurses. To get at facts in regard to a number of selected schools which the applicant may have in mind, a polite request, with stamp, sent to the superin- tendent of any training school will secure a report, which should be carefully studied and compared with others for the important points previously mentioned, and for information as to the course of study, hours of work, length of term, age of appli- cants, money paid, and hospital and home rules ; though, when possible, a personal visit and inspec- tion gives the best idea of the desirability of a school to the well-informed person. When a choice has been made, a form of applica- tion is secured from the superintendent by calling in person, or by a letter which should be short and to the point, stating age and standard of health, educational advantages, and reasons or motives for desiring the education of a nurse. Letters of reference, one from a clergyman, are usually returned with the properly filled out appli- cation form. If satisfactory to the superintendent, after a short interval a printed form is received stating that the applicant has been accepted as pro- bationer; to report for duty at a certain time and place, with directions how to reach the place, and requirements as to clothing and other accessories. f i8 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Often the applicant may be asked when it will be convenient for her to come, or if she can be ready at short notice to fill an accidental vacancy at any time. Otherwise she is put on the waiting-list of the school to await her turn. Promptly at the ap- pointed time the applicant should arrive, prepared to enter upon the most trying time of her hospital life — the probation term. The change from home to institution life is great, but the manner in which it is met means much to the observer as a test of fitness for a nurse's life, and the beginner is fortunate who has the help of the habit of uniform gentleness and courtesy to all alike, for in the small world of the institution, as iu the great world outside, what the woman is will count for more than what she does, though to do well all that is required of a nurse means that she is much in herself. Any lack of tact, dignity, courage or intelligence is evident at once, while the possession of these qualities, with a well-balanced, keenly observant mind, a steady effort to obey those in authority, and freedom from worry or con- fusion, will win respect and confidence at once. In some schools it is the custom for the superin- tendent to give the probationer certain instructions before going to the ward, and to draw her attention to Hospital and Home rules. She is then taken to the ward at a rapid gait and introduced to the head nurse, who will probably be too busy to waste any time in desultory conversation, but will at once call attention to the schedule of the ward routine posted for the guidance of all the ward workers, and allow her to study what her duties will be. For this opportunity to turn her back on the scrutiny of the interested occupants of the long rows of beds, the poor probationer is thankful ; the business-like effect of the nurses too busily at work m- HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. >9 to pay much attention to the new comer is peculiarly formidable, and she feels that the discipline of her new life has begun, and that she is, indeed, in a world that knows her not. As training schools for nurses were first de- manded by the needs of the sick in hospitals, the proper methods of doing the practical ward work, including more or less housework, were thought, at first, to offer sufficient scope to the pupil nurse. Then, established methods in nursing, and the principles underlying them were more thoroughly taught, making necessary efficient and well- instructed head nurses. Gradually a better sys- tem of work was evolved, and as the standards were raised it was found an advantage to allow the nurse to devote herself entirely to nursing, employing maids for the housework. Some knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Materia-Medica and Hygiene being found necessary, at present every training school has an established theoretical course which must, however, always be incidental to the ward work, though moving on, as it were, hand-in-hand with it. Training schools for nurses can thus never be ranked as strictly educational, (though the very combination of physi- cal and mental labor proves highly educational to the i lividual nurse) and the term " school " might be misleading, not indicating the fact that the time of the pupil nurse is largely spent in actual physi- cal labor. Anne A. Hintze. % II B CHAPTER III. THE TRAINING TERM. To be a good nurse surely demands no inconsiderable ability, and, as it seems to me, there can be no better or nobler business for a tender-hearted and clever woman. S. IVeir Mitchell, M. D., Philadelphia. ROM a Statistical report of the hours of duty in training schools, the statement is made that in those schools in which the very shortest hours are adopted, nurses are working nine hours a day at work which taxes the physical strength even of the strongest in no small degree; of the moderately strong to the utmost. The day's work does not end with the hours of ward work, for off-duty time is largely taken up in preparing the lessons required and writing out lecture notes ; even three or four evenings in the week may be taken up by lectures and class instruction. The conclusion is evident that the nurse in the majority of training schools is overworked, and the propor- tion of time allowed for study, rest and recreation much too little. jfThe kind of work expected of pupil nurses in- cludes bed-making, the giving of diet, medicine and treatment ordered, assisting at surgical dress- ings, operations, etc. ; the care of appliances, charts and records, and usually some dusting and sweep- ing is required, besides the cleaning of all utensils used, and care of the linen and patients' clothingjl The educative value of this kind of work is in direct proportion as it is hard, accurate and thorough, while the more systematic the routine the better. In most schools, in fact, the whole of the nurse's time is carefully scheduled for her. /S HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 31 The years of training may be divided, allowing each nurse a certain number of weeks to each class of patients, keeping the extra and more diflficult branches, such as the care of private patients, massage, dispensary, cooking school and district work, until the last year. In some schools where there is a three-years' course certain branches of hospital management are taught in the last year. An accurate record of the nurse shows her standing for the month, year, and for graduation, also the number of days' experience in each de- partment; illness and vacation, besides other im- portant details. The books needed for this record are a day-book and a permanent monthly record, ruled, perhaps, as shown opposite. If probationers enter the training school during the months from June to October, new classes for theoretical instruction are formed each Autumn, continuing through a term of nine months, leaving the Summer free for vacations. (In some schools probationers are admitted in small groups throughout the year. This arrange- ment requires a larger number of small classes, and the instruction cannot be so systematically arranged; though the nurses who have completed their course leave more gradually, interfering less, it is claimed, with the ward work.) Examinations are held at intervals, preferably every three months, by an examining board ap- pointed from the staff of doctors, and by the super- intendent, the finals coming immediately before the public graduating exercises, early in June. The examinations are, of course, graded according to the amount of work the nurse has covered. As each nurse finishes her term of two or three years she leaves the hospital with complete liberty to choose her future line of work, the standard number of 32 HOW TO BBCOMB A TRAINED NURSE. W |!|.i M' If pupils in the school being arranged for by the pre- vious admittance of probationers ; or the graduate nurse may be retained in the hospital as head nurse of a ward, operating-room nurse, or in some other executive position. The direct responsibility for the ward-nursing devolves upon the head nurse of the ward, who should be a graduate of efficiency, with a knowledge of housekeeping and the ability to teach. She manages the work upon the system established by the superintendent, which is as uniform as possible everywhere in the hospital. As the whole staff of nurses can never be off duty at once, it is the custom in some schools to divide the lectures into two Jets, for junior and senior nurses. These lecture^ ire given by physi- cians, once or twice a week, following the class instruction as to subjects as closely as possible. The usual hours of duty in the ward may be conveniently arranged from 7 A. M. until 7 P. M., allowing one hour for dinner and two hours off duty during the afternoon for study and recreation. Breakfast and supper for the day nurses are ar- ranged for outside of these hours. With one-half day off duty weekly and four hours every Sunday, the average working day, on this plan, is about eight hours. The night nurse, whose work is of a less laborious character, is on duty from 7 P. M. until 7 A. M. In some schools a daily study hour in the class room under supervision is required. The responsibility and details of the ward-nurs- ing must be graded somewhat to the efficiency of the nurse, and for economy of time, as certain work has to be finished early in the morning (that is, beds made before the early rounds of the Doctor, etc.), it is customary for the senior nurse to give all medicines and drinks, take temperatures, record HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 23 the same, etc., while the other nurses devote them- selves to special work. In ordei', however, to follow the symptoms, course of treatment and results of each case, every nurse is given a definite number of patients and is expected to take the responsi- bility of watching these cases. The routine work for each nurse is carefully thought out by the superintendent according to the needs of the hos- pital, and scheduled, as is also that of maid and orderly ; thus any nurse on going into a ward can go at once to work at her own duties. - The probationer is first taught bv the head nurse how to mak e beds an d attend to' |^?j pa|;jenb^ atK^ is then allowed to go on with her work under con- stant supervision,|and all Wv> ^' badly done is gone over until perfection is attained, as the greatest precision is insisted upon from the start. The habit of allowing the probationer to finish details of the older nurses' work is to be deprecate^^ as, for instance, cleaning and putting away utensils. The probationer's capability for responsibility is early shown ; also her ability to work with system and to observe carefully. At the end of one or two months she has learned to adjust herself to institution life, and has given evidence of her fitness as a nurse. She is then admitted i ito the school and allowed to wear the uniform; but in some schools she is not formally accepted and does not sign the contract to remain the full term, until the end of six months. An excellent method of acquainting the super- intendent with the nurse's progress is to require once a week, from the head nurse of each ward, a printed form with a full report for each day of each nurse, marked on the following points: pu^tu- alit^j propriety df behavi or ^ w^rd_ inifiagement, personal and gener aliieatness^ mistaKes , ^" giving mm IPF mmmm^ «4 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. II ■ ii; If medidng, attention ^nd kindn ess to pati ents, obser- vation of kVm^j^ms, clea nlinesTl)! utensil s, and slEiiiriLnd* 'efficiency in surgical work, good temper, interest in work, etc. , This report is made up every day and can be in- spected at any time by the superintendent only. It is largely through this report that the perma- nent monthly mark is given, though, of course, the care of her room and other matters are considered. The scale of marking adopted is approximately — Perfect, loo; Good, 90; Fair, 80; Not satisfactory, 70; and each nurse may receive a monthly report with her marks for work, conduct, class and general average. These marks go on the permanent record and her stan4ing is estimated by them. While a careful routine is thus established for the nurse, little attention is paid to personal hygiene, and her duty in the care of her health is not sufficiently impressed upon her, for self-forget- fulness and a certain amount of self-sacrifice are accepted as a matter of course. In a well-conducted school with sanitary surroundings, an intelligent, well-bred woman cannot go far wrong in matters of personal hygiene, but the evils of over-work, over- worry, and the neglect of evidences of illness are too often allowed to reach the point where her health is seriously impaired. This the superintendent often can guard against by careful watching. As the nurse's training is to fit, and not unfit her for her life work, this is an important duty. While she is being taught in the school the structures and func- tions of the body, could she not also be taught to regard its needs and proper treatment as a serious duty? Then there will be fewer broken-down nurses, and many of the problems which now con- front the private nurse will have disappeared in the light of a larger intelligence. Anne A. Hintze. 4 CHAPTER IV. GRADUATION AND FIRST CASE. These are the women who never bow down to what R. ly. Stevenson calls "the bestial twin goddesses of Comfort and Respectability," but who can perform the most menial services with dignity, and to whom nothing is common or unclean. Westminster Review, 1888. RADUATION ! What does it mean ? To the young nurse of a few months' experi- ence in hospital life it means happiness inconceivable — happiness which she fears may never come to her. ^ How will it be possible for her to obtain pos- session of the wisdom and skill with which she imagines the graduate nurse endowed? — wisdom which surely the ancients might justly have en- vied! Then, too, it means freedom from discipline and weary days of toil, from home-sickness, dis- couragement and crushing responsibility ; rest for tired body, aching limbs and weary brain ; it means what the cry of " Land ahead ! " means to the toil- worn mariner, the goal to the winner in the race. But let us look at this same young woman on the eve of graduation ; she is hardly recognizable. The strict discipline, the daily routine of duties, the self-restraint and self-control so necessary in the life of a nurse, together \vith ever-increasing responsibilities as the busy days and months sped on, have left their traces on heart and brain. The impetuosity has given place to dignified watchful- ness or alertness, the timidity to self-possession, and her face tells of gentleness where once im- patience was discernible. ■. . I IIP" w ■X -t 26 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. H Hi n If' liil :^!. I t'i'i 111! t I liiy,! I She realizes with mingled feelings of content- ment and sadness that the days of preparation are at an end, that she has finished the allotted time for study, and is about to enter upon her life-work ; in fact, is only on the threshold of her labors. And what about the store of knowledge she had hoped to secure ? She has really only begun to learn. True, the knowledge she came to seek has been around her ; but to some extent her eyes were blinded — she saw it not. Oh ! for the privi- lege of once more passing through her hospital experience, now that she is in a position, in some measure, at least, to comprehend its meaning ! A feeling of loneliness hitherto unknown steals over her, as she realizes that she is simply a fledge- ling about to leave the maternal nest of professional training, and, alone and unprotected, enter upon her career. Bulwer-Lytton's novel, ./ith its title **What Will He Pq^ With It V^ haunts her, as she con- templates In thoiigHT tne opportunities about to be presented, knowing full well what many older in years, yet younger in experience, have yet to learn : that the making or marring of our life ''Ijes not so much in our environment as in ourselves. But she is rich in friendships — friendships formed with those who have shared her toil, her peiplexities and her happiness. The comradeship existing amoilj those engaged in the same work and interested in the same things, becomes very pleasant, and she sighs as she contemplates the separations which must soon inevitably occur. Graduating evening, however, with its pleasant and enjoyable festivities, its congratulations, its nurses in dainty uniform, its gifts of lovely flowers from kind-hearted friends, its music and refresh- ftfB HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. VI ?l i ments, its words of warning and counsel, comes on apace, and our young nurse, notwithstanding her discouragements, finds herself a happy recipient of the honors conferred upon the "graduating class." Dr. L delivers an address which will live long in her memory. In the name of the medical profession he wel- comes them as fellow-workers in the field of suffer- ing, as trusted auxiliaries in the blessed work of saving human life. He solemnly urges them to consider well whether love for the work has been the motive which has led them to dedicate their lives to nursing, otherwise to hesitate before going further. He reminds them of the struggles, the lonely night watches, the terrible anxieties, the world of unreasonableness, the interference of well-meaning but ignorant anxious relatives, which they will surely meet and must bear uncomplainingly, and for which nothing but love for their chosen profes- sion can compensate. He bids them not to be cast down when their lot is thrown ariiong those who regard money as their god, and imagine they can bi)|i a nurse body and soul, as one might buy a horse, and can work her and treat her in much the same way; nor to be unduly elated when among the more considerate, to say nothing of those who seem inclined to heap honors upon them — simply to ** Take no thought for aught but truth and right, — •• Content, if such thy fate, to die obscure ; Youth fails, and honors : fame may not endure ; And loftier souls seem weary of delight. Keep innocence ; be all a true man ought ; ___-X,et neither pleasure tempt, nor pain appall : Who hath this, he hath all things having naught ; Who hath it not, hath nothing having all. The picture of the ideal nurse was once more held ujJ to view, and they beheld in her the ideal ^mumm ^FS^ K' 38 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. ■M lilt li f ,'■ [ 'A I I* r' ' I; 'l ' i ! ■ I i !, woman. He reminded them also of the privileges . which enter into the life of a nurse, mentioning among others that of bringing honor to the nursing profession and to their Alma Mater ^ and the all- important one of being able to speak words of heavenly peace and comfort to dying men and women. The eventful day has closed, and in the quiet- ness of her own room our young nurse takes one more look at her diploma and badge, which are the seal of her proficiency and her passport, and prays that she may never disgrace them. In the to-morrow soon to follow, in the new and untried life before her, she will put her trust in Him who has said: "I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight : I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars .of iron." Two or three days elapsed, during which she had all kinds of wonderings as to what her ''first case" would be, living daily and nightly with the feeling of "afraid it would n't^^ and "afraid it would ^^ really come. Her valise was in readiness for a sudden call, and in its proportions resembled somewhat a Thanksgiving turkey. It contained a clean uni- form, aprons, collars and cuffs enough to last for five or six days, night-slippers, wrapper, the absolutely necessary toilet articles, clinical ther- mometer, hypodermic syringe. Nurse's Record Book, pencil, pen-knife, thread, needle and scissors. Her heart beat violently, one dark, threatening evening, when a telephone message came inviting her to take a "case" of Bronchitis — a baby eleven months old. Arrived at her destination, she found the baby crying and his mother completely worn out. ^^ z c 3) z • m H O o z O fT| 5' Z ST n 2 > r z o (O TJ r I; i' •p • ii ill ¥ b if m p if' m lis i # HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 99 After donning her uniform, she made inquiries regarding the doctor's last visit and the orders he had left ; she then proceeded to get some idea of the house — the location of the bath-room, kitchen and linen-closet. The sick baby regarded the anxious nurse as an intruder and treated her accordingly, until finally the tired mother was persuaded to leave her baby entirely in the hands of the nurse until the child should become accustomed to her care. There was a struggle for a time; but soon the little patient resigned himself to the inevitable, and gave himself up so completely and contentedly that the next problem to be solved was, how the nurse was to obtain sufficient rest, as the little patient now objected to the less skilled services of those who were anxious to relieve her. Complications both present and prospective required to be combated, the orders being cold ap- plications to the head, to be applied night and day, together with poultices for the chest, medicines and nourishment, the avoidance of all undue ex- citement, in order to prevent convulsions, and the preparation of all necessary requisites should con- vulsions supervene. As the disease progressed, Cerebro - Spinal Meningitis of a tubercular character developed, and the little patient became more and more restless, until finally the tired limbs grew still, and the weary little sufferer slept the sleep that knows no waking. Tenderly and lovingly the little body was pre- pared for its last resting-place by the gentle hands of the nurse, the room put in order, the bed and bedding removed and thoroughly renovated. Nor was this all; at the request of the family the nurse remained, and relieved them of the trying 30 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. responsibilities incident upon bereavement, such as receiving callers and arranging flowers, together with ministering in many ways to the comfort of the saddened household. Two or three hours' sleep out of the twenty- four was all the rest the tired nurse was able to secure ; but she was living for others, not for self, and was happy in her work. In her own room on:e more, she reviewed in thought the events through which she had just passed — her ''first case," — and realized from per- sonal experience that it is a nurse's privilege to " extend human aid and sympathy to a soul struggling under the first shock of a great sorrow." Mary A . Snively. VOTA VITA NOSTRA eiMiMii \ CHAPTER V. PRIVATE PRACTICE. The nurse who pleases all must indeed be a wonder. A celebrated physician remarked to a patient whom a constant succession of nurses had failed to satisfy: "You had better send to heaven and demand a hospital-trained angel with a cast-iron back." IVgstminster Review^ i88S. UCH indeed has been said and written on the subject of private nursing and the special qualifications a woman must possess to be successful in this branch of her profession. Her reputation where hospital work is concerned may be irreproachable; as a ward manager, her execu- tive ability of the highest order, and she may have proved herself acceptable in many ways to staff and patients alike; she may have shown much intelligence and marked ability theoretically, and yet, when the time comes to take up her profession in a new and unfamiliar field, how does she succeed, and in what way is she tried and found wanting? Let us suppose a woman possessing the primary essentials, having graduated from a school of good standing and reputation, about to take up the private practice of her profession. What should be her reasons for so doing? Not only that she may find remunerative employment, but also with an earnest desire to be of service to her fellow creatures; to develop her own chai'acter, and elevate the professional standard. The qualities required for this branch are various. Many may be natural ; some may be acquired. Do not think that with diploma in your hands and medals bright and shining on your uniform, outward and visible tokens pf years of training, there is nothing more » *• />' 3* HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. I (I Mill i 1|! '5 ;^li ! I ^11 i: for you to learn ; that your education as a nurse is complete, for in many respects it has only begun. As you leave the familiar wards of the hospital, the many lessons for each one, prepared for us by that oldest and best teacher, experience, are yet to come. Ready tact and adaptability are two most essen- tial requirements. The former is, indeed, a gift, and exists in a much greater degree in some characters than others, but it is also a grace, as Christina Rossetti says, and as such we are bound either to possess or acquire it. To quickly perceive when to speak and when to keep silent, and to say and do just the right thing in the most acceptable manner; to readily adapt oneself, not only to the moods and caprices of the patient, but also to the habits of the family and the peculiar characteristics of its individual members ; to maintain a feeling of harmony with the entire household, especially showing consideration for the servants at a time when the usual regularity and system must of necessity be somewhat disorganized, will all tend to speedily convince those concerned of the nurse's fitness for her position, and that she is the right woman in the right place. In private nursing one must be prepared to meet many emergencies which may arise, and a nurse must assume responsibility to a much greater de- gree when thrown on her own resources, as she is frequently expected to rely upon and exercise her own judgment. Cast-iron rules do not exist here, and few can be laid down besides the general ones as to the patients' comfort, welfare and many personal wants. No two cases are alike. A nurse must hold herself in readiness always, and often, indeed, minister by anticipation, at the same time most v HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 9$ pared ience, i issen- i ■ gift, f some f :e, as )ound 1 t ten to 1 thing : '*'» adapt )f the id the ibers ; ■\ c 11 Lire 3r the y and .. ,'. tiized, emed .'>,;' Lt she ► meet nurse er de- ■ :| she is ^■1 ;e her •:! 1 an be -..:} ) the •sonal W— jv must 1 /I J3i^/^ iciecQy most '); carefully avoiding what is so frequently a mistake of the recently-graduated in their anxiety to please, over-zealousness. No matter how much one may wish to do something we think will surely ease the pain or relieve the apparent discomfort, it may be far better to wait, and by a quiet, reposeful manner and ever ready eye and ear, inspire in the patient a feeling of restfulness and confidence and firm re- liance on the nurse's unspoken sympathy and strength, that will help far more to make him tran- quil and content than by injudicious attentions, unnecessary display of authority, or even too keen a regard for appearances, bordering on fuss and bustle. Here is an instance where much distress might have been spared a nervous, anxious mother had the nurse, fresh from her training school, used more tact and better judgment : It was a case of typhoid. The nurse, arriving early in the after- noon, found her patient in a high fever, wearing a heavy flannel shirt and enveloped in blankets. No orders beyond milk diet and an antipyretic having been left, she proceeded to remove the coverings and give the man an alcohol sponge bath. This being satisfactorily done, the flannel shirt was changed for a cotton one, clean sheets substituted for the heavy blankets and the patient's temperature lowered thereby two degrees. But the old-fashioned ideas of the mother could not conform to such proceedings. She offered no interference, but shut herself up away from the sick room, in a perfect agony of nervous dread, till the doctor came, when the case was immediately put before him, with the result that one thin blanket was replaced and the mother's anxiety relieved. A nurse is frequently called upon to improvise in the sick room. Unexpected conditions arise. m %. 34 HOW TO BECOME S TRAINED NURSE. :i; \' y !il 1 I \it H 'vm m i III.. One's environments are not those of the hospital, and the nurse who, for want of proper appliances and the ability to improvise, may not only fail in successfully carrying out an order or adding to her patient's comfort, will herself feel an embarrass- ment difficult to overcome, and, it may be, weaken in a great measure the confidence of patient and friends. Illness brings expense, and it is a nurse's duty to avoid adding to it in any unnecessary way ; for instance, in not renewing a prescription before the doctor has paid his daily visit, or in the ordering of surgical dressings or expensive druggists' sup- plies, which by exercising a little forethought or ingenuity, could very possibly have been done without. A few words as to dress: Nowadays, when there are so many schools, and in a city, especially, so many nurses of all sorts and conditions, it is ad- visable and, indeed, very frequently requested by doctors, that a nurse should wear, when on duty, her hospital uniform complete, exception being made, perhaps, in hotels or when the nature of the case demands otherwise. Always endeavor to be spotlessly clean and neat, avoiding, above all things, too much starch. A nurse will find, in the majority of her cases, that a considerable tax is laid on her entertaining powers during the convalescent stage, and for this, if nothing else, should she cultivate her mind by reading, and seek recreation and entertainment when opportunity offers, in hearing good music, visiting picture and art galleries and witnessing ^ good plays. No accomplishment is wasted, no cul- ture lost, in our profession. At some time or in jf some way they are sure to prove of value, assist- ing our professional skill in numerous untojd now TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. J§ ways, and keeping ourselves from that narrow rut, the avoidance of which requires sometimes more than a passing struggle. In one sense our lives are a sacrifice, and no nurse who conscientiously considers her vocation will allow pleasure to come before duty, but recreation and pleasurable change are essential to all healthy living. All work and no play makes many more than the proverbial Jack both dull and stupid. Now, what may a nurse expect and demand for herself? As has been said before, no two patients are alike; no more are households, and oftentimes with people in ordinary circumstances there may be much thought and consideration shown where the comfort of the nurse is concerned, while in families of greater wealth, even afHuence, this thought is frequently conspicuous by its absence. Trained nurses are, after all, only human, and if they are to spend their lives, or the best part of them, in caring for the sick, to do so for any length of time successfully their own health must be their first consideration. A proper amount of sleep, exercise in the open air and regularity in diet, are three of the nurse's legitimate demands, and she will usually find the physician her best assistant towards obtaining what is her due should she have difficulty with the family or friends, either through thoughtlessness, ignorance or anxiety. On leaving the training school the first step is to secure a room, or part of one, where one may have a permanent address and make one's head- quarters, so to speak. Rents are high in a city, and few can afford the luxury of a room alone, in a desirable locality. Two, three, or even four nurses will share one or two rooms, and many keep the same as a permanency for years. Others will take a flat, have, perhaps, a care-taker, and do their own % m I mm m^m^ 36 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE, j'Ni' [if i !l t : li I .# # • housekeeping, while again, there are nurses' clubs, where an annual fee is charged, from $5 to $10, I believe, and which entitles the member to register on the club roll, use of library and, to a few, perma- nent lodging at reasonable rates in the home, with perhaps use of the telephone, which latter is cer- tainly an advantage. Registries are established in connection with most training schools, where, in compliance with certain rules and regulations, a graduate of the school may register when ready for a case; and on these registries one is usually dependent for calls until she has been at work a sufficient length of time to have made a connection for herself. The question of nurses' fees has been much dis- cussed. One so frequently hears of exorbitant charges having been made that it would seem the mercenary spirit, gradually creeping in, is, alas! on the increase. Undoubtedly there are instances where unusual charges have been made, but these are not in general order, and in the majority of cases we may consider a nurse to justly earn and rightfully demand from $21 to $25 per week, which, in a city like New York, is the usual remunera- tion asked and received. A nurse's work is irregular. Calls come two or three at a time, it may be, or none, perhaps, for weeks, so that employment, when offered, must usually be accepted. Time, personal convenience or dated engagements can rarely be considered by a nurse who has taken up the private practice of her profession. The little word "if" must meai; much to her. Bntire rest and change, of longer or shorter dura- tion, according to requirement and means, is abso- lutely necessary at least once a year, but greater benefit is usually derived from a vacation of six t 'iff ■it 'M ® GROUP OF NURSES, New York Post-Qraduata Hospital. i^ 1 ijfl I !l*t. I' ■ < ViJi 1 i ill i m l!l 7W-r, .■.V HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 37 weeks or two months, when taken consecutively, than by broken holidays of shorter duration. And a nurse who pays strict attention to the laws of health where she herself is personally concerned, will best be able to take care of her patient ; whereas, without due regard to the maintenance of her own physical condition she cannot hope to suc- ceed and be permanently efficient in the vocation she has chosen, and which is now regarded as a worthy and honorable profession for women of education, culture and refinement. Mary A. Samuel. Graduate's Badge, Cleveland Homoapathlc Hoapltal. H ■<',? V* w *1 . CHAPTER VI. HOSPITAL EMPLOYMENT. I am old enough to remember when there was no such thing as an anaesthetic — but I never once saw a woman-nurse faint either before, during, or after an operation. I have seen men faint, and I have known a few who gave up their professional calling because they did not feel themselves competent to carry out its details in the way rec[uired. (The late) Sir Benjamin Ward Richardsoti, M. D., London. HB duties and privileges of a permanent graduate nurse in charge of a hospital ward or floor are numerous and varied. To begin with, before she is put in such a position, she must have been proved to be a woman of strength of character sufficient to enable her to manage many minds and temperaments. She must be fearless of others' opinions in matters of conscience, with a sense of duty strong enough to make her hesitate not a moment to report neglect of duty or infringement of rules. She must, under all circumstances, be unfalteringly honest, sober-minded, never flippant in speech or act. She has charge of both nurses and patients under her care, and this should be made as nearly complete as possible, scope being given her to carry out her own ideas so far, and only so far, as they concur with the general management and system of the hospital. She must be held re- sponsible for the nursing, comfort, cleanliness, feeding, conduct and discipline of her patients and the general morale of the floor. She will see that the wards are clean, and this includes everything in them — ** so clean that they cannot be made cleaner;" orderly, quiet, well-ventilated and of the proper temperature ; that bath-rooms and water HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 39 closets are in perfect order, clean and disinfected daily. She should personally daily inspect ice- chests and see that they are odorless and sweet, vessels, cupboards and closets ; should see that dining-room and kitchen are free from roaches and that the food is served hot and punctually ; that linen closets and supply cupboards are well stocked and always ready for inspection ; that the medicine and treatment and diet lists are corrected daily and are neat and accessible. She will see that ward and corridor walls are swept once a week with a long-handled brush, and that all paint is clean and spotless. She is responsible to the superintendent of the training school for the work of all her sub- ordinates, the ward-maids, scrubbers, orderlies, and, of course, the nurses. To her belongs largely the practical training of the pupil nurses — a very serious and responsible undertaking. Upon her report of a probationer the head of the school necessarily has greatly to depend, and her judgment must be good and her perception quick, or how can she determine the difference between stupidity and slowness in a new pupil ; or, again, distinguish shyness and its attendant short answers from the intentional bad manners of a self-satisfied and opinionated probationer? The blunders of ignorance must be weeded out from the natural awkwardness which no training can undo or alter, and the untidy ward, resulting from overwork, from that due to habitually unsystematic methods. She must be perfectly impartial, just and firm, yet with all this she will need also to be kind, patient and persevering, remembering that " eternal vigilance is the price of success." Though the routine work be wearisome, it must not be neg- lected in any detail, no matter how trivial it may appear (though it is doubtful if anything connected > J< ^JIPIVV'iVfM' ■ ' f »?' I fV. ' 1^ I ;1M:I ,! 40 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. with hospital work can be justly deemed trivial). Let her strive against that narrow-mindedness which comes to some as a result of institution work, and which magnifies near-by objects so as to shut out those at a distance, unimportant matters assuming great proportions. She should maintain harmony, if possible, and be a bond of peace, never fault-finding or quarrel- some. She should know accurately the physical condition of her patients, and make rounds with the physicians when practicable. She will instruct the probationers personally by the bedside and in the ward, as to taking of temperatures and of all clinical records, making beds and giving out of medicines, until the pupil has grasped the subject and can be trusted alone. She will attend such clinics as require patients from her ward or floor, and will be held responsible for the condition of all such. Whatever tone she gives to her floor will be reproduced even down to the patients, and she will have to watch herself carefully to be sure that reproduction does her credit. In a larsfe hospital there are always many different dispositions among the head nurses, and this probationer is sent to one because she needs encouragement and will get it, while another, fully able to hold her own and rather inclined to be aggressive, is sent to a second, by whom such un- desirable traits will not be tolerated — and so it goes. As she herself has learned to obey implicitly, so she will command obedience, and, no matter how important the position she may eventually fill, she should never forget the lesson and value of obedience, nor become like Kipling's heathen: '"E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own" — a very unhealthy condition for even a heathen ! ii m W^m i trivial), indedness istitution s so as to t matters dble, and * quarrel- physical ;nds with 1 instruct le and in nd of all g out of le subject : patients sponsible tone she down to h herself does her ys many rses, and he needs tier, fully ed to be such un- >o it goes, iicitly, so tter how tally fill, value of Lthen : heathen f - mM r ''• >■ z 2 " Q o Z I O :! C3 i ^ o V ' II j^fwiiipMp -^■^"^W nj wipt«p.«i||;ir - HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 41 No lesson is of more value than that which dis- jlpline teaches us, and if, while a subordinate, she ^as dealt vvith with what seemed to her unneces- sary sternness, it should serve to make her temper justice with mercy; but on the other hand she lust never let sentiment interfere with duty. She should be held to strict account for all hospital )roperty, its condition and care, and should keep in accurate list of all articles in use and in stock. Lt least quarterly she should make an inventory, )r carefully compare the last one with the stock )n hand. She should practice and preach ecoijomy, and the value of property as such, and should be as thoughtful — yes, more so, of the way all articles ire used, than if they were her own. Many pupil lurses are careless because they have not been taught carefulness — an essential part of their training, which the head nurse must not forget. The head nurses of the Philadelphia Hospital :*are graduates of its training school, selected icause of distinguished ability, faithfulness and )rudence." The first two attributes have been itW tested by their work as pupils, so that we are fure they know just how much to expect of those mder them, while prudence is a very necessary rirtue to possess — a discourager of gossip, in the frst place; and, so, prudent in tongue. Prudent in mduct also must she be, " well balanced," stopping think before issuing an order and under no ressure of excitement being anything but per- ictly calm and self-possessed. But though quiet, |he must be ready for any emergency, knowing ist wha^ to do and how to do it. She should :now so||(lthing of the individual characteristics tf all her subordinates, or she will never govern ihem properly, and the knowledge of minds and . *■ If' 42 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. hf i ill: w. methods thus gained will be invaluable. She has great opportunities for developing any executive ■ ability she may possess, which will help make her, some day, if she so desire, the head of a hospital or training school. There are still, strange to say, more hospital positions than there are women of the right sort to fill them, while there is no paucity of the other kind. If a woman has the unusual gifts necessary to govern others, such as firmness of character, an absolute sense of right, a sensitive conscience, moral courage, infinite patience and a willingness to bear what is beyond remedy with unwearying effort, intuition by which she can tell the false note in speech and the false ring of char- acter ; if she be systematic and can make others so, and has a high standard of life and its duties, with a dignity of presence which makes her respected, with good health and a cheerful and kindly dis- position, so that she is loved as well as obeyed (for surely no place on earth needs such tender words | and hearts and such bright faces as does a hospital)! - — she will not only be able to obtain a responsibk J| position, but will be sought for by hospital mana- gers and can command a very fair salary. Those nurses who have previously served as head nurses | are best adapted for such a place. The advantage of such experience is that she comes in contact witli| the attending physicians, many of them men of note, who do not forget her if she is skilled, and who often help her afterward, either by themselves employing her or by referring others to her, so . that if she takes up private nursing she finds her- self not a stranger even in the beginning. If she be a conscientious woman, she will try to exert af good influence over all with whom she comes in contact, and mil leave an impression often lasting many years. Her virtues and her faults, too, willj D paucity unusual firmness sensitive Lce and a edy with can tell of char-, others so, ties, with] respected,! indly dis-j 3eyed (for der words , hospital)! ^sponsible ital mana*l f. Those lad nurses advantage! ntact withi n men off :illed, ad hemselve to her, finds hefj y. If she| to exert \\ t^ » ./...■ ..lJ' li^LiMMdl t^t-t^t^titaJki M^^iMMMifHMMiMliiNiiilMitf HOW TO BBCOMB A TRAINBD NURSB. 43 be passed down to generations of head nurses and of pupils. I Let her take heed that she make the ^' legends ** lof thv* hospital holy ones, and that her example Ibring high ideals and ambitions and lofty desires Ito an who follow. It is a noble work and an un- Iselfish life to all who choose to make it such. Let lour head nurse take for her motto the beautiful [words of frowning: For truth ind right, and only right and truth— right, truth, OB the abaolute sfcale of Goa; No pettincM of man's adrieaaurement— In mch case only, and for each one canae, Fight your hearts out, whatever idt<* betide ; Hands energetic to the uttermost f Afarwn E. Smith. \'- V| ...^■313)*'''^ » „ •3^ AS. . I I , :;f ; !i:h' II CHAPTER VII. NURSING IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS OR SANITARIUMS. I know and publicl)' proclaim that the results of the h ot of physicians have vastly improved since their cases have bee , in the hands of trained nurses. This is so in private dwellir.ii{>iii|iifnv HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 49 and often a weariness, and each patient a **case," then, indeed, mechanical work is all that can be expected, without heart for the patient, and with- out interest for themselves. Such nurses there may be ; but, thank God, the majority are earnest, conscientious women whose work is something more than a means of self- support. The whole tone of the house is affected by that of the nursing-corps. The atmosphere, from garret to cellar, should be one of helpful, loving service, an active desire to further the work of those who trust their sick to us. As was once said by a patient on leaving a Private Hospital: "the whole atmosphere of the house is love," and where love is, there God is also. Anna L. Alston. CHAPTER VIII. DISTRICT NURSING. "District Nursing" means caring for the sick in a room where it would be impossible for any one to sleep who was not a member of the family. Mrs. Florence Dacre Craven* OMETHING like forty years ago (1859) an English philanthropist sent a woman to work among the sick poor of Liverpool in their own homes. Four years later the same gentleman had divided the city into eighteen dis- tricts, assigning a nurse to each. This seems to have been the origin of what is now known as " District Nursing," an elastic term, which to-day includes many methods of utilizing among the straitened and the very poor the nursing skill and educative possibilities of hospital graduates. It is a work which has appealed to all, from many stand- points, until now a number of cities have forces of trained nurses, some scattered, others well organ- ized, but all doing district nursing in the crowded quarters of the poor or in the outlying separated homes of great cities. The methods of reaching this class of patients and the minute details of the work must vary ac- cording to the special conditions and needs of the neighborhood in which the nurse is at work. Probably no two are identical, particularly in our more cosmopolitan cities; but generally speaking a district nurse gives the day to her various charges, dividing the hours according to the number and needs of her patients, not living in the house • ("I am the oldest trained nurse in England, save Miss Nightingale.") Mrs. Craven. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 51 1 where it a member Craven.* ' (1859) )man to rpool in le same een dis- cerns to lown as 1 to-day Dng the kill and s. It is y stand- torces of 1 organ- crowded eparated patients vary ac- s of the Lt work. ■f in our ipeaking various number le house itingale.") Trs. Craven. 'm with any one of them, as does the private nurse, but going from one to another. Thus she econo- mizes her steps, and each day regulates her work so that the patients most ill or least cared for by their companions shall have the greater share of her time and skill. Going from one to another she will perform many and varied services, not always nursing in the narrowest sense of the word; but everything done for the comfort and well-being of the sick one or the family is naturally of such oractical character that none can measure the al- ^.ost unlimited possibilities of this true missionary to the people. She must be alert and deft in many kinds of service, quick to detect and ready to act, for in this work the doctor is remote and often never seen, the resources few, and the patient's life may depend on the nurse's ability to meet emergencies and avert the consequences of ignorant mistakes. She may have to clean the room or stop a hemor- rhage ; teach a child to sweep without raising a dust or instruct a mother how to care for the trache- otomy tube ; she may improvise appliances or give a cooking lesson. She will generally be obliged to teach, often to enforce, laws of hygiene and clean- liness which are household words among children even of the better educated. She must be tact- ful enough to give her lessons despite the for- bidding barriers of ignorance and prejudice, and yet win respect and love, and a welcome to the homes of her district. She may find the best a nurse can do is not sufficient, and that the patients' condition and circumstances require hospital treat- ment. In this event her difficulties will probably be augmented by their aversion to the transfer, until persuasion and argument influence them to accept what alone can save them. Often, however, ^ '^\ f 1 '■X Si HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i 'i 'I ll.lf lil what is really a "hospital case" will be cared for at the poor home, that removal of the patient (the mother, perhaps) may not break up the family. In such a case the most intellig^ent member of the family, or a friend, must be enlisted in service and put in charge until the next visit of the nurse. The ''loan closet," without which no district nurse can work, should be within easy reach. In it she keeps atomizers, bed-pans, blankets, head- rests, nightgowns, sheets (cotton and rubber), sterilizers, syringes, toys, picture-books, etc., in a word, all such appliances as will conduce to the comfort and cleanliness of patients whose resources are too limited to procure them. These things may be given outright, but are generally loaned, a record of the loan kept in the closet and cancelled when the articles are returned to it. From the closet and the medicine chest the nurse fills her bag, empties, replenishes, again and again. In the bag she carries with her, she will have the antisep- tic solutions, bandages, instrument case, syringes, thermometer, etc., and will add to these such things as she has found wanting, and which the people cannot supply. Though she is careful not to be considered an almoner, she will often find it neces- sary to carry beef extract, eggs, jellies, milk tickets and various tempting dishes, and as often bring in other agencies to correct or help. In cities already districted by dispensaries, the nurse often works only with the visiting physician of her district. Beginning her rounds in the early morning, she will meet him at a stated hour to report on the cases visited that morning and the previous afternoon, receive orders and instructions for them or the new cases he desires her to see, replenish her bag with the needed supplies, and recommence her rounds. In the " Nurses' Settle- m. ;.7.u. mm HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. » raent," the requests for the nurse's visits come from various churches, dispensaries, doctors, hos- pitals, organized societies and schools, and largely from the people of the tenements. In the latter case it is her further duty often to direct to the physician, hospital or dispensary that seems best suited to the particular ailment of the individual. Having a large acquaintance with the medical resources of the city, and being influenced by noth- ing but the desire to bring the best possible service to the patient, she is the connecting link between the two. A nurse ordinarily starts on her rounds at 8 A. M. Her first visit will be made to the patient about whom she has been most disturbed. If a fever patient, she will take his temperature, give a bath, make the bed, prepare the food that he may eat, instructing some one in the family in every- thing she does, explaining why each is done thus and so, and impressing anew with what dare not be given, or the accidents to be guarded against. Writing out the time and amount of medicines due until her return, she goes to the next — a child ill with pneumonia — takes her temperature, respira- tion and pulse, gives a bath or makes a " pneumonia jacket," tempts the little one to drink the milk she has probably refused from the others, and bears in mind that she is to bring a picture-book in her bag for her next time. Then, on to the old dame with the "bad legs" that need careful bandaging, or the ulcers that have become chronic, and will need dressing for an indefinite period, and so on through- out the day, down into the darkest basements, up to the top floors of the tallest tenements, into alleys and rear houses, touching in friendliness and sym- pathy the poor, the unfortunate, sometimes the sinning, the victims of unjust social conditions. 54 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. w mil i':;j i*^- Just as miich as this nurse and friend can bring into their lives and homes by her knowledge, refine- ment and social tact, just that much can she hope to influence. Her privileges do not end with the leg bandaged, the bath given, the lessons taught; she has had a close view of conditions, perhaps causes, and though she may not be able to cure or even mitigate these, she can bring the report to the student of sociology as well as to her dispensary physician, and thus again be the link between the classes. Thus the district nurse will find unending oppor- tunities for definite help, physical, mental, moral and social, and if she start with such qualities as will give her perception of her opportunities and intelligence to meet them, she is well prepared. These are qualities not wholly to be developed in a hospital training; but in the wards of the large acute hospitals, contact with and service for the oft- changing patients bring education in many things besides technical nursing. Thus, in making choice of a school for training in this work, those con- nected with the large hospitals of the great cities are preferable. Every so-called specialist will de- sire the best material for his particular work, but experienced educators of nurses, both here and abroad, concur in the opinion that while careful training will fit almost any nurse for "private duty," and while under almost military supervision the ward-work can hardly go wrong, the district nurse must have such special qualifications as I have referred to. Florence Nightingale, though at first a little slow to see the ground that could be covered, became generous in her praise of what had already been, and enthusiastic of what could be ac- complished, but added: "She must be more accom- plished and responsible than a nurse in the hospital." -1, in bring e, refine- *i^^^^H she hope with the taught ; perhaps : to cure le report » to her the link ig oppor- il, moral ilities as ities and prepared, oped in a :he large r the oft- ly things ag choice lose con- eat cities t will de- - '^rd^^^^P vork, but tiere and e careful " private pervision e district H ions as I Q^B :hough at could be H what had ■'^^m nld be ac- ^^m re accom- JH hospital." ■'^^S^^K '^^^Ib wmmm^'^ 1» iMMt II '■ ^-4 -T3 1^ V S 1897- Jan. 5. Rus- sian. Joseph R. 5 yrs. u u Q u !2 '53 V P 10 — St, (4.4 i U l« u 3 rt a t«^ Z z, Father Street Clean- er. Not on regular force. Diph- theria. Miss. V. - ^8 ___ $2.00 worth of grocer' ies from U. H.C. NURSING TKKATt Cleansing bnth given an«l Mother taught how to give! and to disinfect articles ail Temperature and pulse tak| and nose sprayed q. 2. h. Jan. 8. Sprayed three tinil Jan. 10. .Sprayed only twi(f Jan. 12. Much imnro'ved. Visited only once daily. Jan. 7. Irish. Mary \ 29 yrs. S. 116— St. Hus- band. Truck- man. Out, of work. Ob.stet- rical. Mrs. . 5. Dr. C. Neigh- Sheets, Rent bor. pillow paid jy a ^ cases, 1 night friend. 1 dress 1 and 1 baby clothes Visited twice daily. Temperatiire and ptd.se tall Bed made ; ob.stetrical dri and infant bathed. Mar. 13. Ger- man. Katie W. 31 yrs. 241— St. Tailor. Breast abscess i r Miss (I b. Oct. 3. Italian. ■. ■■■i^ Marie S. 18 yrs. 342-St. Fruit Vender Diap- no.sis uncer- tain at first, Sus- pected typhoid Miss I Dr. F. Clergy- man. Sheets, pillow cases, bed- pan. Dr. D. Doctor. Foun- tain .syringe ana pus basin. Dr. D. opened abscess u| March 13. Sinus ure.s.sed daily. Irriga| chloride of mercury, and iodoform gauze. March 20. Improving, on .second or third days. Temperature and pid.se talj Cleansing hath given, alcohol sponge. Si.ster taugl tion of stools, clothing, et cetf every two hours. Temperi^ and sponge bath given. Nu and instructed for the night lirious. Oct. 5. Diagnosis of typhoid Taken to lio.spital in ambulai i: I II' iilip I' Mil it HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 55 These authorities further agree that the nurse's gospel should be: Order, Health, Cleanliness, Friendliness; for, unless she is understood to be working with and for the parish of a church, her [work should be absolutely unsectarian, that she [may not be looked on as a proselytizer, and her ' services be depreciated as being a cover for another [purpose. Lillian D. Wald. |i^. BOS TON I A. M '^ CONDITA^k ^ ^^. 1«30. ^^ n Graduates' Badge, Boston City Hospital. 1' ii' 1 iH i'. \ i i 1 ii.. Mk lljK.VI CHAPTER IX. OBSTETRICAL NU' SING. Remember, every nurse should be one who is to be depended upon ; in other words, capable of being a "confidential" nurse. She must be no gossip, no vain talker. She should never answci questions about her patients except to those who have a right to ask them. She must be a sound, and close, and quick observer; and she must be a woman of delicate and decent feeling. Florence Nightingale. |BSTBTRICAL nursing is the art of caring for a woman during pregnancy, labor, and the puerperal state. It necessitates careful training in all branches of nursing, particularly tiiose relating to the condition of both mother and child. An aspirant to the nursing profession should consider the importance of this branch of nursing before she enters a training school, as no cases are of greater importance than those of obstetrics, and never is the influence of a good woman more strongly felt than in caring for such. Pregnant women require the most intelligent care, the intelligence bom of training and experi- ence, and such training and experience can be fully obtained only in a maternity hospital. General hospitals giving the best instruction provide an opportunity whereby their pupil nurses may re- ceive training in a lying-in hospital. If six months' residence in such an institution can be obtained, after graduating from a general hospital, a nurse gains an advantage that will enable her to instruct others, as well as to render intelligent service her- self. Maternity hospitals, however, are few and nurses many. In order, therefore, that a necessary amount of obstetrical nursing may be obtained, '.f-& ^^ f '.■\..t\ \d P les m V ho pa ^n^ HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 57 ded upon ; urse. She •er answci : a right to : observer; htingale. f caring bor, and J careful icularly ;lier and a should nursing ases are rics, and in more telligent 1 experi- be fully General )vide an may re- months' )btained, a nurse instruct vice her- few and ecessary obtained, ;eneral hospitals are now requiring three years* Service from their pupil nurses. The first year is jpent in becoming familiar with the routine work )f the house, waiting upon and relieving junior md senior nurses, and performing much of the lighter housework. The second year is devoted to the care of patients, learning to prepare for and issist in operations, and to administer foods, drugs md medicines. The third year is divided into two terms of six months each. During the first term the pupil, who is now a senior nurse, will have jupervision of a ward or floor and be responsible For the training of all probationers and juniors who ire placed under her. She will also be required to ^devote much time to study. In the second term of six months she will be sent to care for those out- side the hospital who cannot afford to pay for the services of a trained nurse, but who need such practical skill. This system of district nursing increases the responsibilities of the superintendent, in that the patients are not directly under her Supervision, but it provides most excellent experi- ence for the nurses, developing their self-reliance ind training them ii accuracy of statement, as a letailed account of each case must be given by the prse to the superintendent. The three years' )urse has great advantages over a sl^orter term, id should be most earnestly advocated, as too [uch study and labor cannot be given to so im- )rtant a work as nursing. Nurses starting with a fixed idea as to their life- )rk should select the training school that will ist equip them for it, whether it is to be private ■ district nursing or institution work. It is true lat the nurse who selects her occupation from ire love of it, and who has a natural tact in lanaging patients is bom, not mad^, but the object HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. , i ) of training schools for nurses is to take the woman of average ability, and by training and cultivation, develop her into the good nurse. This is, unfor- tunately, not always accomplished. It is a sad, though popular, fallacy that an in- experienced and untrained person is able to properly care for a woman during her confinement. I could cite several instances that have come to my per- sonal knowledge where weeks of needless suffering have been caused by ignorance. One case will suffice as an illustration. I went with a physician to assist in repairing a lacerated perinaeum, the day after labor. The woman in charge of the patient was neat and clean in her personal appearance and said she had nursed for fifteen years, but, ap- parently, she knew nothing of the necessity for surgical or even the bodily cleanliness of a patient, for the poor mother was in a deplorable condition, not having been bathed since delivery, and all soiled sheets and towels were left just as they had been used during labor. This patient was able to pay for a trained nurse and thought she had one, but dM not discover the mistake until after much harm had been done. Too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of a practical training in obstetrics, as the evil consequences of ignorance can hardly be estimated. Puerperal fever is always due to infection and is | the result of carelessness. The first principle in obstetrical nursing, as in all other nursing, is cleanliness. Surgical cleanliness is obtained by the use of antiseptics. A knowledge of antiseptics and their value must be had, that the importance of their use may be fully understood by the nurse, A good nurse is one who knows that surgical cleanliness about all wounds is necessary, and, also, she is one so long trained in the use of X Itt^ HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 59 ; woman tivation, s, imfor- Lt an in- properly I could my per- suffering :ase will >hysician L, the day e patient ipearance , but, ap- issity for 1 patient, ' rendition, » and alii they had |'- IS able to had one, "ter much cannot be aining in ^ ignorance : on and is inciple in irsing, is :ained by ntiseptics nportance ;he nurse. ; surgical ary, and, he use of intiseptic preparations that she easily and ac- mrately performs the work of antisepsis and loses jight of no important detail in the hurry of an imergency. The positive signs of pregnancy are the foetal leart and foetal movements. The foetal heart lay be heard about the fifth month, and the foetal lovements felt by the mother between the fourth ind fifth months. The disorders of pregnancy are lany, and the nurse should be able to determine hether they are of sufficient importance to require he attention of the doctor. Disturbances of the kid- eys or bladder are usually shown in the general ppearance of the patient by oedema of the legs, highs and veins. These symptoms, with retention or suppression of urine, should at once be reported Ho the physician. The urine should be watched carefully, the increase or decrease in its amount, tlie specific gravity ascertained, and if any trace of albumen is found the test for it should be made daily. The immediate symptoms to be noted of raemia are dull headache, dimness of vision, ashes before the eyes, confused condition of the ind, and oedema of the extremities. The convul- ions of pregnancy are treated in the same manner s are other uraemic convulsions. Perfect quiet ust be obtained for the patient, and the kidneys imulated into action by external heat and the in- oduction of large quantities of fluids into the body. This condition is most serious and the best medical advice should be obtained at once. Hemor- rhage from the uterus before labor is a serious iymptom, and when present the patient must be ' ut to bed at once and the physician called. Emer- encies that may arise in obstetrical nursing are be treated as are other emergencies, with prompt tention and in a manner to inspire confidence. -■"»"^w^^^^ HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i; ! '^i: It is necessary that the nurse be able to distin- guish between true and false labor pains, and when the patient is in labor the doctor should be notified and the woman prepared for her confinement. She should have a warm bath, then an enema of soap suds to relieve the rectum of any foecal ob- struction. A bi-chloride solution of ,i should be used in abundance to cleanse the external parts, and a vaginal douche of bi-chloride is usually given — but never without an order from the phy- sician. The bed should be made with a view to the comfort of the patient, and the mattress care- fully protected. It is most important that a large quantity of hot water be in readiness, as there is always a possibil- ity that the child may be asphyxiated, and the mother have a hemorrhage; withoiit plenty of hot^ water the efforts of the doctor to relieve the emer- gencies may be of no avail. The patient should be made comfortable with as. little confusion and as quickly as possible. Atten- tion may then be given to the child. It is the duty of the nurse to see that the eyes of the child are cleaned immediately, and the first bath not too vig- orous. After several hours have elapsed and tlie| mother has secured some sleep, the child should be put to nurse. Specific instructions from the physician shouldjH be obtained by the nurse for the after-care of thej mother. Antiseptic pads should be used, but douches should be given only when ordered by thej physician. The nurse must be clean, disinfect and return to! their proper places all articles that have been used| during the confinement, and hold herself respon- sible for their condition. The intelligence andi training of the nurse will show in the condition o{| ■HBHllAllHiMiMMMIM aSlk cress care- I- it? '"•> fe' UNIFORM OF PROVIDENCE. R. I., LYINQ-IN HOSPITAL. rnum;^ {'•■■'r HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 6x )th mother and child and their surroundings, and her ability to manage the case with such articles IS she finds in each household, though they may tall far short of what she has been accustomed to ise during her hospital experience. Old house- lold linen can be made sterile, and used in place of the more expensive absorbent gauze and cotton that is provided in hospitals. Economy must be )racticea always. A nurse who at any time or in my place shows herself unable to meet the require- lents of the situation is more of a hindrance than help, and sadly fails to fulfil her mission. It is )y the work of inefficient persons that nurses are )ften judged and condemned; therefore, it is neces- sary for the Superintendents of Training Schools be able to recognize and develop the abilities ley find in each applicant, and to determine before le graduation of the nurse whether or no she is [ble to perform the duties required of the pro- ission. All nurses do not care equally for nursing in mfinement cases, but if a nurse objects, or neglects learn all that is possible of this art in a limited ime, she is not fit to become a trained nurse. Emma J. Keith. ■^V-T ni iU; ■;r.i i\^ n f'^ u'. ■■■■k CHAPTER X. NURSING THE INSANE. The expansive spirit of to-day teaches that to minister adequately to the mind diseased, there shall come into our hospital service not only warm hearts and willing hands, hut skill, and, also, adapta- tion to the work. It is hy uplifting the standard of the nurses, who are our assistants and co-workers, that efficiency becomen ^^^"^^^^- A^oderi H. Chase, M.D., Supt. Friends' Insane Asylum, Philadelphia. HE nursing of the nervous and insane is not at present so popular a branch of the profession as is general nursing. This may be accounted for by several reasons, one being that the character of the work is not properly understood. There is an erroneous idea that any one, especially any trained nurse, can care for the insane. This is far from being the case. To intelligently and successfully minister to the mind diseased requires special and careful training, and the very highest order of woman. The latter half of this century has seen many changes and re- forms, and nowhere were such more needed or their | good results more visible than in the care and treatment of mental diseases. It is almost im- possible to realize that until comparatively recently these were treated by chains and whips, yet such was the case until Christianity and science opened men's eyes. The "madhouse," the "asylum," the "hospital," such were the gradual changes. Not fifty years ago Bedlam (in London) had a "show day," admission one penny. Then there was no attempt at cure or treatment and but cruel "care." The patients were not classified; the vicious crimi- nal and the sensitive melancholic were chained side ■»v now TO BECOME A TRAINED NTTRSE. ietjuately to 1 service not tilso, adapta- f the nurses, icy becomes M.D., r, I'hilaiUlphia. insane is :h of the g. This one being properly that any re for the :ase. To the mind ning, and atter half s and re- id or their care and Imost im- y recently \ , yet such ce opened lum," the ges. Not . a "show :e was no el "care." ous crimi- ained side by side, while, as for the nursing, no respectable sane woman was to be found among the attendants. True, the world was never so wicked but that some good woman could be found in every condition of life, but as a rule those in charge of the insane were of the very lowest type. The first training school for nurses of the insane was founded by Dr. Edward Cowles, at McLean Hospital, Waverley, Mass., and is the progenitor of all others now existing, here or abroad. Such give a two-years' course of instruction, granting a diploma on graduation. It comprises a theoretical course on general nursing, and usually excellent classes and lectures on their own specialty. These open to the student the nature of the disease with which she has to come in daily contact, make her observe and understand the principles underlying her work. If she is an intelligent woman the work becomes one of absorbing interest to her. It is a question whether all specialties, such as nervous diseases, children's diseases, etc., should not come in nursing, as they do in the medical education, fter, and not before, a general knowledge has been btained. Now that many hospitals are adopting the three- ears' training course, some portion of the third ear might profitably be spent in the study of ervous patients. In connection with the two-year ystem, a post-graduate course of a third year in n insane hospital would add very mucn to the alue of the nurse. Much has been done in aining schools for nervous diseases, yet much emains to be accomplished, and these are serious nd important subjects for consideration. Another reason for the lack of popularity of the ork is the treatment of the nurse. It is strange at those whose business and life study it is to !*■' A '■ ' i > • li .. >■< ■: ^1 11 !.•!!:, I'J^U ,,,.: i ' in wM &I HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. deal with and bring back to health the mind which has become diseased should have so little con- sideration for the healthy mind which comes to them for a two years' training. Few insane hospi- tals have nurses' homes. In many of them the nurses' rooms are directly off the wards, where, on or off duty, night or day, they are never really free from their patients. The meal times in a general hospital, usually the merriest hours of the twenty- four, are in the insane hospital one continuous strain, and are likewise spent in company of the patients. Then, too, particularly in private asylums, the nurse is expected to do more housework than she would in a general hospit il. We are often warned against encroaching on the province of the phy- sician, but no one seems anxious about our en- croaching on the province of house-maid or scrub- woman. Many hospitals are now working on the eight-hour system, many more have the nine, and it has been repeatedly proved that a nurse cannot stand over nine hours' work and remain healthy, mentally and physically; yet the nurse in the in- sane hospital is on duty for from twelve to fourteen hours, sometimes without any hours for rest and recreation. Until those whose business it is see that these things are remedied, the work of nursing the insane will not become as popular as it should be, nor hold its proper rank in our profession. A century ago Jacobi, the leading German expert on insanity, recognized the fact that the insane would not be properly cared for until cared for by women who served for the love of God. The present-day woman, the New Woman in the true sense of the phrase, did not then exist, and the woman of education and refinement did not work for money, but sought the protection of some lums, the : tlian she en warned the phy- it our en- L or scrub- ng on the nine, and rse cannot a healthy, in the in- :o fourteen r rest and i I o a n 3 CD > D C > H Z O o r > hriii •I ;' ; m ill: ■■■; •. t^' iwiii r ' s.i'i:,:: '\U 1* ; HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 6$ iligious order. Were Jacobi living he would find lany brave, disinterested women in training as mrses for the insane. There is somewhat to criticise in the attitude of le general nurse toward her sister of the asylum. fs there not a lack of that Christian good-fellowship ^hich should influence all our work? Might not little more intercourse be of mutual benefit? ^he patient tactfulness acquired in nursing the isane is often the one thing needed in the other- rise competent general nurse, and, for the prac- ical side of the question, a nurse for the insane m always command work and a good salary. General nursing is beginning to show signs of ^ercrowding, but there is still plenty of work in lis special field, and notwithstanding the unselfish im and high standard which may influence and icourage the true nurse in her work, it is only luman and prudent that she should wish to make it a financial success as welly "^ Emily J. MacDonnell. Graduates' Badga, Presbytorlan Hospital, N. Y. Ir 'Mi; CHAPTER XI. MASSAGE. To no woman can we eive higher praise than to say of her that she is a perfect nurse ; for to find a perfect nurse we must first find a woman with a head so well-furnished, a heart so good, and a temper so sweet that she might almost be termed a perfect woman. Athencsum, i88g. ASSAGB was performed at such ancient date that it is impossible to state when it was first used, but the Chinese, who have always boasted of their leadership in the world of science, probably practiced this also. The Egyptian priests employed it; in Plato's writings references are made to it, and in 460 B. C. Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, considered it important, and not only was it employed by civilized nations, but even the savages used it. Massage comes from a Greek word meaning to knead or manipulate. It sometimes has the power to heal when judiciously employed. It invariably aids in the cure and is a powerful nerve-rest agent. It assists cell assimilation and elimination, and thus quickens the circulation. There are two kindj of massage — superficial and deep. The latter especially affects the circulation ; and nutrition of the deep tissues. In superficial massage, however, the capillaries, where the great- est resistance to blood progress is found, are in- fluenced, and so the circulation can be hastened to a large degree. Then, too, so many of the nerves terminate in the surface or periphery, that in mas- sage of either kind we find that these nerve termi- nals can be made to perform their work in a stronger or more delicate way. In other words, they are I f 4i-, HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 67 er that she is it first find a good, and a ;rfect woman. csum, iS8g. b ancient ' e when it who have t world of ; Egyptian references crates, the it, and not 5, but even leaning to the power invariably rest agent, ation, and srficial and circulation superficial the great- ad, are in- lastened to the nerves lat in mas- srve termi- I a stronger they are ther rested because of new impressions given them hen fatigued, or stimulated when passive through sease. To make a sluggish circulation move more ickly in order to carry off waste products, to help rm new tissues, or to hasten in tearing down the Jld and building up the new — all this massage can influence in a marked degree. . Massage should never be given unless the physi- cian specifically prescribes it and observes its effects. It is not possible that everyone can give it success- fully. The operator, a masseur if a man, a mas- feure if a woman, should be strong, with a flexible Jiand, a pleasing personality and of exquisite clean- liness. If the operator be muscular and athletic HOassage treatment can be given with greater ease and success. A good practical knowledge of the human body is necessary. A familiarity with the Iposition of the arteries, veins, muscles and differ- ent organs is desirable. It is essential that the Operator should know the reason why and when some parts of the body should be rubbed cen- tripetally and others centrifugally. He should also be a keen enough observer to be able to detect the effect of massage on the patient, and should possess tact suflBcient to make the patient willing tip be manipulated a longer or shorter time than mentioned. Trained nurses, as a class, seem rticularly fitted for such work; obviously by l^ture all nurses are not able to do such work re- fl^iririg special qualifications for its rightful per- fermance. Suggestions to the Operator. In preparing to give a treatment, the operator puld be dressed in but one long, full garment in ler that she may obtain easy movements and full iathing capacity. The finger nails should be ■!'!l 1 1:/ ««H' 68 '.iV ■ I I , !■ im (<'i •! i '1 Vl |i ' 1/ ■'V ".'ji. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. carefully trimmed as close as possible. A daily bath is imperative, and such an appearance of im- maculateness should be preserved that the patient need never question the operator's cleanliness or shrink from being touched. The temperature of the room should not be less than 70 degrees and not over 75 degrees. The patient should be un- dressed and covered by a double blanket, and lying preferably upon a bed. If it be possible a tub or sponge bath should first be given, so that the skin will be in good condition. The masseure should apply some ointment to her hands, such as cocoa- nut oil, olive oil or vaseline, or if ointments be objectionable, then some powder, such as talcum, may be used. Only the portion operated on should be uncovered, and as soon as finished the blanket must be replaced over it. Massage should not be given earlier than two hours after eating. A full treatment lasts an hour, but half an hour is long enough for the first time, and even that may be too long. It is sometimes better to give from twenty minutes to half an hour twice a day rather than one long treatment. Never leave the patient lame, sore or cold. It is best not to rest on the bed. Almost all of the manipulations may be given while standing. The operator will find that the slight swaying of her own body will not only make the treatment more agreeable to the patient, but less fatiguing to herself. The operator should use a strong, firm touch, with no suggestion of inl^cision or indication of a desire to hurry, For general massage begin with the lower ex- tremities and leave the back until the last. Move the patient as little as possible and humor, as far as practicable, her desires. Be careful of tlie position of the shoulder blades when manipulating the back. Always end the treatment of the ex- W HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 69 A daily ce of im- e patient liness or rature of I ^rees and d be un- md lying a tub or the skin re should as cocoa- ments be talcum, Dn should e blanket I than two an hour, first time, jometimes if an hour it. Never i;. s best not ^i ipulations | irator will ' body will ible to tlie e operator luggestion to hurry, lower ex- St. Move lor, as far ill of tlie aipulating of the ex- reniities with the joint movements, rotation, flexion ^nd extension. Some people do not like " tapotement," but it is renerally because it is not given carefully or cor- rectly. Begin gently, having all the power and lovement come from the wrist. It is customary general massage to operate upon each extremity jight or ten minutes, and on the back ten to fifteen linutes. The head, face and neck are the most Important parts to massage carefully, and so, if in general massage one's time is limited, it should be jpent where most care is desirable. It seems imperative that massage should not be jiven except by those who have been properly taught, and been found qualified by a thorough and exhaustive examination, and who are found to possess marked ability for such specific work. If these rules were always followed it would do away with many of the harmful effects of improperly- applied massage, and thus secure to the suffering patient complete safety from incompetent operators. Elizabeth D. Holt. Graduates' Badge, N. Y. Post-Graduate Hospital. Ml c> |i (!•'. "U'}'- 'I ; ^r : ill m^' ]ii:¥ m CHAPTER XII. MALE NURSES. How can any undervalue business habits? — as if anything could bt done without them. Florence Nightingale. URING the past few years, especially among those having direct charge of the nursing of hospital patients, the necessity for reli- able, educated and refined men as nurses has been considered imperative. Heretofore reliance has had to be placed on a class of men over whom the hospital has had no hold beyond the monthly engagement. Though in many cases their work has been satisfactory, they have been placed at a disadvantage, gathering what knowledge they could according to their powers of observation, hardly feeling entitled to seek for information and instruction beyond the duties allotted to them, Seeing, then, that some good material was not being developed to the greatest advantage, the idea of educating men with and under the nurses of the institution appeared feasible. They were to have a stated period of service, be restricted to certain hours of duty and study, and all the possible ad- vantages to be gained in a general hospital were to be held out to them as inducements. These latter would include the proper routine of work, attend- ance on lectures by the medical staff, supervision by the principal of the school, and the award of a diploma and badge after passing required examina- tions. This seemed the right way to secure for male patients the proper attendance, whether in hospitals or in their homes, where the need of such ■i ling could bt Vightingale. lly among e nursing y for reli- 5 has been ce has had whom the ; monthly heir work placed at edge they Dservation, nation and to thera, l1 was not je, the idea .rses of the re to have to certain ossible ad- tal were to hese latter rk, attend- lupervision award of a d examina- secure for vhether in ied of such o ii '!'»' lU ■.,; ii % ».. r!; 1: -r^t ,« ill diibl! I ■^▼« HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 7« ire is often great. The lack of it often results in jrtain duties being badly or hurriedly performed ly well-meaning but unskillful friends, or in (ependence being placed on th? busiest of men, le physician in attendance, to o what would be jsigned to the well-trained, e( ent male nurse, ^ere it possible to find him. The qualifications necessary for the male nurse [re the same as for the oth sex, combining and Inhancing their usefulnes > by the power and [trength, which in women's minds is usually as- )ciated with man. Having, then, these character- 5tics in addition, and . innate love of nursing, lere can be little doubt the male nurse will be a juccess, such as the profession will be proud of. I would like to advocate the forming of classes )r male nurses in all hospitals requiring the irvices of men. There is obviously great care [ecessary in the choice of the men, and they lould be selected according to the highest possible tandard, as there are so many motives inducing len to take up such work. After selection they lould be put in employment as students, thus ipressing them with the importance and responsi- ility of their work. We see men devoting their lives to various call- igs, knowing full well thai the best of their ener- ies, interest and time must be unselfishly given make success of their work. So let a nurse tmember that he, too, must be willing to devote al ^e time required of him during his training to the irsuit of the knowledge offered in an institution, daily contact with experienced and superior iinds. He must cultivate for himself the faculties application, concentration and reflection for imediate needs and future contingencies. He lould consider that the best advantage has not %: IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /q /^A^^ !s 7 >' c1 .A^'. ^/^ /A 'i»^' ^ '/ Photographic Sciences Corporation 1i WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. M580 (716) 872-4503 ^ ^ m \ iV ^ ^ i^ V 6^ )? P ^ 1 7a HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. .!;■(' 1 .1: I ^'1 ,;-? been taken of a day unless it holds for him in memory's portfolio some one thing marked to profit by, some thing which can be unfolded later, pro- ducing the knowledge requisite in acute or emer- gency cases, when time is limited and great issues at stake. During the male nurse's training, many things will be required of him that will try his patience to the utmost. The hospital routine may be tedi- ous in its detail and frequently irritating, the con- stant strain on the nervous system and the danger of losing touch with the sympathetic side of human nature, which helps so much to lighten the daily duty, the peculianties of patients, the importance attached to the details exacted from both classes of nurses, all will be occasionally very trying and dis- couraging. Thus that which should almost be a pleasure, is at times changed into the hard fact of mechanical work, with its deteriorating effect which destroys so much of the beauty of sacrifice. But we find it so in all work requiring conscien- tious and sympathetic service. A prejudice, no doubt, exists in the minds of many persons against the employment of male nurses, the prevailing idea being that they are not as reliable as women. And why? Have those of them who have gone forth from the hospitals and training schools proved themselves unreliable, or has the whole body of male nurses been condemned because of the individual failure? Let us hope the latter, and fear nothing for the future, but expect instead to hear of duty well done and difficulties overcome. I have been much cheered in my work of training male nurses by the frequent demand for their ser- vices, and the words of high praise accorded them. The training of male nurses with the regular staff \Bi. '■' kJ.i HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 73 of women nurses has not, to my knowledge, been long enough in force to allow me to make compara- tive notes, but I feel satisfied with the result so far, knowing that the little already done will lead to more and better in the future. A marked differ- ence is perceptible in the manner and tone of work accomplished by a class filled with desirable stu- dents, patients and institution profiting thereby. No person in a hospital is too small a factor to aid in the successful accomplishment of duty, and vice versd if proper assistance is not given. The criti- cism that the hospitals to-day are not fulfilling their highest duty to mankind, is a reflection and a reproach. In taking this criticism kindly, let us profit by it, and by constant effort detect the weak spot, fortify the work against repeated attacks, and force our usefulness on the world. Much has been done, but do not let us show an unwillingness to admit that there is room for many more and im- portant improvements. Among these let us place the Malt Nurses' train- ing department in our schools for nursing, teach- ing the pupils the necessity of proving themselves worthy of the confidence of physicians and the com- munity at large, maintaining a high moral stand- ard, and eventually making themselves indispen- sable to the sick and unfortunate and being con- stantly called for by those grandest workers for suffering humanity, the physicians. Of these latter we are willing votaries, bringing them our skilled assistance in time of need, neces- sary then, indeed, for a great boon to any physician is a good nurse. Eugenie Hibbard. tE: Vk m y\ CHAPTER XIII. ';) „ !i NOTES AND CHARTING, Cultivate absolute accuracy in observation, and truthfulness in report. Joseph Bell, M. D., Edinburgh. O numerous aud varied are the responsibili- ties delegated to a nurse that it is almost impossible to emphasize any particular one. Yet there is none that requires more accuracy of thought and impartiality of judgment than the record of the case or cases of which a nurse has charg . The form of taking orders, keeping bedside notes and registering the temperature may differ accord- ing to the various hospitals, but the result desired is the same in all cases. To carry out the physician's orders satisfactorily it is necessary, in the first place, to have a full comprehension of what that order is. No nurse should rely solely on her memory for this, and the only safeguard against future possibilities of mis- take is to take the order in writing and repeat it to the doctor. In most hospitals this is obligatory, and when experience has proved the wisdom of such a course doubtless every nurse will continue the practice of it in private work. After the order has been carried out and transferred to the notes n may be necessary to remark upon the results as well, and it is advis- able to express this in as few words as possible, care being taken that a positive and accurate state- ment is made — one that can be comprehended at once, leaving no doubt as to its meaning. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 75 It may be that this record will be read when the nurse is absent, either by some one who has re- lieved her, or by the doctor himself, and it should show without loss of time or needless questioning at what hour and with what result the order had been fulfilled. It is preferable, however, to err on the side of writing too much than too little; a nurse might better record the most trivial circumstance concern- ing her patient than to fail to record one symptom which might prove of diagnostic value. To use as an illustration the simple fact of not- ing how a patient has slept: It is not sufficient to say that he ^' slept well," or *' fairly well," or again that he "slept very little;" these remarks are en- tireh^ too general ; the duration of the per jds of sleep must be mentioned; whether rhe patient' was quiet o/ restless and the cause, if known, which resulted in the disturbances. In this way there is a statement of facts, leaving no doubt in the mind of the reader as to the true condition of affairs. So it follows that everything relating to the patient — his medication, treatment, diet and symptoms must be duly recorded, and a strict adherence to this rule will prove satisfactory to all concerned in the case. Special charts may be obtained for registering the temperature, but if it is not possible to secure these the bedside notes v/ill answer the purpose. When the temperature has been taken it should be registered at once and with the time, avoiding' in this way all possibility of mistake in a matter of such vital importance. The notes should be written in ink, and the use of red ink is effective in emphasizing a measure- ment or showing the result of a bath on a tempera- ture chart in febrile cases. it NEW YORK HOSPITAL. Date, March 26th. Bedside Notes. Name, Henry T Nurse, Alice Baxter. Physician, Dr. Smith ni t , nour hII Hi 1 ; A.M. H 1 '1 P.M. ll 1 f ! laiiJtwIJ i 1 1 pH' '\ H E ' A.M. P.M. R Nov BMBB u XL XXX LXX R 16. XXX XXXV LXV D o i o o Medicine Milk Whis q. Strych. tab. gr, Trional q. 4. Salol gr. Tub bath utes q. 3 ature 103*^ Temper to be @ Temper Nourishment Diet. key 3 ii 3I1. Sulph. V.0 q. 3 h. gr. V. h. V. q. 2 h. for 10 min- h. fortemper- or over, ature of water 80°. ature q. 3 h. Orders and Remark! Tub batil for 10 mini utes q. 3 y for tempera] ture 103*' over. Temperal ture of watel to be @ 8of Whiskey ]i before bath,] Milk ! to be giva hot, aftel each bath. Stryd Sulph. gr. J q. 3 h. Trional jij V. q. 4 h. Night, ijI Patient c lirious. Slei very litl Glyc. Si i @ 3 a. ml Nov. 16. 1 Salol gr.i q. 4h. Discontii Trional. Make^ key q. 3 M >r. Smith Orders and Remark* Tub batll for lo mini utes q. 3 i\ for tetnperal ture 103° oi| over. Tempeul ture of watel to be @ 8o'[ Whiskey 5j before bath.] Milk ! to be hot, al each bath, Stryd Sulph. gr.'i q- 3 li- , Trionali . q. 4 li- giva Night, ijI Patient ( lirious. Slq very lif Glyc. Sn i @ 3 a. in.| Nov. 16. Salol gi. q. 4 h. Discontu Trional. Make^ key q. 3 ' 'M h itV' 9* HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 77 Neatness should be the sine qud non of a nurse, and one not fortunate enough to possess it should strain every effort to acquire /hat is so valuable The lack of neatness will be apparent in the keeping of notes alone, and there is nothing more trying to one who, in an anxiet}^ to extract the gist of a record, is obliged to decipher an untidy and almost illegible page. Notes that are neat as well as accurate, a true record of what a nurse knows, not of what she sur- mises, will be a proof not only of her ability as a careful observer, but will testify as well to her capability in other directions. In private work it may not be necessary in all cases to keep as minute a record as is required in the hospitals, and a nurse may be guided in this by the mode of treatment planned by the phy- sician, who will emphasize what he especially desires to be noted. Some physicians may not specify the need of the bed-side notes, and yet ex- pect the nurse to keep a history of the case for reference as necessity arises, and she should always bear in mind the importance of being able to answer and verify any question regarding the case. A nurse's responsibility increases when she gradu- ates and has charge of privace cases, and it is then that her observation must be ever on the alert, as her own judgment will often have to be exercised as to the advisability of altering the orders received from the physician. If her previous training has fulfilled its purpose, and a methodical line of thought and action has been well developed, she is fully prepared to meet any emergency and to give to the physician a satisfactory explanation for the alteration of his orders. A verbal statement may be all that is required, yet notes which will show the time that the change 78 now TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. )\- of symptoms occurred carry more weight with them and are always valuable for future reference. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that even in private work a systematic plan of caring for any case, be it ever so simple, is the safest one to adopt. Anna L. R. Mines. (The charts on page 76 and opposite page 78 will fully illustrate the writer's remarks.— Ed.) \ If' If rtrtJi. /2M 1 5> { I «3 Q « I 1 I I f jr«/^-^ o § O I I I I <8 f < < PviM JTartf. ^^., ISiEW YORK HOSPITAL Diagaoii*. ^^p(^oii> ^^VC^. I } CHAPTER XIV. THE TRAINED NURSE AS SUPERINTENDENT. There are two requisites in a superintendent : first, character and business capacity ; second, training and knowledge. Without the second, the first is of little avail. "Without the first, the second is only partially useful, for we cannot bring out of a person what is not in her. Florence Nightingale. OBS the young woman who contemplates adopting the profession of a trained nurse ever include in her consideration the possi- bility that some day she may be called upon to fill the position of matron, or even superintendent, of an institution, large or small? This is the age of progress for our sex, and to- day there are many such places filled by women who, not so long ago, were wondering what school they should select to fit themselves for the work of a trained nurse. We see members of the so-called weaker sex able to take their places in the ranks of the wage- earners, often bread-winners — shoulder to shoulder with the manly forms that occasionally are quite willing to elbow them out of the race. We have women bank-presidents, lawyers, phj^- sicians, women who manage large and well-known enterprises ; so why should we not see them chief executive officers of institutions ? There is, therefore, no reason why a nurse should not be such; but on the contrary many good ones why she should, provided she possesses the requisite executive force, and the tact so neces- sary. V5r.. 8o HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. W M Women, as a rule, are more tactful than men, and perhaps better fitted to meet, with the grace so needed, the average institutional manager. These are to be taken collectively and indi- vidually, and the woman who desires to succeed in such a position must never forget that the hospital, asylum, or whatever she may have been put in charge of, belongs not to her, no matter how much interest she may take in its advancement, nor how much she wants to do, but to those whose names are found in the list of governors and trustees. It is their will she must endeavor to carry out, and in doing this she can accomplish more for her patients than may at first seem apparent. Improvements are always commendable, but do not rush them. Do not, when accepting a recently vacated post, assure your Board of Managers that everything is wrong and you 'one can set it right. Remember the maxim to ''make haste slowly;" it is never so applicable as in institutional affairs. The average nurse who has been accepted, or is perhaps in the senior year of her training, forms some definite idea of the branch of work she desires to pursue after her graduation. To some, the larger number, the life of a private nurse possesses sufficient interest, and the path of duty lies straight before them. To others, the routine of a hospital, the regular hours and well- defined duties possess a charm hitherto unknown. With this, fortunately, there is usually an adap- tation to what is called institutional method; these pupils make good head-nurses, are recognized as such by those over them, and gradually other responsibility is given; then, when the super- intendent of the hospital or school is appealed to, by some similar institution, for a nurse to fill a m md ! HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 8i vacancy, the name of the woman who showed executive power is suggested. The young graduate thus finds herself in charge of a branch of work, untried, but to which all her years of training have tended. It has seemed to me that an educated, trained nurse is best fitted to fill all institutional places, except, perhaps, that of superintendent, and each year brings a larger number who can and do fill this also. Women are daily making a more general study of business methods. They lack only the oppor- tunity to exercise a talent that is dormant. Many of the sex have shown a lively sense of power in this direction. It seems, then, that ordinary knowl- edge of business and book-keeping is all that is needed; the native adaptability of the woman will do the rest. Now, as to her real suitability, can it not be quite possible that a nurse may be more in touch with the inner side of hospital life, after the long months of service of heart and hand at the bedside of those for whom all hospitals are built? Cannot a better understanding be arrived at when the fractious patient, or patient's friend, in- clined to be still more fault-finding, asks for some- thing that the ways and means as controlled by the superintendent might allow, but which cast- iron hospital rules could never permit, and of which the male superintendent never hears? Then the surgeon or physician, who nine times out of ten, I may say always, remembers nothing until his patient is provided for, — will not the knowledge, again born of the daily contact over the sick-bed, enable the woman to know just what the anxious medico needs, or perhaps lead to a suggestion of something else equally good? Where, ten years 1J ;3'"4 .1: : f, - • I ';^i^ 83 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. ago, a female superintendent was hardly heard of, there are to-day many women who conduct hospital affairs with tact and good judgment. Nothing, un- less it be economy, appeals so quickly to a hospital board as the smooth running of the institutional wheels, and a light, firm hand can accomplish much of this. The position of housekeeper or matron, in any institution where the care of the sick is the main object, should be filled by a trained nurse. This statement I make unreservedly, for in no part of hospital work can the kindly hand of the nurse be better felt, and in the ever-present question of diet her comprehensive intuition is invaluable. To you, then, gentle questioner, whose mind is turned towards some training school, I want to give this advice: When you have found the one you seek, when each day's vista opens something new to you, then carefully note the work of the differ- ent ofl&cers, whose departments go to make up the whole of a large institution, and if any of these, be it in the line of housekeeping, clerical work or head nurseship, appeals to your interest more than another, then try by every means in your power — and the opportunities will be many — to learn all you can. Remember, however, ye superintendents in em- bryo, that the first lesson in the government of others is to govern yourself. Learn to yield grace- fully to those in authority, and each one of these hard-earned victories will bear fruit in the days to come when the commands are yours to give ; yours the feelings of those under you to spare. The life of a superintendent is by no means an easy one. She must faithfully carry out the orders of her managers, and decide all questions that arise between the meetings of her committees, in HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 83 accordance with their supposed wish. Scarcely a day will pass without some point coming up for decision just a little different from any that has gone before. This is exceedingly hard in the beginning, when trustees and chief executive officer are still unac- quainted, and it is the crucial test, perhaps, when the judgment, wisdom and tact will be most severely tried. The emergency must be met always, and with prompt decision, but in many important mat- ters a night's rest may intervene, always desirable, if possible, and it is astonishing to see the mists of doubt and uncertainty roll away after the tired brain has had the needed quiet. To the young superintendent I would say : Don't decide important things without time to think them over, and never without the advice of at least one of your managers, if possible to obtain. Do not consider it derogatory to your dignity or position to ask advice; some suggestions may help you, if not in one case then in another. Impulse is, perhaps, the rock upon which female hospital officers are most likely to be wrecked. Try to make up your mind before you open your lips, and I might add, never do the latter unless you have something to say where orders are concerned. It is seldom that a nurse is called upon to take the helm in an institution to which she is a stranger. On the contrary, the first position is generally that of superintendent of nurses, or matron. Some day she may find herself asked to assume the duties of superintendent when a vacancy occurs, and it is in this way, if the ability is shown, that the path is opened. Many of the managers of hospitals are women with good business ideas, and the sympathy between a female superintendent and these is quickly felt. r 'I'! " 3 1 84 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. After all, I can only say to the young woman just entering upon the all-important question, *' How to Become a Trained Nurse," that though the way may be long, the tasks hard, the goal afar off and difficult to reach, be of good cheer, for the path you have chosen leads to heart as well as head-work, and remember "there is always room at the top." Atma M. Lawson. i"! ! CHAPTER XV. UNIFORMS, MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS. Honour makes a great part of the reward of all honourable professions. Adam Smith. ISCIPLINE is the difference between an army and a mob," said the Duke of Wel- lington. A handsome, becoming and com- fortable uniform contributes greatly to discipline, and so to the value of an army. This is true, also, of uniforms for those who do not bear arms, but whose profession renders them even more familiar than are soldiers with sickness, suffering and death. Miss Nightingale says that nursing is a warfare; then, assuredly, nurses should wear uniforms. In this profession, more than in any other, a uniform is desirable, even necessary. It is at once an hon- orable distinction and a protection, a comfort if well designed, and a source of legitimate pleasure if becoming, as all uniforms ought to be. Miss Marion Smith, of the Philadelphia Hospital, says on this point: "A nurse must not lose her taste for artistic and becoming dress because of her profession. Indeed, few women feel the need of recreation, in the shape of the beautiful in any form, more than they who spend so much time surrounded by the grim realities of disease and death." Her uniform, to a true nurse, is much more than a simple, suitable dress ; it is the mark of a noble profession, and the wearer of it is, or ought to be (to slightly change the wording of the Army Regu- lations), *'an officer and a gentle (woman)." It should be, as the French novelist De Goncourt I f ^^fl S6 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. said, ** a dress that bears a blessing, something that inspires a we like the robes of a priest, yet attracts like the dress of a woman." There should be no frills or laces about a nurse's dress. It should be simple, quiet in color, well made, and spotlessly clean. There is not as much variety among American hospital uniforms as exists in England ; there a great variety of color and many styles are seen, and some remark- able combinations. One insane asylum — of all places — dresses its women nurses in a semi-mili- tary uniform of blue and scarlet, with a cap like that worn by the "Tommy Atkins" of the line regiments ! Many hospitals have their nurses wear caps with long streamer strings, and others have frilled strings tied under the chin, which are con- fessedly hot and limp in Summer. Here in America the uniforms are usually of blue and white, solid blue, or blue and white stripes, for the dress, and white for the long aprons, cuffs and collars, and the little muslin caps. A few wear blue and white, or gray and white checked gingham dresses; fewer still, pink and white. Head nurses are usually distinguished by a narrow band of black on the cap, sometimes by all- white uniforms. In but few cases do our hospitals expect their nurses to wear uniforms in the streets. In other countries an out-door uniform — usually a bonnet and long cloak of special color and pattern — is almost invariably worn in the streets. In some cities — London especially — this makes a notice- able feature in the crowded thoroughfares. For district nurses, even in this country, a uni- form is always useful, sometimes necessary. It is to them what the sombre garb of the Sisters of Charity, or other religious orders, is to 'the wearers HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 87 — a protection against insult or injury, securing invariable respect and attention. But a uniform should never be woni except when on duty. Many people dislike being reminded of sickness, and many others, unreasonably no doubt, fear contagion whenever they see a nurse's uniform outside the sickroom. Nurses' medals, excepting those received on graduating, are more rare than they should be. Deeds of self-denial and heroism are fully as worthy of recognition, when performed bj^ a woman who is a nurse, as by a soldier on the battlefield. It demands a great deal of courage to face, alone, and often without proper accommodations or food, a case of malignant diphtheria, small-pox, cholera, typhus fever, or the other infectious diseases. In England, nurses are eligible to receive medals of various kinds in recognition of distinguished service, and many of them have been thus deco- rated. I know of but one Training School here — the Memorial, of Orange, N. J. — which has thus honored any nurses ; but I trust it will not always be so. The diploma, which comes last, as the ending of the pupil nurse's career and the beginning of her independent work, will be to her what the officer's commission in the Army or Navy is to him — the proof of a finished course, the warrant for future usefulness and command, and the certificate of worthy membership in a noble profession. fane Hodson. 'If. !i . CHAPTER XVI. SOME EMINENT NURSES— L Florknce Nightingai^r. The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned. To warn, to comfort and command. H'ordswort/i. S Caesar or Napoleon among soldiers, Wash- ington or Hampden among patriots, Sir Astley Cooper or Marion Sims among sur- geons, so Florence Nightingale among nurses. It is doubtful if there be any country where her work is unknown, and Longfellow has immortalized her Crimean experience, in his ''Santa Filomena." The wounded from the battle-plain, In dreary hospitals of pain, The cheerless corridors. The cold and stony floors. I/O ! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. And slow, as in a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls. As if a door in heaven should be Opened and then closed suddenly, The vision came and went. The light shone and was spent. On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song. That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A I/ady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble life of good, Heroic womanhood. Her wonderful work during the Crimean War was not her first or last effort for the improvement of hospital nursing. Bom in 1820, then, and for i;ii HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 89 twenty or thirty years, the Gamp and Prig type of nurse was common, and it was Miss Nightingale's voice, presence and example, that first opened the world's eyes to what conld be done to make helpless sufferers comfortable on the field, in the hospital or the home. One great advantage she enjoyed, fortunately for the world — she was of the world's favored children in social position and influence. Beginning, almost as a child, to visit the poor in the beautiful district of rural England where her youth was spent, she has continued in her peculiar vocation to the present day, at the age of seventy- seven. Of every improvement in nursing, public or private, in Europe, and of much elsewhere, she might justly say, in classic phrase ''All of which I saw, and a great part of which I was." Beginning her systematic investigation of nursing methods in England, she continued it in France and Germany, so that when the Crimean War began, in 1854, she was thoroughly familiar with hospital work, and able to bring order out of chaos in the huge hos- pital at Scutari, near Constantinople. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin has given a graphic descrip- tion of its condition in "My Life and Times." He says: "The hospital was the enormous barracks, five hundred feet square, built by the great Prus- sian soldier Von Moltke, when a young officer in the Turkish service. I do not believe any Turkish hospital since the Turks took Constantinople, ever equalled this one (which was for British soldiers), in disorder, filth and suffering." On this scene Miss Nightingale appeared one morning, w^ith nearly forty English nurses, just in time to care for the wounded from the battle of Inkerman. An English functionary, his official propriety shocked beyond measure, said to Dr. 'I 90 HOW TO RR'^OMR A TRAINED NURSE. i ..; Hamlin : ** Fancy, some 7vof>n'fi have come to the hospital ! A Miss Nightingale, with a force of assistants. Was anything ever more improper than women in such a place?" Dr. Hamlin con- tinues: "Very soon — not a week after — she had transformed that hospital. The death-rate was changed immediately, from the moral effect, no doubt, of sym])athy and woman's gentle care. I think of her, in that scene of disease and death,* with the deepest interest and admiration." Her labors were truly Herculean. Every night she made the round of the wards — a walk of between four and five n.'les — a veritable ministering angel, worshiped by -/e soldiers, who, as one of them said, "could kiss her shadow as it fell upon the wall." Kinglake, the historian of the Crimean War, said at the time: "With all the rare attri- butes that made her gracious presence a blessing at the bedside, this gifted woman, when learning how best to compass the object of a largely ex- tended benevolence, had become well-versed, well- practiced, in the business of hospital management; and none knew better than she did that if kind, devoted attention will suffice to comfort one suf- ferer, or even perhaps four or five, it is powerless to benefit those who number by thousands, unless reinforced by method, by organization, by disci- pline. She possesses soundness of judgment on questions needing rapid decision, and an apt and ready knowledge, with which she always seems armed. One who would not, I know, be prone to misuse our most choice words of praise, has ascribed to the Lady-in-Chief nothing less than, *" Command- ing Genius.' " Miss Nightingale has written many newspaper and magazine articles on nursing and kindred *Six thousand wounded men were in the wards at one time. ) the ■ :e of H roper H con- H I had H was H t, no H re. I ■ ^ath,->- ■ Her ■ t she H ^ . tvveen H \ angel, ■ . • thcni ■ in^ m the H imcan H attri- ■ essing H ^^^^^^B irning H ly ex- ■ , well- ■ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^H ;inent ; ■ \'^-y '^ijR^v*^ kind, H ' le suf- H ^erless 9 ALICE FISHER unless M disci- Hj -nt on ■ pt and H seems H one to 1 ;cribed 1 imand- H spaper 1 indred H ^ FLORENCE NIQHTINQALE. "SISTER DORA.' AGNES ELIZABETH JONES. 1 |B| :11 1 iHlf % 1 ffi m '.i't 1 iHHi ' ri I ! :|l Hi Si:" fflffll HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 91 topics, but her best-known works are: "Notes on Hospitals," published in 1852, and "Notes on Nursing," in i860. Each has had an immense sale. In the latter she has this telling paragraph : " Every woman — or at least almost every woman in England — has at one time or another of her life charge of the personal health of somebody, whether child or invalid. In other words, every woman is a nurse — how valuable, then, would be the product of their united experience, if every woman would think how to nurse." It is sad to have to record that her Scutari experience resulted in permanent ill-health. For nearly forty years she has been an invalid, but notwithstanding, she has been constantly engaged in helping forward the work of nursing in all lands. Her remarkable aversion to anything like display prompts her to to refuse us permission to reproduce the only contemporary photograph of her in the United States. Even in England the only one with which any but her most intimate friends are familiar is that we print, and which was taken before i860. To her, more than to any other one person, is due the evolution of that type of womanhood which, overcoming our sex's natural repugnance to the sight and consequences of suffering and disease, has resulted in the modern trained mirse. Lack of space forbids my elaborating the subject, but I advise every young woman who thinks she would like to become a nurse, to procure a copy of Florence Nightingale's biography, as well as of her " Notes on Nursing," and read them through. Ja7ie Hodson. ril! i' 1 ,41 iflil:'';^ I SOME EMINENT NURSES— U. AucE Fisher. We live in deeds, not years; * * * (She) most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Philip James Bailey^ — Festus. ISS ALICE FISHER was born at Green- wich Palace, near London, England, in 1839, her father, the Rev. George Fisher, being at that time in charge of the Royal Naval School there. He was a writer on scientific and naval subjects, and one of the leading men of his time in school management. After the death of her mother, about 1850, Miss Fisher had charge of her father's house and a >ted him in entertaining the many scholarly ana scientific men who frequented it. She devoted the two years following her father's death, in 1873, to literary work. Her novels sold fairly well but were not up to the literary standard she had set for herself. In 1875 she read the ''Life of Agnes Jones," and the history of that heroic martyr awakened in her heart the desire to do her part, also, in helping the, sick and sorrowful. She at once entered the St. Thomas' Training School, where the new movement for providing the sick with educated and trained nurses had recently been started by Miss Nightingale. At the end of one year in this hospital, a period of steady ad- vancement from probationer to ward sister, she went to Edinburgh as assistant superintendent to the Royal Infirmary, then the scene of Sir Joseph Lister's wonderful experiments in antiseptics, which revolutionized surgery. During the six months she spent in Edinburgh, she wrote, in conjunction with Miss Pringle, a hand- HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 93 book for nurses. This was much needed, being, I think, the first of its kind and a most excellent one. In June, 1876, a superintendent was needed for the Fever Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne, and Alice Fisher volunteered for this trying position. She had had experience in this class of nursing, hav- ing worked for some time in the fever wards at St. Thomas', where she was the first lady pupil to enter that department. She went at her own re- quest and found only nurses of the Gamp type, and the wards very dirty and unkempt. The matron never entered them, and none had them particularly in charge. Her going encouraged others, and the Fever Wards soon ceased to be a blot on the otherwise well managed hospital of St. Thomas'. The Fever Hospital of Newcastle on Tyne was in the fullest sense of the term a *'Pest House." Every kind of infectious disease was admitted, it being especially famous for cases of malignant typhus. There was no man about the place, and great difficulty was experienced in managing de- lirious patients, in removing the dead from the wards and in sending for the doctor, who lived a mile and a half away. The head nurse was at first very antagonistic to Miss Fisher, but soon became an enthusiastic follower in her footsteps. She eventually died of malignant typhus, being nursed entirely by Miss Fisher during her terrible illness. It was this gift of securing the absolute devotion of those brought into contact with her that made Alice Fisher the powerful administrator she proved to be. Around her were always grouped men and women to whom her wishes were law, to be carried out as faithfully and absolutely as possible. This remark- able influence is still apparent in her co-workers, pupils, and friends. What Miss Fisher would 94 HOW TO BECOME \ TRAINED NURSE. L "i.i have done or liked, is constantly the standard by which acts are measured. In no institution where she had been was it a case, when she left, of "another king, other man- ners," but a determined continuance in her plans and methods. At Newcastle on Tyne she began the plan of din- ing every day with her nurses. She writes : " This was not a popular step at first, as every one was either above or below," but finally it was a function no one would willingly have given up in an}' of her English hospitals. / •''^fter a year she went tcxj/Vdden brooke^s Hos pital, /Cambridge, where she started anH for live 3^rs « carried on a training school at that time second to none in England. She was next called to assist in reorganizing the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. This was soon done with the aid of the four nursing sisters she took with her. In 1882 she accepted the position of Superin- tendent of the General Hospital in Birmingham. Here her surroundings did not suit her, either mentally or physically. She missed the society she had been used to at the two universities, where her rooms were the meeting place of the cleverest men and women of the day, who delighted in her charming conversation and keen wit, and in her power of listening intelligently ; an art nowadays most rare. In Birmingham her rooms were dark and dreary, and her health became seriously im- paired. In 1884 she was asked to go to America and re- organize the nursing in the City Hospital in Phila- delphia, at that time in a terrible condition. For some time she hesitated, but the promise that her co-worker at Cambridge and Oxford (Miss Hornor), mi HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 95 should accompany her, finally induced her to under- take the difficult task. This hospital was part of the political " machine " and difficulties that were new to Miss Fisher at- tended its reformation. Her fearlessness, ability, and absolute honesty of purpose enlisted in her be- half the sympathies of the best elements in society and politics, and they supported her in every way in their power. Threatening letters at first were received, and when no attention was paid to them, a box fixed to explode was sent through the mail. This was stopped in the post-office and was the last effort made towards frightening off the two Bnglisli- women, who went on calmly preparing for the ad- vent of their first pupils. The training school soon changed the moral tone of the place, and the Philadelphia Hospital now stands amongst the foremost of the well-managed institutions of America. A year after her arrival, the typhoid epidemic at Plymouth, Penn., broke out. She applied for a holiday, and went there to spend it in organizing the hospital service and in nursing the sick day and night. Her appearance was very striking. Tall ana thin, dressed in a uniform of dark-blue serge, white apron, cap and sleeves, she was a model of what a nurse should look like when on duty^- After three and a half years of incessant work, her health became very poor. A rest was sug- gested; but she felt the end was near, and it was her earnest desire to die in harness. So she died June 3d, 1888, with those she loved best around her. A year later, at the unveiling of her portrait in the Philadelphia Hospital, the late Mr. McMurtrie said: m 96 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. '^Doubtless there have been persons as ac- complished in her art, though none more so; but it was her character that carried her through. Firmness without obstinacy; gentleness, as great as the most tender of her sex ; high breeding, a rare thing in this country; good breeding, a very differ- ent thing; intellectual capacity and education fit- ting her as a companion for the highest, she preferred to live in this hospital rather than in the society of the advanced thinkers of England, and to die here rather than with her own family. "That the common judgment ratified the choice for the foundress of this most beneficent institu- tion, the Training School for Nurses of the Phila- delphia Hospital, was proved by the long line of sorrowing friends of all classes that followed her to the grave; a stranger without one connection of blood on this side of the Atlantic." Deeply religious, she often said "she could not understand any one who was not so being a really successful nurse." She has passed from amongst the workers of this world, and through faith and patience inherits the promise she so firmly believed in: "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Edith A, Haivley. SOME EMINENT NURSES Sister Dora. m. The career of such women as Miss Pattison shows clearly enough that of all occupations nursing calls the most imperatively upon the greatest human qualities. Athenceum, London, 1889. HRHAPS few American nurses know much of the life and hospital career of Sister Dora, the English nurse, whose real name was almost completely lost in that she assumed. It may be interesting to them, and particularly to would-be nurses, to follow her through some of the circumstances which, like links in a chain, took her from a life of ease, a happy, even luxurious home, to spend many years in the relentless dis- cipline of hospital work. Dorothy Wyndlow Pat- tison is described as a rather tall, well-built, well- featured woman, with an English woman's love of outdoor sports. She must have been something of a beauty, having brilliant brown eyes, good features, a mouth and jaw expressive of great de- termination of character, and soft, curling, brown hair. Her temperament was cheerful and inde- pendent, her heart kind and her share of personal magnetism unusual, enabling her to exercise marked control over almost all who surrounded her. This trait stands out in bold relief through- out the whole of her biography by her friend, Miss Lonsdale. It enabled her to manage the hospital, to control unruly patients, and to secure from managers and surgeons in charge many improve- ments and advantages for the benefit of the pa- tients. It is with the town of Walsall that her fame is principally identified, and it is fitting that her statue should have been erected there — the m 98 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. lii^ ';.■-., . , VR-i^ only statue ever erected on English soil to a wonian not of royal birth. Between 1867 ^.nd 1878 her life was almost wholly devoted to the management of the Walsall Hospital, a small affair of onl}^ twenty-eight beds at its largest, but one where her ambitious nature had full scope to display its remarkable capacity. To any othe^' woman of similar temperament, it is easy to see why a life of useless pleasure at home became monotonous to her, and the natural bent and development of her mind was given free rein until, from a brilliant social success, she was trans- formed into a nurse of an ideal type. To the uninitiated such transformation may seem as simple as attractive — as though she had but to leave her silks and furs in one room, step over the hospital corridor to another, don the im- maculate uniform of a nurse, and be thus at once changed into a nurse as capable as typical. But such illusions vanish into thin air, when the real- istic force of the necessary development of circum- stances is understood. While at home she felt it .one of her privileges to care for her invalid mother, and it was no doubt during that period that she ciame to realize her own great, though undirected, capacity for nursing. A few years after her mother died, the usual pleasures of a comfortable home palled upon her, and she answered an advertise- ment for a village school mistress at Woolston. While this occupation was not what she desired, or intended to pursue, it offered an avenue of entrance to the world's work, and, against her father's wishes she accepted the offer and spent three years in teaching. Busy as were her days there, she spent most of her time after school hours in visiting children, especially th^ sick, giving the latter as much nursing as possible HEAD-NURSE, PUPIL AND PROBATIONER, Boston City Hospital. m< m\ '\ m p ^Wfw now TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 99 uiidcT the circumstances. Thus she kept alive her ideal of becoming a professional nurse, and her life at this point was turned into the long- cherished channel of usefulness by an attack of pleurisy, for which she went to Cartham under the care of a sisterhood of nurses. The surroundings of fellow sufferers, busy nurses, and hopeful con- valescents exerted their natural influence, and on recovery, she resigned teaching to enter the sister- hood under the name which she made famous, "Sister Dora." Even for the strong-minded young enthusiast the severe discipline of the training she underwent was sometimes too much, and woman's tears would come when beds she had just made were pulled to pieces, and she was ordered to make i. jm aiiew. After her training was done, she was sent to care for important private cases at a small hospital — Walsall — of four beds. This was soon found inadequate and enlarged, and here, at last, she found scope for her natural talent for nursing, by having entire charge given her, besides being allowed to do much dispensary work. We, who with rolled-up sleeves, have experienced the pleas- ures of such things, can readily understand her partiality to the surgical pleasure of suturing scalp wounds or amputated fingers, and in a few days thereafter seeing the good result of carefully applied dressing, or skillfully applied knife. In the wards she was a delight to the patients. There was always a cheerful word or sympathetic touch. Later, when the hospital was enlarged, she spent as much time as possible in reading and talking to them and cheering the depressed. In more modem days of hospital life, when cases are hurried in, operations soon over, and recovery usually speedy, with the improved methods of management, the present-day nurse seldom finds time for any of tSS^ lOO HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Ml' I'liiJ'i' M W i''.!"!, these ideal things which Sister Dora took time to do. It is perhaps part of the pleasure of nursing to entertain one's patients when they are comfortable, as well as to care for them when suffering ; but in modern hospitals there are always statistical rec- ords to be kept up and a thorough system of details attended to. A few years ago these were not con- sidered of importance — perhaps were not, under different circumstances. Now they are justly deemed indispensable, though Sister Dora's pa- tients may have been as well cared for without them. During her whole life at Walsall she en- deavored to make her patients happy, whether with books, music or other kindnesses. Physically, she was as richly endowed as mentally. For days and nights together she would work, with only a few hours' rest at a time, and she devised a sort of sling by the aid of which she could carry upstairs men heavier than herself. With unhesitating courage she went through an epidemic of small- pox, finally herself contracting the disease, yet re- covering, only to ultimately fall a victim to cancer in 1878. In reading her biography, every nurse nlust realize that she herself has entered on a field of boundless value and experience. Sister Dora was a woman far in advance of her time, for while women now sometimes leave homes of luxury to become nurses, they are but keeping abreast of the times in doing so, while hers was a conspicuous example of innovation, which doubtless led many others to follow it in later years. Not all her hospital methods would stand the test of later-day knowledge, and her delightful personality led every one to overlook some manifest defects of character; but when she passed from the scene of her earthly labors, all who had known her realized HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. lOI that an exceptional woman liad been for eleven years an angel of mercy and sympathy among the suffering of Walsall. Her life's story will in- fluence many yet to come, as it has the many who have already become nurses through knowledge of it. Thus we once more realize the force of Long- fellow's lines — We can make our lives sublime, Ami, (lepnrtinn, leuve hehiml us Footprints on the sanJs of Time Josephine Hill. II' 1*5 :; 1! 1 l.i1" ,iil, ^ i SOME EMINENT NURSES Agnes Jones. IV. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. James Shirley, 1650. F there be published a new and enlarged edition of Miss Yonge's inspiring work, the book of Golden Deeds ^ it will not be complete unless including the chief figures among those nurses who have died at their post of duty. It was written before trained nurses were known in our country, and when they were comparatively new in England; otherwise the omission of the story of Agnes Blizabeth Jones would be a fault. Her life was an unbroken succession of golden deeds, and when she died, in 1868, no less a nurse than Florence Nightingale thus wrote of her: *'One woman has died — a woman attractive and rich, young and witty; 3^et a veiled and silent woman who, to follow Him who went about doing good, spent herself in activity she overworked because others underworked. She died, as she had lived, at her post, in one of the largest workhouse infirmaries in England — the first in which trained nurses have been introduced. She is the pioneer of workhouse nursing. She was absolutely with- out human vanity; she preferred being unknown to all but God ; she did not let her right hand know what her left hand did. I will therefore call her Una, for, when her whole life and image rise before me, so far from thinking the story of Una and her lion a myth, I say here is Una in real flesh and blood — Una and her paupers, far more HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 103 untamable than lions. She lived the life and died the death of the saints and martyrs; though the greatest sinner would not have been more surprised than she to have heard this said of herself." The woman of whom these glowing words were written was born in 1832, at Cambridge, England, the child of the Colonel commanding the 12th Regiment, which was soon afterwards ordered to the island of Mauritius. Here her childhood was passed up to seven. Returning, the next few years were spent at Fahan, in the north of Ireland, and in trips to the Continent, where she visited the famous Deaconesses' Institute at Kaiserswerth. Here she received impressions which confirmed her in her earlier wish to engage in religious or philan- thropic work. Like Miss Nightingale, she became a ministering angel to the poor, the sick, the suffering in Fahan, where she remained until i860. With enthusiasm equal to "Sister Dora's," she had a far more equable nature, and was equally beloved by her patients, who were to her objects of personal affection, so much so that she could write of one, a poor, ignorant old woman who died in 1858: "I have a friend less in the world to-night, one more in heaven." With all her devotion to her poor, there was nothing of the Jelly by type about her. Her sister says: "No home duty was ever neglected, and her mother's slightest wish would at all times make her give up her own plans." In i86o-'6i she spent several months at Kaisers- werth, preparing for what was to be her chief and final work in England, although she had at the time no expectation of being a nurse, as her mother objected. The objection was eventually withdrawn, after she had spent a year as pupil in St. Thomas' Hospital, London. Here Miss Nightingale says \ ^v A'^i^'S^W?.!"-' 104 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. of her : " She was our best pupil ; she went through all the work of a soldier, and thereby fitted herself for being the best general we ever had. Many a time in her after-life at Liverpool she wrote that without this training she could have done nothing." After this she became superintendent of the Great Northern Hospital, London, showing such marked ability in this post that in 1865 what was to be her last and greatest work was offered her — the post of Lady Superintendent of the Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary. Of this institution her biographer says: ''Of all misery in the mass no department was so long overlooked as the misery of workhouse paupers." The then nurses employed there were the ignorant, the coarse, indifferent, the criminal women of the inmates — a state of affairs doubtless very similar to that which ob- tained in similar American institutions prior to 1873, when training schools were established. The character and habits of the patients, too, may be inferred from the fact that a policeman patrolled the wards at night. Of the 1,300 inmates half were sick. As there were not beds for all, Miss Jones had to put two adults in one bed in many cases, or six or seven children. Needless to say, the latter stood it better than their elders. Into the midst of this trying state of affairs she came as only a well-trained, well-balanced niirse could — ready and competent to bring order out of chaos, and remedy the evils heretofore thought incurable. A judicious blending of kindness, firmness, energy and discipline soon wrought wonders. Though serious illness, culminating in small-pox, prevailed the first year among the nurses she had brought with her from St. Thomas', she came tri- umphantly through all. Her intense religious UNIFORM OF NEW YORK CANCER HOSPITAL. >;;M' I Bi f ^^ it '] , Ww i : Imf <;■'';,!: m a lit-* m $ I'' k' ■i:4 y-k ' ;• .! :i) ^^ •}mH I ah wi du HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 105 nature was strengthened rather than weakened by her surroundings, and she found time for Scripture readings in the wards on Sunday evenings. These were greatly appreciated, and proved use- ful to her in acquiring permanent control over the heterogenous mass of humanity surrounding her — so depraved in many c4ses that the police wondered the new nurses were safe among such. Her regard for her charges is exemplified by this extract from her journal: " Have been much with a poor, dying thief who is in the agonies of lockjaw. He seems to like me to speak to him. I think he would tell his history if he could; but speaking is difficult, and the paroxysms come on so often." Cholera cases did not frighten her, nor the most trying acute cases, nor fearful outbreaks of violence among female prisoners, culminating in an attack on two women warders, who were nearly beaten to death. Her journal at the time contains this significant entry: "I wonder if there is a worse place than Liverpool on the earth, and I am sure its work- house is burdened with a large proportion of its vilest. I can only compare it to Sodom, and wonder how God stays his hand from smiting." Notwith- standing the trials to which her faith in human nature was thus put, her personal interest in the inmates of the infirmary never flagged; and after her death a fellow-worker wrote thus to her biogra- pher: "In all my acquaintance with her, I never knew her to shrink from a duty because of its repulsiveness. On the contrary, I have known her to perform offices for the suffering which some mothers would almost draw back from performing for their children, or sisters for sisters. And she always did these things as a matter of course, without affectation, merely as being in the line of duty." *, ft- ■•; m xo6 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. But all this devoted care for others was telling upon her, though her constitution was naturally strong. Her last letter, dated February i, 1868, ac- knowledges that her work ''has been tremendous." Typhus cases were in the wards. Three days later she was stricken, and died on the nineteenth. The scene when her coffin was taken out of the Work- house is described as most affecting — the stairs and approaches to the building lined with patients, silent and in tears over the remains of one who *'had lived and moved among them as an angel of mercy, comforting body and mind." The whole record of this beautiful life is one of serene trust in God, accompanied by most unremit- ting devotion to the poor and suffering, and won- derful modesty and self-abnegation. In her short life of thirty-five years she did a work, the record of which is a bugle-call to action. Her monument at Fahan is fittingly inscribed with these beautiful lines : "Alone with Christ in this sequester'd place, Thy sweet soul learn 'd its quietude of grace ; On sufferers waiting in this vale of ours, Thy gifted touch was trained to finer powers. Therefore when Death, O Agnes ! came to thee — Not in the cool breath of our silver sea, But in the city hospital's hot ward, A gentle worker for the gentle Lord — Proudly, as men heroic ashes claim. We ask'd to have thy fever-stricken frame, And lay it in our grass, beside our foam. Till Christ the Healer call His healers home. ' ' /ane Hodson, ;l 'A CHAPTER XVII. LIST OF TRAINING SCHCXDLS IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH DETAILS. ALABAMA — Montgomery (Highland Park) — Highland Park Sanitarium. BedvS : 20, all for women. 3 nurses, 2 probationers. Pro- bation, I month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages 20 to 35. Admissions — . Applications 1895: — Pay, $10. Duty hours, 13^. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Nurses have individual bedrooms. No obstetrical depart- ment. Semi-annual examinations. Address the Chief Nurse, Miss E. MacRae. {Graduate Philadelphia Hospital.) Note — Hospital is Surgical only. CALIFORNIA— Oakland— Fabiola Hospital— New Broad- way and Moss Ave. Beds: Men 28, Women 15, Private rooms 32. Total 75. Cases treated, 1895, 506 (227 men, 279 women) ; 27 ob- stetric. 27 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 6 weeks. Training, 22 >^ months additional. Ages, 23 to 30. Appli- cations, 1895, 60. 8 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $6.25. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 12 hours weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Some nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on Massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1887. Has graduated 58. Address the Supt., Miss Sarah Craig. {Graduate of this School.) The School Motto is Fide ET Fortitudine. Note — Both Schools of Medicine represented in the Board of Managers and Staff of this hospital. San Francisco — California Woman's Hospital — 31 18 Sacramento Street. Beds: 60 (of which 52 are for pay patients). Cases treated, 1895, 204. 17 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1896, 50. 12 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 11%. Off duty, I afternoon weekly and every second Sun- day. Vacation, 2 weeks. School founded, 1884. Has graduated 44. Gold Badge given graduates. Graduation zo8 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i:':.} m w m months, February and August. Address the Supt., Miss M. T. Thompson. {Gradtiate of this School.) Note — Except for its obstetrical department, this Hospital is entirely Surgical. City and County Hospital — Potrero Avenue, near 21st Street. (San Francisco Training School for Nurses.) Beds: Men 270, Women 130, Children 25. Total 425. Cases treated, 1895, 3,688 (170 obstetrical). Ambulance service. 25 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Admissions, May and November. Applications, 1895, 85. 15 accepted; 10 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 9^. Off duty, 27^ hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on mas- sage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual exam- inations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 34, Gradu- ation month, December. Affords a Post-Graduate Course. Address the Supt., Miss Mary Patton. {Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital, ) French Hospital — Point Lobos Avenue. Beds: 120. Cases treated, 1896, — . 24 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Train- ing, 22 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Pay, $12.50. Duty hours, i3>^. Off duty, i hour daily, i afternoon, 5 hours on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department ; experience obtained in another hospital. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1896. Address the Supt., Mrs. D. H. Kinney. {Graduate Massa- chusetts General Hospital, Boston.') Note — Special training can be had, if desired, in the care of infectious diseases. Hospital for Women and Children — 3700 California St» Beds: Women 27, Children 103. Total 130. Cases treated, 1895, 552 (326 children), 45 obstetric. 3,265 Dis- pensary. 38 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Train- ing, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 31. Admissions, Spring and Fall. Applications, 1895, 108. 54 accepted; 20 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10 day, 12 night. Off duty, half day, and 5 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1882. Has gradu- ated 128. Graduation months, April and October. Gold class pin given. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Eva P. Pennewill. {Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital.) HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 109 diseases. Each probationer is physically examined before accept- ance and must possess a High School or College diploma. Note — Each nurse has a month's work at the dispensary. Most of the physi- cians are women, and all the managers. St. Luke's Hospital — Valencia and 27th Streets. Beds: 45, Private rooms — . Total, 90. Cases treated, 1896, 750 (433 men, 317 women). 26 nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months ad- ditional. Ages, 22 to 35, Pay, $12.50. Duty hours, 12, (i to 3 off daily.) Off duty, 6 hours, once every week and twice every second week. Vacation, 3 weeks. Some nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. 3 examinations in the 2 years. School founded, 1889. Has graduated — . Address the Supt., Miss Hannah J. Brierley. {Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.^ Note — The Hospital is under the control of the Episcopal Church, but nurses are admitted without regard to creed. COLORADO — Denver — Arapahoe County Hospital — 6th and Evans Streets. Beds: Men 125, Women 67, Children 8, Infants — . Total 200. Cases treated, 1895, 1,568 (494 medical, 457 surgical, 182 nervous, 113 insane, 51 eye and ear, 74 gynaecological, 90 obstetrical). 5453 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service, 24 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35, Applications, 1895,26, 10 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, II. Off duty, 16 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Ivcctures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home, Instruc- tion in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1887, Has graduated 55. Graduation month, January, $30 given at graduation. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Ann M. Garland. {Graduate of the Cincinnati Hospital. ) Note — The Hospital is a public institution, controlled by the county authorities, Denver — St. Luke's Hospital — Pearl and 19th Sts. Beds: Men 40, Women 40. Total 80, Cases treated, 1895, — • Ambulance service, 28 nurses, 2 probationers. Proba- tion, I month. Training, 2 years additional. Admission preferably between September and January. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. I^ectures on massage. Obstetrical experience obtained in another hos- ^n«*n no HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. W' .1 [i m :v;:, ■' !i 'M pital. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 18. Gradua- tion month, October. School case given when possible. Address the Supt., Dr Alicia F. Jeffery. {Graduate of St. Luke' s Hospital , Chicago.^ Note — The school is controlled by the Episcopal Church, the Bishop of Colorado being president of the hospital. CONNECTICUT — Bridgeport — Bridgeport Hospital. Beds: 92. Cases treated, 1895, 561. 20 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 3 months. Train- ing, 2 years. Ages, 22 to 40. Applications, 1895, 75. 18 accepted. Pay, $10.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily and 2 half days weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. One uni- form furnished. Quarterly examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1885. Has graduated — . Badge given on graduation. Graduation month, April. Registry. Apply to Supt. of Hospital, Mr. John H. Beach. The Head Nurse is Miss Elsa Wallace. {Graduate of the New York Hospital. ) The School's Motto is Ut Prosim. Danbury — Danbury Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 11. Total 23. Cases treated, 1895,—. 7 nurses, i probationer. Ages, 20 to 35. Probation, I month. Training, 24 months additional. Applications, 1895, 12. 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 14 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Limited obstetrical experience. Annual examinations. Graduation month, June. One prize awarded. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 7. Address the Supt., Miss J. K. Converse. {Graduate of the Bridgeport Hospital.^ Hartford — Hartford Hospital. Beds: Men 85, Women 53, Children 21. Total 159. Also a Contagious Ward of 19 beds. Cases treated, 1895, 1,295 (843 men) ; (561 medical, 467 surgical, 56 eye and ear, 57 obstetrical.) 30 nurses (and 4 graduates), 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 9c. 45 accepted; 17 became nurses. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 24^^ hours weekly. Vacation, i week first year, two weeks second Some nurses have individual bedrooms. Semi- annual examinations. School case given if possible. In- struction in Invalid Cookery. Some text books furnished. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Ill School founded, 1879. Has graduated 150. Graduation nioti^li, October, Registry for graduates. Address the Supt., Miss Katharine Emory. {Graduate of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. ) New Haven — New Haven Hospital — (Connecticut Train- ing School for Nurses. ) Beds : Men 82, Women 50, Children 16, Private rooms 15. Total 163. Cases treated 1895, 968 (638 men); 494 medi- cal, 590 surgical, 40 obstetrical. Ambulance service. 34 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, i month. "On trial," 3 months more. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 24 to 40. Applications, 1895, — • 45 accepted. Pay, $7, and $32 at graduation. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 3 hours daily, 4 hours Sunday, and half day every week. Vacation, 2 weeks first year, 4 weeks second. Uniforms furnished. Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on mas- sage. Obstetric training small, but 8 nurses can take a 3 months' course in New York. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1873. Has graduated 363. School case given whenever possible. Post-Graduate Course for its own graduates. Address the Secretary, Miss Emily Betts. Supt., Miss Sara Henry. {Graduate of the Royal Infirmary^ Liverpool. ) New London — Memorial Hospital. Beds: Men 10, Women 11. Children 3, private patients 6. Total 30. Cases treated, 1895, 122, 53 surgical, 69 medical (56 men, 66 women). Ambulance service. 7 nurses, 2 pro- bationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years addi- tional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, — . 4 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual bedrooms. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 6. Graduation month, October. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss M. J. Wallace. {Graduate of City Hospital, Worcester, Mass.) Norwich — Wm. W. Backus Hospital. Beds: Men 22, Women 22, Children 4, Pay patients 14, Isolation Ward 7. Total 69. Cases treated, 1895, 268 (and 185 out-patients), 156 male, 107 medical, 123 surgical, 22 gynaecological. 8 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, 25 to 30. Admitted in Spring and Fall. Applications, 1895, 27. 7 accepted; 3 became nurses. .■ 113 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Li i ' 111 Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks. Both probationers and nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Invalid Cookery. Annual examina- tions. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 4. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss May h. hovQ. {Graduate of Bellevtie Hospital. ) DELAWARE — Wilmington — Homeopathic Hospital of Delaware. Beds: Men 18, Women 10, Children 3, pay patients 10. Total 41. Cases treated, 1895, 205, 55 surgical (39 men, 16 women); 9 gynaecological (and 76 dispensary patients) ; 47 eye and ear, 68 medical. Ambulance service. 10 nurses, i pro- bationer. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years addi- tional. Ages, 21 to 31. Applications, 1895, 6. 2 accepted. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Monthly examinations. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 25. Graduation month, October. Address the Supt., Miss Mary White. {Graduate of the Brooklyn, N. V., Homeopathic Hospital. ) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— Washington— Central Dis- pensary and Emergency Hospital — 15th Street and Ohio Ave. N. W. Beds: Men 13, Women 8, 3 emergency. Total 24. Cases treated, 1896, 2,828. Ambulance service. 7 nurses. Training, 3 months. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon, 4 hours Sunday. Address the Supt., Miss Kva Simonton. {Graduate Philadelphia Hospital.^ Note — School is exclusively for graduate nurses. Each one wears the uni- form of her own school. Washington — Freedmen's Hospital — 5th and Pomeroy Streets. Beds: Men 142, Women, 130. Total 272. Cases treated, 1895, 2,596 (men, 1,474, 402 white ; women, 921, 59 white); obstetrical, 198, 4,200 dispensary patients (938 surgical, 419 gynaecological). Ambulance service. 36 to 40 nurses, i to 4 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, loo- 17 accepted; 12 became nurses. Pay, $7. Duty hours, 10 day, 12 night. Off duty, half day weekly, and half Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text J m a. JO 3 H ?, Z =■ z 3 C (0 Wi I '?, 1 'l! ri HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 113 books furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. Lectures on massage. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, May. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Sarah C. Ebersole. {Graduate of the Illinois Training School, Chicago. ) Note — This is a Government institution, under the Department of the Interior. Candidates have to pass a Civil Service examination for admission. Only single colored women accepted as nurses. Garfield Memorial Hospital — Cor. Grant and Sherman Avenues. Beds: Men 31, women 32, Infants 8, pay patients 40. Total III. Cases treated, 1895, 1,231 (1,070 white); Men 750, Women 552 ; Medical, 680 (421 men, 223 women); Ob- stetrical, 48, surgical, 396 (219 men, 177 women). Ambu- lance service. 34 nurses, 2 or 3 probationers. Applica- tions, 1895, 250. 28 accepted ; 17 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, 2 hours daily, 2 half-days weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A separate Nurses' Home. Examinations every 6 weeks. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 42. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss G. M. Nevins. (^Graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital.') National Homeopathic Hospital — N and 2d Streets N. W. Beds : Men 30, Pay patients 20. Total 50. Cases treated, 1895, 499 (189 men, 310 women), 154 surgical, 345 medical, 33 obstetrical. 15 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applica- tions, 1895, 20. 7 accepted; 6 became nurses. Pay, $9.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 34 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Annual examinations. In- struction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 24. Graduation month. May. Address the Supt., Miss Mary H. Ellison. (^Graduate of the Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington. ) GEORGIA— Augusta- City Hospital — Cor. Washington and Walker Streets. Beds : 45. Cases treated, 1896, — . Ambulance service. 12 nurses. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Pay, $7.50. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 20 weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Applications, 1896, 40. 12 ac- cepted. Two uniforms furnished. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1894. «('» ■ml M m 114 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. ir It'! If: II ^1 Sill) y. 'jA,li .1-1 ilil 1l:f Has graduated 7. Graduation month, June. Address the Superintendent, Miss Ellen V. Hayes. {Graduate Philadel- phia Hospilal. ) The School's motto is ExcBi^siOR. ILLINOIS — Aurora — Aurora Hospital — 368 S. Lincoln Ave. Beds: 16 men, 10 women. Total 26. Cases treated, 1896, — . 4 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1896, 5. 3 accepted; 2 became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12 from October to May, 8 from May to October. Off duty, 4 ' hours daily in Summer, 2 every second day in Winter. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical experience. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, \1893. Has graduated 6. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt. of Hospital and School, Dr. Louis Thexton. Chicago — Alezian Brothers' Hospital — Racine and Belden Aves. (New Building.) Present location 559 N. Market St. Beds : Men 200. Cases treated, 1895, 2,053 (506 medical, 1,547 surgical). 19 nurses, 10 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 20 months additional. Ages, 19 to 30. No pay. Duty hours, 17. Off duty, none. No vacation. Uniforms and text books furnished. All have individual bedrooms. Lec- tures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 73. Graduation month, May. Address the Supt., Brother Philip Kreamer. Note — This Hospital is exclusively for men, and all nurses are men. They must all belong to the Catholic Order of the Alexian Brothers by which the insti- tution is maintained. They also do the nursing in other hospitals of the same Order elsewhere in the U. S. Augustana Hospital — 480 Cleveland Ave. Beds: Men — , Women — . Total 150. Cases treated, 1896, 968 (775 surgical, 193 medical). Ambulance service. 24 nurses, — probationers. , Proba- tion, I or 2 months. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 40. 14 accepted; 12 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, I or 2 afternoons weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some text books furnished. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. No obstetrical department, but some outside experi- ence. Annual Examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 8. Graduation month, July. Registry, Address HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. ^15 the Supt. , Miss Julia I. Andersen. (^Graduate of the Illinois Training School, Chicago. ) NOTE — Protestants only are eligible as probationers. The Hospital is controlled by the Swedish Evangelical I^utheran Church. Baptist Hospital — 3410 Rhodes Ave. Beds: 100. Cases treated, 1896, — . 30 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Train- ing, 2 years additional. Ages, 19 to 30. Applications, 1896, 250, 19 accepted; 15 became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, i afternoon and half of alternate Sundays. I^ectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A separate Nurses' Home. Annual examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 38. Graduation month, March. School case given whenever possible. Registry, Address the Supt., Dr. Linnie M. Ousley. The Head Nurse is Miss Hisa Nagano. {Gradu- ate of this School. ) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the Baptist Church. Only Protestants are eligible as nurses. A beginning of a Male Training School has been made with one probationer. Chicago Hospital — 49th St. Cor. Drexel Place. Beds : — men, — women. Total 50. Cases treated, 1896, 421 (180 men, 241 women), 46 medi- cal (17 obstetrical), 375 surgical (126 gynaecological). Ambulance service. 27 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, I to 2 months. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1896, 185. 15 accepted; 12 became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 10 to 12. Off duty, — . Vacation, i month at end of first year. I^ectures on massage. Examinations every 8 months. A separate Nurses' Home (to be built). Post-Graduate course offered. Registr3^ Each nurse has one month, each, in Diet Kitchen and Drug- room. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 36. Gradu- ation month, January. Address the Sec'y. and Treas'r, Dr. J. T. Binkley, Jr. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Emma Bourchier. {Graduate of St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago.) Cook County Hospital — Wood and Harrison Streets. Beds: 600 men, 350 women, 50 children. Total 1,000. Cases treated, 1895, 15,689 of all kinds (no report issued, hence subdivision impossible). Regular, Homeopathic and Eclectic Physicians practice in this hospital, a city institution. For particulars of the School, see Presbyterian Hospital. \:i li I ■ 'If' 'J ;i 11 ft>irj l-\'Wii: mm Imi LfW I li t§ ii6 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. ILLINOIS— Chicago— Englewood Union Hospital— 826 65th Street. Beds: Men 18, Women 15, Children 2. Total 35. Cases treated, 1895, 405 (222 men, 163 women, 20 chil- dren), 211 surgical, 82 medical, 100 gynaecological, 12 ob- stetrical. Ambulance service. 12 nurses, i probationer. Pro- bation, I month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 25 to 35. Applications, 1895, 90. 20 accepted; 7 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly, and half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Some individual rooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1895. School case given. Graduation month, April. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Anna Bartle. {Graduate of Toronto General Hospital. ) Garfield Park Hospital — 1776 Washington Boulevard. Beds: 50. Cases treated, 1895, 205, (74 men, 131 women), 1 10 medical, 11 obstetrical, (95 surgical, 74 gynaecological). Ambulance service. 9 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 28. Applications, 1895, 25. 8 accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text books furnished. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual ex- aminations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, — . School case given. Address the Supt., Miss Gertrude Brooks. {^Graduate of the Mary Thc^-bson Hospital, Chicago.^ German-American Hospital — (Bethesda Nurse-Training School — 30-32 Belden Place.) Beds: Men 15, Women 25. Total 40. Cases treated, 1896, — 10 nurses, 12 probationers, Probi.ion, i or 2 months. Training, 34 or 35 months additional. Ages, 25 to 35. Applications, 1896, 25. 12 accepted; 10 became nurses. Pay, $3.33. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, i hour daily, half day weekly. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examina- tions. School founded, 1886. Has graduated 45 . Gradu- ation month, March. Registry. Uniforms furnished. Ad- dress the Pres't., F. Frank F. Henning. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss M. Wieland. ( Graduate of this School. ) lilll HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 117 ILLINOIS — Chicago — Hahnemann Hospital — 2814 Grove- land Ave. Beds : Men 30, Women 48, Children 20, pay patients 32. Total 130. Cases treated, 1895, — . 24 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i to 3 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 2i to 33. Applications, 1895, 90. 34 accepted; 21 became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, half day weekly. Uniforms furnished. Lectures on massage. Annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 8. Graduation month, June. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss Cora Overholt. {Graduate of the Illinois Training School, Chicago. ) Note — This Hospital is Homeopathic. Lakeside Hospital — 4147 Lake Ave. Beds: Men 12, Women 12, Children i. Total 25. (Only two free beds.) Cases treated, 1895, 300 (160 men, 140 women), 40 medical (10 obstetric), 260 surgical (100 gynaecological). 20 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages 20 to 26. Appli- cations, 1896, 150. 40 accepted; 18 became nurses. Pay, $5 (and $50 at graduation). Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon, and half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 ks. Uniform furnished. Lectures on massage. Instruct jn in Invalid Cookery. Monthly ev minations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 18. Gr Juation month, June. Regis- try. Address the Supt. , Mi; j Minna McD. Clark. {Graduate of Toronto General Hospital. ) The School's Motto is Non Nobis Soi.um. Mary Thompson Hospital for Women and Children — Adams and Paulina Streets. Beds: Women 65, Children 15. Total 80. Cases treated, 1895, 846 (389 medical, 184 gynaecologi- cal, 199 surgical, 74 obstetrical), 1,732 Dispensary. 22 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i to 2 months. Train- ing, 23 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 121. 51 accepted; 20 became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 9 or 10. Off duty, half day, and part of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished, and text books in part, lectures on massage. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 55. Graduation month, June, $100 given at graduation, and school case if possible. Registry. Ad- dress the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Caroline S. Flatt. {Gradu- ate Illinois Training School, Chicago. ) ,1 I '2 ii8 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. !■! n^ m III:' j |!^ ILLINOIS — Chicago — Mercy Hospital — Calumet Ave. and 26th Street. Beds : Men 240, Women 50, Private patients 60, Children 10, Infants 7. Total 400. Cases treated, 1896, 1,786 (1,115 "^en, 671 women), 761 medical (37 obstetric), 782 surgical (206 gynaecological). Ambulance service. 40 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, I month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 600. — accepted; — became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, and half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. L,ectures on mavSsage. Annual examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 18. Graduation month, June. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt. , Sister Mary Veronica. (Graduate of this School.^ The School's Motto is VoTA Vita Mka. Note — The Hospital is under the control of a Catholic Order, the Sisters of Mercy, but Protestant probationers are admitted. Michael Reese Hospital — 29th St. and Groveland Ave. BedL : Men 32, Women 52, Children 12, Infants 6. Total 117. Cases treated, 1895 1,230, (623 men, 349 medical, 274 sur- gical ; 404 women, 286 medical, 118 surgical), 237 gynae- cological, 52 obstetrical. 40 nurses, 2 or 3 probationers. 'Probation, 3 months. Training, 33 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 230. 28 accepted; 10 became nurses. Pay, $11.67. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual ex- aminations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 45. Graduation month, June. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss A. E. Nourse. (Graduate 0/ St. Luke' s Hospital, Chicago.) National Temperance Hospital — 1619 Diversey Ave. Beds: 35. Cases treated, 1896, 130 (20 men, no women and chil- dren). 21 medical (7 obstetrical), 109 surgical (70 gynaeco- logical). ID nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetric department, but occa- sional cases. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, now TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 119 1886. Has graduated 24. Graduation month, June. Reg- istry. Address the Supt., Mrs. Alice Ray Farabee. {Gradu- ate of this School. ) The School's Motto is: Whkrefork Lift Up the Hands Which Hang Down, and the Feeble Knees; AND Make Straight Paths for Your Feet, Lest That Which is Lame be Turned Out of the Way : But Let it Rather be HeaIvEd. — Hebrews XII : 12, 13. Note — The Hospital is controlled by the National Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union. Both schools of medicine are represented on its staff. Nurses must be total abstainers from liquors, tobacco ana opium, and be Protestants. Polyclinic Hospital — 174 East Chicago Ave. Beds : — . Cases treated, 1 895 , — . 14 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 50- 8 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 10. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt., Mrs. E. C. Wetter. {Graduate of the Illinois Training School, Chicago. ) Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital — 2400 Dear- born Street. Beds : — . 30 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 31. Pay, $7. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, one afternoon and part of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Annual examina- tions. Post-Graduate course. Registry. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 18 — . Has graduated, — . Gradu- ation month, — . Address the Supt., Miss Louella Smith. {Graduate of the Woman's Hospital, Chicago.^ Presbyterian Hospital — Wood and Congress Streets. Beds: 125 men, 100 women, 25 children. Total 250, Cases treated, 1895, 1,958. Ambulance service. 150 nurses, 7 probationers. Proba- tion, I to 3 months. Training, 33 to 35 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 644. 69 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, none for ist and 2d years, $10 for 3d. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, half day weekly and half of Sun- day. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text-books fur- nished. Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. A sepa- rate Nurses' Home. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School m. \M 120 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. '-!^ * MS m founded, 1880. Has graduated 480. Graduation month, June. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Isabel Mclsaac. {Graduate of this school) at the Nurses' Home, 304 Honord Street. Note — This School also furnishes all the nurses for the Cook County Hospital, the total force of nurses being divided between the two. The corporate title is ; " The Illinois IVaining-Schoot for Nurses." Provident Hospital — 36th and Dearborn Streets. Beds : Men 20, Women 20, Children 6. Total 46. Cases treated, 1895, 146. 12 nurses, 2 probationers, ing, 21 months additional, usually June and December, accepted ; 7 became nurses. Probation, 3 months. Train- Ages, 21 to 30. Admissions Applications, 1896, 30. 13 No pay. Duty hours, i}4. Off duty, 2 (if possible) daily, i afternoon, and half Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text books furnished. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1891. Has gradu- ated 14. Graduation month, June. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Nina James Price. {Graduate of St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago.) Note — The School is for colored women exclusively. St. Joseph's Hospital — 360 Garfield Avenue. Beds: Men 39. Women 62, Children 10. Total iii (54 being private rooms). Cases treated, 1895, 704 (311 men, 393 women), 254 medical, 450 surgical (of which 136 were gynaecological), 243 Dispensary cases. Ambulance service. 25 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 28 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applica- tions, 1896, 30. 19 accepted; 17 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, from 2 P. M. over night once weekly, extra half day occasionally. Vacation, 3 weeks. Uniform furnished first year. Nurses have individual bed- rooms. Lectures on massage. Obstetrical experience limited to private-room cases. Three examinations yearly. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt., Sister M. Elizabeth. The School's Motto is Semper Fidbws. Note — The Hospital is controlled by a Catholic Order, the Sisters of .Charity, but Protestants are admitted as probationers. St. Luke's Hospital — Indiana Ave. and 14th Street. Beds: Men 54, Women 27, Children 22, Infants 8, pay patients 39. Total 150. I^ ■ z c 3 iday. H (0 m shed. H (fl kery. H u radu- H iven. ■ ^ Price. H I k ^H « H ^1
    ^1 S z ^^1 .- z 1 95 1 III H S f", (311 ■ n U c • 1 136 I z ilance 1 z t. ;, pay Illinois Training School for Nurses, 304 HONORE STREET, CHICAQO, III. doanected with. COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL and PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, ..Incorporated and EBtabllshed 1880.. The Board of Directors offers a three-years' course of training to women who desire to enter the profession of nursing. The course of training comprises theoretical work in class and lecture rooms, cooking lessons, and practical work in two hospitals : !)eiiig divided into junior, middle and senior years. The facilities for imparting theoretical and practical training to nurses are thorough and complete in all departments, including in- struction by the ablest professors from different medical colleges and the daily care of nearly one thousand private and free patients in medical, siu-gical, obstetrical, gynaecological, children's and con- tagious wards. Nurses have the unusual advantage of training in both a public and a private institution ; Cook County Hospital being a free hospital of eight hundred beds, and the Presbyterian Hospital a private hospital of two hundred beds, which affords pvery pupil a wide experience in the special nursing of private patients. Applications for admission must be made to the Superintendent, 304 Honord Street, Chicago. hi iH Mrs. J. M. WALKER, President of Board of Directors* 5s T. LUKE^S HOSPITAL... Training School for Nurses CHICAGO was established in 1885. It forms a part of and is under the management of St. Luke's Hospital, but is not in any way sec- tarian, probationers being admitted without regard to creed. The course covers two years of actual work, as all time lost must be made up. It comprises instruction in medical, surgical, obstetrical and children's wards. Special training is given in surgery, invalid cookery and the nursing of private patients. The hospital has 140 beds, and a daily average of 110 patients, part of whom are pay patients. About 1,700 cases — of which 500 were gynecological and obstetrical — were treated in 1896. Classes are held and lectures given between October Isi and June 1st, a two weeks' vacation being allowed each nurse dur- ing the interval. The value of St. Luke's training is so well known thai. 832 applications for admission to the school were received in I896. Each nurse is allowed $4 per month for uniforms, and board, lodging and washing are furnished giatis. On comple- tion of the course each graduate is given a diploma, a gold badge and $100. ^ The school accommodates 42 nurses, and of the great number of applications received annually only those candidates possess- ing superior qualifications are accepted. One hundred and thirty nurses have been graduated, many of whom hold important positions in other institutions. For further information, apply to the CHIEF NURSI ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL Indiana Ave* and Hth St^ OiicasfO NURSE IN OUT-DOOR UNIFORM, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago. '«» *'. w tic be ho Yi U Sc mc (G N fP cal, cell i^p« f HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 123 Cases treated, 1895, 1.670 (730 men, 730 women, 91 infants), 571 surgical, 387 medical, 324 gynaecological, 105 obstetrical; Eye and E^r 45, orthopedic 55. Ambulance service. 40 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, i to 3 months. Training, 21 to 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 31. Applications, 1895, 900. 20 accepted; 16 became nurses. Pay, $4. Duty hours, 9. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1885. Has graduated 126. Graduation month, June. $100 and gold badge given at graduation. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Florence Hutcheson. (^Graduate Bellevue Hospital, New York.) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the Episcopal Church. The nurses have an out-door uniform also — gray cloak and bonnet. Dr. Streeter's Private Hospital — 1646 Calumet Avenue. Beds : 28, all pay patients. Cases treated, 1896, — . 9 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Train- ing, 17 months additional. Ages, 25 to 30. Applications, 1896, 50. 7 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $10.70. Duty hours, — . Off duty, i hour daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. School case given. Registry. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 35. Address the Supt., Miss Mary W, Sher- wood. {Graduate 0/ Woman's Hospital, Chicago*) Tabitha Hospital — Francisco and Thomas Streets. Beds : 50. Cases treated, 1895, — • Ambulance service. 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Proba- tion, I or 2 months. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 20. 11 accepted; 7 became nurses. No pay (but $100 at graduation). Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i afternoon, and half Sunday weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text books furnished. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 189-. Has graduated 2. Graduation month, October. Address the Supt., Miss M. B. EUingsen. {Graduate of the Illinois Trainifig School, Chicago.) Note — School is controlled by the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Wesley Hospital — 25th and Dearborn Streets. Beds : Men 14, Women 18, Children 3, Infants 3. Total 38. Cases treated, 1895, 291 ( — men, — women), 55 medi- cal, 109 surgical, 79 gynaecological, 27 obstetrical, 21 mis- cellaneous. 15 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. 124 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE, ! 11 E' Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 31. Applications, 1895, 305. 18 accepted ; 8 became nurses. Pay, $6. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly, half Sunday. Lectures on ma.ssage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A .separate Nurses' Home. Quarterly examina- tions. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 52. Gradu- ation month, December. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Mrs. Annie Hewitt Byrne. (Graduate St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago.^ The School's Motto is Faithfui.. Note — This School is controlled by the Methodist Episcopal Church, and only Protestants are admitted as nurses. Both men and women physicians are on the medical staff. Woman's Hospital — Rhodes Ave. and 32d Street. Beds: 45. Cases treated, 1896, 271. 743 Dispensary cases. 22 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Train- ing, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, 300. 40 accepted; 19 became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, 2 hours daily, 3 on Sunday, half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on ma.ssage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A separate Nurses' Home. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1883. Has graduated 90. Graduation month, — . RegivStry. Address the Supt. , Miss Lucy C. Ayers. (^Graduate of the Connecticut Training School, New Haven Hospital. ) Note — Except for its obstetrical department the Hospital is entirely surgical. Elgin — Sherman Hospital. Beds: 25. Cases treated, 1895, 174, 69 men, 44 surgical, 25 medical, 105 women, 27 surgical, 36 medical, 34 gynae- cological, 8 obstetrical. Ambulance service. 5 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 11. 5 accepted. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 9 day, 12 night. Off duty, half day and half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Annual examinations. School founded, 1896. Graduation month, September. Address the Supt., Miss Mary C. Wheeler. {Graduate of Illinois Trai?iing School, Chicago.) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the Elgin Woman's Club. Galesburg — Cottage Hospital. Beds: — Total 22. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance ser\ace. 9 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, 21 to 31. Appli- HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 125 tions, Duty , half ivalid mina- rradu- jistry. ^yrne. iiid only re on the T cases. Train- :ations, ly, $8. ly, half .assage. Home. ^. Has Address inedicut [surgical. |urgical, gytiae- nurses, months II. 5 iit. Off -weeks. ,unded, Supt. , yaining ^bulance month. Appli- cations, 1896, — . 5 accepted. Pay, $10. Duty hours, II J^. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1895. Has gradu- ated 2. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Miss Jessie C. Sutcliffe. (^Graduate of St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago. ) Peoria — Cottage Hospital. Beds: 50. Cases treated, 1895, 3^5 (194 men, 171 women), 200 surgical. Ambulance service. 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 24 to 30. Applications, 1895, 20. 6 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $8.26. Duty hours, — . Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon, and half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. " Frequent " examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 13. Graduation month, June. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Eleanor J. Coolidge. {^Graduate of the Illinois Training School^ Chicago.^ The School's Motto is: As Ye Would That Mkn Should Do To You, Do Ye Also To Them Like- wise. — St. Lnke VI: 31. Quincy — Blessing Hospital. ' Beds: 60. Cases treated, 1895, — • Ambulance service. 11 nurses, — probationers. Proba- tion, I month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, I afternoon, half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi- annual examinations. School founded, 1891. Has gradu- ated 9. Graduation month, October. Address the Supt., Miss Annie M. Jones. {^Graduate of Bellevue Hospital^ New York. ) Rockford — Rockford Hospital. Beds: 30. Cases treated, 1895, 351 (143 men, 188 women, 47 emergency cases). Ambulance service. 9 nur- ses, I probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Admissions, Spring and Fall. Applications, 1895, 21. 9 accepted ; 5 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 8. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly, and half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. A sepa- rate Nurses' Home. Lectures on massage. Instruction in 126 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Ill 1 1 '1 H iiifl i: Invalid Cookery. No obstetrical department, but vSome out- side work. School founded, 1887. Has graduated 21. Graduation month, June. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss ly. C. Glenn. {Gradiiate of the Illhiois Training School, Chicago.) INDIANA — Indianapol: - City Hospital — Margaret and Lock Streets. Beds: Men 65, Women 63, Children 7. Total 135. Cases treated, 1895, 1,613 (88 obstetric), 1,055 men. 558 women. Ambulance service (522 cases). 20 nurses, i to 3 proba- tioners. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months addi- tional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, — . Accepted, — . Pay, $4. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily and 2 half days during week. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some text-books furnished. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1883. Has graduated 67. $100 given with diploma. Address the Chief Nurse, Miss Alice Ashby. (^Graduate Indianapolis Flower Mission Traijiing School. ) South Bend — Epworth Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 8. Total 20. Cases treated, 1895 (6 mos. ), 78. Ambulance service. 9 nurses. i pro- bationer. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 31. Applications, 1896, 30. 9 accepted; 6 be- came nurses. Pay, $6. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 22 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. A sepa- rate Nurses' Home. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Graduation month, October. $15 given at graduation. Address the Supt,, Miss Margaret Brennan. {Graduate of Wesley Hospital, Chicago. ) Note — A new Hospital building will soon be erected. IOWA — Davenport — St. Luke's Hospital, 720 Brady St. Beds: 22. Cases treated, 1895, 120 (37 medical, 83 sur- gical). 20 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, i hour daily, half day weekly, half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Registry. School case given. Annual examinations. School founded, 1897. (Previously graduated, 5.) Gradua- tion month, October. Address the Supt. , Miss L. E. Turner. {Graduate of Illinois Training School, Chicago.) HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 127 IOWA — Des Moines — Cottage Hospital. Beds : Men 16, Women 10. Total 26. Cases treated, 1895, 350, (174 men, 176 women). 7 nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months addi- tional. Ages, 20 to 30, Pay, $8.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 12 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some obstet- rical ca.ses. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 2. Address the Supt., Miss M. E. Lent. (^Graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital^ Baltimore?) Independence — Iowa Hospital for the Insane. Beds: Men 550 Women 430. Total 980 (including 12 pay patients). 90 nurses (40 men, 50 women), 6 proba- tioners. Probation, 3 months. Training, 18 months addi- tional. Ages, 18 to 30 women, 21 to 30 men. 42 applicants accepted in 1895, and 24 became nurses. Pay, $15 women, $20.50 men ($20 and $30 to graduates). Duty hours, 14. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 29 men, and 45 women. Graduation month, April. Post-Graduate course. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Dr. Gershom H. Hill. The Lady Supt. is Miss Florence A. Brown. {Graduate of this School.) Note — About half the nurses on duty are graduates. Iowa City — State University of Iowa — Homeopathic Dept. — HospitaL Beds: Men 12, Women 24, Infants i, Pay patients 8, Eye and Ear 4. Total 49. Cases treated, 1895, 574 (271 men, 303 women), 133 medical, 265 surgical, 161 eye and ear, 15 obstetrical. 6 nurses, i probationer. Probation, I month. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Admission, usually, March and September. Applications, 1895, 45- 6 accepted; 2 became nurses. Pay, ^6. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, every other evening, one afternoon, and extra time on Sunday. Vacation, i month. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Will have a separate Nurses' Home by 1898. No obstetrical depart- ment, but some private and clinic cases. Post-graduate course offered. School founded, 1890, Has graduated 8. Graduation month, March, Address the Supt., Dr. Adele P. Kimball, {Gradtiate of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. ) The Allopathic Dept, will have a Training School about January, 1898, Note — Probationers pay $5 on entering, and $5 extra for massage instruction. I 128 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. ■I Tr m 1^^ I'll' i KANSAS — Kansas City — Bethany Hospital — Corner Orchard and Tenney Streets. Beds: Men 20, Women 15, Pay patients 10. Total 35. Cases treated, 1895, 320 (115 men, 205 women), 135 surgical, 90 gynaecological, 95 medical. 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 fo 30. Applications, 1895, ^5- 5 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $7. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 20 hours weekly. Vacation, i month. Text books furnished. Lec- tures on massage. No obstetrical department. Three exami- nations yearly. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1 89 1. Has graduated 15. Address the Supt, , Mrs. Mary C. King. (^Graduate of this school.^ The School's Motto is. For Jesus' Sakk. NOTK — The school is controlled by the M. E. Church. Only Methodists are eligible as probationers. Topeka — Christ's Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 12, 10 pay patients. Total 34. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 8 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Admissions, Spring and Au- tumn. Applications, 1895, — • ^ accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 8. Off duty, 4 hours daily. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. Lectures on mas- sage. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 7. Gradua- tion month, September. Address the Supt., Mrs. Fannie G. McKibben. (^Graduate of Wo^nan'' s Hospital , Philadelphia.^ Note — The School is controlled by the Woman's Guild, an Episcopal organi- zation. Jane C. Stormont Woman's Hospital — 332 Greenwood Ave. Beds: 8. Cases treated, 1895, — . 6 nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months addi- tional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, — • 4 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $11.50. Duty hours, — . Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks. No obstetrical department, but some outside cavSes. School founded, 1895. Has gradu- ated 2. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss Mary E. Williams. (^Graduate of ) KENTUCKY — Lexington — Protestant Infirmary — 259 East Short Street. Beds : Men 30, Women 24, Children 7, Reception Ward 2, Private rooms 17. Total 80. Cases treated, 1896, 113 (69 medical, 44 surgical). Ambulance service. 16 nurses, HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 129 259 rd2, 113 Irses, 3 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional (3 years if desired). Ages, 20 to 35. Applica- tions, 1896, 50, 16 accepted. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, half day, and part of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, — . Has gradu- ated 10. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Emma. E. Mathias. {Graduate Protestant Episcopal Hospital, Phila- delphia. ) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the Episcopal Church, but probationers are admitted irrespective of creed. Louisville — City Hospital — Preston and Chestnut Streets. Beds: Men 100, Women 90. Cases treated, 1896, 1,677 (1,143 nien, 532 women), 740 obstetrical. Ambulance ser- vice. 21 nurses, 12 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applica- tions, 1895, 200. II accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $5, and $75 given on graduation. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly, and 3 hours Sunday. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. An- nual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has gradu- ated 15. Graduation month. May. Address the Supt., Miss Anna M. Sweeny. {Graduate Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.) The School's Motto is NoscK Tb Ipsum. Jennie Casseday Infirmary for Women — 191 2 Sixth St. Beds: 18. Cases treated, 1895, — . 7 nurses, 2 proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1896, 10. 5 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, i afternoon and evening weekly, and 6 hours on Sunday. Vacation, i month. No obstetrical experience. Annual examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 6. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Miss Ida Beckmann. {Graduate of this School.) Note — This Hospital is exclusively surgical. John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary — 3d and Oak Sts. Beds: Men 7, Women 8, Private patients 15. Total 30. Cases treated, 1895, 348 (206 surgical, 157 medical). 16 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, unfixed period. Train- ing, 2 years, including probation. Ages, 20 to 35. Admis- sions, Spring and Fall. Applications, 1895, 40- ^4 accepted ; II became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, and half day Sunda3\ Vacation, 2 weeks. Uni- n I30 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. r< li m U ' I'i'l'' I? h lij U forms and text-books furnished. Some individual bedrooms. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 23. Graduation month, November. Address the Supt., Miss Nellie Gillette. (^Graduate of the New York Hospital.) The School Motto is I Camk Not to be Min- isTBRED Unto, But to Minister. LOUISIANA — New Orleans — Phillis Wheatley Training School— 1566 Canal Street. Beds: 30. Cases treated, 1896, — . 8 nurses, — pro- bationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 18 to 35. Admission, September to February. Fay, $ — (at present). Duty hours, — . Monthly examinations. School founded, 1896. Address the President, Mrs. vS. F, Williams, or the Dean of the New Orleans University, Dr. J. T. Newman. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Victoria Whittaker. ( Graduate of the Dixie Hospital^ Hampton , f «. ) Note — This school is for colored women. New Orleans — Touro Infirmary — Prytania Street. Beds: Men 34, Women 30, Pay patients 28. Total 92. Cases treated, 1895, 609 (161 surgical). Dispensary ca.ses, 20,922 (3,760 surgical). 15 nurses, 10 probationers. Pro- bation, I month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 24 to 35. Admission, October i. Pay, $9, Duty hours, 12, Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon weekly, part of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Annual examina- tions. School founded, 1896. Graduation month, October. Address the Supt., Miss F. M. Quaife. (^Graduate of the New York Hospital.) Note — The institution is controlled by Hebrews, but admissions are non- sectarian. MAINE — Bangor — Eastern Maine General Hospital. Beds: Men 15, Women 15. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 7 nurses, — probationers. Probation, I month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 18. 3 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, i hour daily, 4 hours Sunday, i afternoon and i evening weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks. lycctures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. No obstetrical department. Quarterly examina- tions. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 6. Graduation month, — . Registry. AddresstheSupt., Miss Ellen F. Paine. (^Graduate Massachusetts Gefieral Hospital, Boston.) HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i3x MAINE — Lewiston — Central Maine General Hospital. Beds: Men 15, Women 15, Children 4. Total 34, Cases treated, 1895, 292 (145 men, 173 women), 75 medical, 217 surgical. 517 ear, throat and nose additional. 10 nurses. I probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1896, 25. 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $9.08. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily, half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on ma.ssage. Quarterly examinations. Instruc- tion in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 13. Address the Medical Supt. , Dr. George P. Emmons. The Supt. of School is Miss Minnie M. Morse. ( Graduate of this School. ) Portland — Maine General Hospital — Arsenal Street. Beds: Men 48, Women 65, Children 6. Total 119. Cases treated, 1895, 1,060 (508 men, 552 women), 836 surgical, 204 medical. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, weekly 15 hours, and i day monthly. 31 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training in addition, 23 months. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, 208. 43 accepted ; 16 became nurses. Vacation, 2 weeks. I^ectures on massage. No obstetrical department, but some outside experience. Semi- annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1885. Has graduated 102. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Amelia L. Smith. ( Graduate of ili,U School. ) MARYLAND — Baltimore — Johns Hopkins Hospital — North Broadway. Beds : Men 1 30, Women 1 70, Children 20. Total 320. Cases treated, 1895, 3,155 (1,701 men, 1,454 women), 983 medical, 1,128 surgical, 814 gynaecological. 18,367 dis- pensary patients (369 obstetrical). Ambulance service. 16 head nurses, 64 pupil nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Admission, in the Spring. Applications, 1895, about 1,500. 60 accepted ; 30 became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 8. Off duty, 28 hours weekly. Separate Nurses' Home. Vacation, 3 weeks. Uniforms and text-books furnished. Nurses generally have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Examinations, monthly, quarterly and annually. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 1 34. 12 scholarships are awarded annually ; 8 $100 each, 4 $120 each. Graduation month, June. Regis- m 132 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. I. ,1 1 '^i try managed by Graduates' Association. Address the Supt., Miss M. A. Nutting, (Graduate of this School.) MARYLAND — Baltimore — Maryland General Hospital — Linden Avenue, north of Madison Street. Beds: Men 30, Women 50, Pay patients 26. Total 106. Ca.ses treated, 1H95, — . 21 nurses, — probationers. Pro- bation, I month. Training, 23 months additional. Appli- cations, 1895, 153. No pay. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text-books furnished. Senior nurses usually have individual Ijedrooms. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, April. Post-graduate course of i year offered. Address the Supt., Miss A. B. Morgan. {Graduate Cinchinati Training School, City Hospital.) Maryland University Hospital — Lombard and Greene Sts. Beds: Men 75, Women 30, Children 12, Pay patients 20. Total 137. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 24 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i or 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 30. Applications, 1895, 500. 12 accepted. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual bedrooms. School founded, T890. Has graduated 45. School case given. Graduation month, May. Address the Supt., Miss Janet Hale. (^Graduate of this School. ) Note — A new and much larger hospital is building. St. Agnes Hospital — Carroll Station. Beds : — . Cases treated, 1895, 608. 224 dispensary cases. 4 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1896, 6. I accepted. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, I afternoon weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Annual examina- tions. School founded, 1896, Graduation month, — . Address the Supt., Sister M. Julia. {Graduate of St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee. ) Note — The hospital is a Catholic institution, under the Sisters of Charity, but Protestant probationers are admitted. Union Protestant Infirmary — 15 14 Division St. Beds: Men 8, Women 18, Pay patients 9. Total 35. Cases treated, 1896, — . 9 nurses, i probationer. Probation, I month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 30. Applications, 1896, — . 5 accepted ; 2 became nurses. but ion, 30- rses. OD o CO a O m •< < o i' 05 i. X »W!«*»i^ n,' wj HOW TO BKCOMK A TRAINED NURSE. 133 Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10^. Off duty, 25 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. No ()1)Stetrical departnunt, hut nurses can take such a course at another hospital. School founded, 1S90. Has graduated 10. Graduation months, May and October. Address the »Supt. of Nurses, Miss J. t,. Feeley. ( Graduate 0/ Johns Jhpkins Hospital, lialtimore. ) NoTK — Only I'rotcHtantH are eliKit>l<^ ns prubationcrit. MASSACHUSETTS — Boston — Boston Almshouse and Hospital Training School for "Nurse- Attendants" — Long Island, Boston Harbor. Beds: Men 88, Women 228, Infants 18. Total 334. Cases treated, 1895, 953 (43° men, 523 women). 5,146 Dis- pensary. 24 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 11 months additional. Ages, 23 to 40. Applica- tions, 1895, 35- 30 accepted ; 18 became nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 1 hour daily, 4 on vSunday and 48 hours once a month off the island. No vacation. Head luirses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Three examinations yearly. School founded, 1895. ^as graduated 13. Post-Graduate cour.se, 6 months. Pay, $25 per month. Address the Resident Physician, Dr. C. H. Cogswell, or the Supt. of Nurses, Miss K. A. McPhail. {Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Lying- in Hospital. ) Boston City Hospital — Harrison Ave. Beds: 320 men, 250 women, 130 children. Total 700. A contagious department, but no obstetrical. Cases treated in 1895, 4,298 men (1,989 medical), 2,130 women (1,217 medical), 462 children under 5. Contagious department, 850. 17,740 out-patients, cases treated at the Convalescent Home not included. Extensive ambulance service. 113 nurses, 12 probationers. Ages, 23 to 35. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Applications, 1895,644. 73 accepted , 57 became nurses. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 29^ hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cook- ery. Annual examinations. A separate Nurses' Home. (Some) text-books furnished. Almost all nurses have indi- vidual bedrooms. Post-Graduate Course for school's own graduates. School founded, 1878. Has graduated 435. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Lucy L. Drown. {^Gradu- ate of this School. ) Note — Nurses must purchase shoes of pattern prescribed by the hospital. Ife 134 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. J!t,,.' ' I ISV fi MASSACHUSETTS — Boston Lying-in Hospital — 24 McLean Street. Beds : — . Cases treated, 1895, 524- — nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 14 mouths addi- tional. Ages, 23 to 35, Applications, 1895, — . Accepted, — . Pay, $11.90. Duty hours, — , Off duty, — . Vacation, — . Examinations, — . School founded, 1888. Has gradu- ated 104. A Post-Graduate course. Apply to the Supt. of Ho.spital, Mrs. E. J. A. Higgins. The Supt. of School is Miss Mary ly. Keith. {Graduate of ) Carney Hospital — Old Harbor Street — South Boston. Beds : Men 100, Women 100. Total 200. Cases treated, 1896, 2,479 (1,017 men, 1,462 women), 841 surgical, 569 gynaecological, i ,069 medical. Dispensary patients, 30,652, viz: 10,585 surgical, 2,607 medical, 7,741 eye, 3,016 ear, 1,827 throat, 1,057 orthopedic, 1,660 skin, 2,159 gynaeco- logical. 28 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 21 to 30, Applica- tions, 1895, 99. 13 accepted. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. Lectures on massage. Obstetrical experience gained at another hospital. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated — . Address the Supt. , Sister Gonzaga. {Graduate of this School. ) Note — This school is controlled by the Sisters of Charity, but admits Protestant nurses. Children's Hospital — Huntington Avenue. 100 beds. Cases treated in 1895, 707 (and 2,755 in the Out- Patient department), 415 boys (137 medical), 292 girls (122 medical). 20 nurses, — probationers. Ages, 18 to 30. Admission during \ ay. Probation, i month. Training, additional 33 months. Applications in 1895, 150; accepted 15, 9 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 8. Off duty, weekly, 16 hours. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on mas- sage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Monthly examina- tions. Uniforms furnished. All have individual bedrooms. School founded, 1884. Has graduated 60, The Hospital is in charge of the "Sisters of St. Margaret," an Episcopal order whose chief work is nursing, but probationers are admitted regardless of creed. Graduation month, June. Address the Lady Superintendent, Sister Caroline. Note — In the-last year of training, nurses also have four months' instruction in the Infants' Hospital, 37 Blossom Street, and four months in the private hospital in charge of the Sisters of St. Margaret. Each applicant must send a recent photograph of herself. Wli ,■■ -•■<■■- a] i J: i 1 IN THE CHILDREN'S WARD, Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston. I .. ^ 2 i:.''1 n. *>- B I^ « IfM n i,( 'it A'H m, \] I sc te 63 ai in H B 17 tr< sa: re( tic Of Ui foi H( Ge /// N niz( de] 6p ing cep 16: Ins is J ha\ gra HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 135 MASSACHUSETTS — Boston — Infants' Hospital ~ 37 Blossom Street. 1 7 beds. Essentially medical — has a few surgical cases. No obstetrical department. Cases treated in 1895, 147 (118 medical), and 2,048 out-patients. 9 nurses. Only graduates " from some well-recognized school" admitted — February i and October 15. Training term, 3^ to 4 months. No pay. $35 allowed for personal expenses. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, weekly, 16 hours. Ex- amination at end of course. Uniforms furnished. Most nurses have individual bedrooms. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 18. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss C. W. Cayford. {Graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston?) Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary — 176 Charles Street. Beds: Men 43, Women 40, Children 15. Total 98. Cases treated, 1896, 1,197 (695 nien, 502 women). 20,904 Dispen- sary patients. 15 nurses, — probationers. (No probation required.) Training, 4 months. Ages, 25 to 40. Applica- tions, 1896, 44. 18 accepted. Pay, $15. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon and evening weekly. Uniforms furnished. Examination every 4 months. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 20. Address the Supt, of Hospital, Dr. Farrar Cobb. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Gertrude E. Everts. {Graduate Massachusetts General Hos- pital, Boston.^ Note — The course is open only to nurses holding diplomas from some recog- nized school. A new Hospital building is erecting. Massachusetts General Hospital — Blossom St. Beds: 142 men, 117 women. Total 259. No obstetrical department. Cases treated in 1895, 3,749 (2,266 men, 1,483 women), 1,299 medical, 2,450 surgical, 112 children, 29,000 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service. 76 nurses, 6 probationers. Ages, 23 to 35. Probation, i month. Train- ing, additional 23 months. Applications, 1895, 840; ac- cepted, — . Pay, $12. Duty hours, 1354^. Off duty, weekly, 16 hours or more. Vacation, 3 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Cookery for Invalids. All class instruction is given in duty hours. Quarterly examinations. Nurses have individual bedrooms. School founded, 1873. Has graduated 399. Address the Supt. , Miss Maria B. Brown. {Graduate of this School.) V^TH *j,i its t I T ^ f**! !P I ^3 ' 'I ' n .. I '. Massachusetts CharitaGLe Eye and Ear InfirmarY \'](^ Qiarles Street^ Boston,«> post-(Jraduate Sraipip^ Sel^ool A POST-GRADUATE course has been established at the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary for special work in diseases and care of eye and ear cases. No other and similar hospital affords better or more varied training in its specialty than this, and nurses who desire a thorough, all-round experience should not fail to avail them- selves of it. Graduates from any regular two years' training school are received. The number which can be received does not exceed twenty, hence application should be made as long in advance as possible. The course consists of four months' practical work in the ophthalmic and aural wards and out-patient clinics. (There is no probationary term.) Lectures are given each week by members of the hospital staff. Fifteen dollars per month is allowed for expenses, and uniforms are furnished free. During the year ending November 1st, I896, 1,197 patients were treated in the house, a daily average of 75. In the out- patient departments there were 20,904 new patients. Total new and old patients, 61,479. The new hospital building will be finished early in 1 899, to take the place of the present one, which is much too small for the large number of patients treated. Application may be made to Dr. FARRAR COBB, Super- intendent of the Hospital, for circulars containing detailed in- formation of the course. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 137 itients out- Total puper- td in- Any graduate desiring proficiency in care of cases of nervous and mental diseases can enter the McLean Hospital Training School, Waverley, Mass., for one year. Dioloma will be given by that school also. Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital — East Concord St. Beds: 156 (of which 6 for children). No obstetrical de- partment, but each nurse has two months' experience in such work in connection with the Dispensary. Cases treated in 1895, 1,191. Ambulance service. 44 nurses, 4 proba- tioners. Ages, 23 to 35. Probation, 2 months. Training, additional 2 years. Applications, 1895, 97; accepted, 26. Pay, $8.75. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, i hour daily, 5 hours Sunday, and half day each week. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Quarterly examinations. School case given. School founded, 1885. Has graduated 1 2 1 . Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Alice A. Griswold. {Graduate of the Homeopathic Hospital^ Pittsburgh.^ New England Hospital for Women and Children - Dimock Street. Beds: Women 94, Children 6, Babies 20. Total 120. Cases treated in 1895, 59^ (surgical 172, medical 231, ob- stetrical 193). 20 nurses, — probationers. Ages, 21 to 35. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Applications, 1895, 20. 10 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly and half day Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Each nurse has 2 months' Dispensary work. A Post-Graduate course offered. Bi- monthly examinations. Head nurses have individual bed- rooms. District nursing is done. School founded, 1863. Has graduated — . Address the Supt., Miss C. D. Noyes. {Graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital. ) (All the physicians of this hospital are women.) St. Elizabeth's Hospital — 61 West Brookline Street. Beds : 80, all for women. (Gynaecology is the specialty of this hospital.) Cases treated in 1895, — . 22 nurses, i or 2 probationers. Ages, 21 to 33. Proba- tion, 6 months. Training, additional 30 months. Applica- tions, 1895, 54. 12 accepted; 10 of whom became nurses. Pay, $8.67. Duty hours, 12, and 12 off duty weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Lectures on massage. Nurses go out, also, on obstetric cases. An- iji 138 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. W"-i ■• 1*1^. ]ti Im .:«P'!f iW" nual examinations. School founded in 1895. Post-Graduate course. Address the Supt. , Miss Susan M. Foley. (Gradu- ate of the Boston City Hospital. ) The School's Motto is Charity. Note — This School is controlled by a Catholic order the Sisters of St. Francis, but Protestants are admitted as probationers. Brockton — Brockton Hospital. Beds: Men 10, Women 10. Children 2, Pay patients 4. Total 26. Cases treated, 1895, — • 6 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Applications, 1895, 20; 4 accepted. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, i hour daily, i after- noon and evening weekly, 4 hours on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Obstetrical experience only in outside work. Semi-annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded 1897. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Grace B. Beattie. {Graduate of Massachusetts General Hospital, Bosto7i.) Brookline — Free Hospital for Women — Pond Avenue and Glen Road. Beds : 30. Cases treated, 1895,261. 10 nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 9 months addi- tional. Ages, 2 1 to 35. Admission, October I. Applications, 1895, 40. 16 accepted; 10 became nurses. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily for 4 days, half day weekly, 6 hours Sunday. All have individual bedrooms. No obstetrical department. Quarterly examinations. School founded 1895. Graduation month, July. Address the Supt., Miss H. J. Ewin. (Graduate Afitia f agues Hospital, Ncw- buryport, Mass.) Note— Thi.s School is open only to graduate nurses. The Hospital is exclusively surgical. Clinton — Clinton Hospital. Beds: 5 men. 10 women, 3 pay patients. Total i8. Cases treated 1895, 62 (27 men, 35 women), 27 medical, 35 surgical. 10 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 30. Admis.sion in June. Applications, 1895, ^5 ." 5 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 13^^. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Outside obstetrical experi- ence. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded 1893. Has graduated 8. Graduation month, June. Registry. lai. «■■«: HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. '39 Address the Matron, Mrs. M. E. Rollins. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Ella Freeze. {Graduate of this School.) The School's Motto is Ich Dikn. Fall River — Emergency Hospital (Home Training School for Nurses) — loi Rock Street. Beds: Men 7, Women 4, Children 4. Total 15. Cases treated 1895, 89 (and 170 dispensary), 56 si^'-y^ical, 33 medical. 25 nurses, — probationers. Probation, j months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applica- tions, 1896, 21. 10 accepted. Pay, $7.92. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon weekly, and half Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms (4) furnished. Lectures on massage. Outside obstetrical experience. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examina- tions. School founded 1894. Has graduated 4. Registry. Address the Supt. pro tern, Miss Abbie A. Bliss. {Gradu- ate Boston City Hospital.) NoTK — This Hospital is Surgical and P^mergency. Fall River Hospital — 490 Prospect Street. Beds: Men 15, Women 20. Total 35. Cases treated 1896, 180 (76 men, 104 women), 102 medical, 148 surgical. 10 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1896, 6. All accepted and became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon weekly, 4 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on Massage. Annual examinations. School founded 1888. Has graduated 13. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss M. M. Brownrigg. {Graduate Lowell General Hospital.) Fitchburg — Burbank Hospital. Beds: 30 (4 for children). Cases treated, 1895, 155 (64 medical, 4 obstetric, 87 surgical (25 accidents). Ambulance service. 4 to 6 nurses, i or 2 probationers. Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 21 to 33. Applications, 1895, 17. 6 accepted; 3 became nurses. Pay, |8. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly, 3 to 5 hours on Sunday. Vacation, 3 weeks. Uni- forms and text-books furnished. Lectures on mas.sage. Ob- stetric experience, emergency cases in private rooms, and district nursing. Quarterly examinations. School founded 1894. Has graduated 3. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt., Miss Elizabeth Sumner. {Graduate of the IVal- tham, Mass., Training School.) Mi 'a I40 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i!t( I H;|''l V' M . 1 MASSACHUSETTS — Holyoke — Holyoke City Hospital. Beds: Men 17, Womeu 17, Pay patients, 9. Total 43. Cases treated, 1895, 168. 98 medical, 70 surgical, 95 women, 73 men. Ambulance service. 12 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 20 to 32. Applications, 1895, 14. — accepted; 6 be- came nurses. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, weekly, half day, i evening, and i hour daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded 1893. Has gradu- ated 8. Graduation month, October, Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss C. E. Tower. {Graduate 0/ the House oj Mercy {Bishop Memorial School), Pittsjield, Mass.) The School's Motto is Ut Prosim. Lawrence — Lawrence General Hospital — 133 Methuen St. Beds: Men 14, Women 14, Children 2. Total 30. Cases treated in 1895, 283 (163 men, 120 women), iii medical, 172 surgical. 10 nurses, — probationers. Ages, 22 to 35. Proba- tion, 2 months. Training, additional 22 months. Applications, 1895, — • Accepted, — ; 5 of whom became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, weekly, i afternoon, i evening, i hour every other day, 4 hours Sunday. Vacations, 2 weeks. Admissions, July and December. Textbooks are furnished. L^ectures on massage. No obstetrical department. Semi-annual examinations. School founded 1882. Has graduated 46. Registry, Instruction in Cookery for Invalids, A separate Nurses' Home. Address the Supt. , Miss Ida A, Nutter. ( Graduate Boston City Hospital. ) Note — School is under control of the Ladies' Union Charitable Society. Lowell — Lowell General Hospital — Varnum Avenue. Beds: Men 15, Women 20, Private Patients, 9. Total 44. Cases treated in 1895, 220 (74 medical). 12 nunses, — pro- bationers. Applications received in June, July and August. Ages, 20 to 35. Number accepted 1895, 6; all of whom became nurses. Pay, $8.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily and 2 afternoons weekly. All have individual bedrooms. Vacation, 2 weeks. Instruction in Cookery for invalids. Annual examinations. Graduation month, June, School case given if possible. School founded 1893. Has graduated 6. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss M. K. Phillips, {Graduate of the Kingston {Canada) General Hospital, and of the Post - Gradjiate Course, N. Y. Cancer Hospital. ) mm HOW TO BKCOME A TRAINED NURSE. X4I le. al44- pro- gust, whom duty, idual ry for June. Has K. eneral Cancer MASSACHUSETTS — Lowell — St. John's Hospital — Bartlett St. Beds: Men 25, Women and Children 50. Total 75. Cases treated in 1895, 823 (384 men, 439 women), medical, 420, obstetric, 17. Ambulance service. 15 nurses, 2 probationers. Ages, 23 to 35. Probation period, 2 months. Training, additional 22 months. Appli- cations, 1895, 50. 12 accepted; 9 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. A .separate Nurses' home. No obstetrical department. Quarterly examinations. School founded 1893. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, De- cember. Post-Graduate Cour.se. Addre.ss the Supt. , Sister- Superior Camilla. ( Graduate of this School. ) Note — This School i3 under control of the Catholic Sisters of Charity, but Protestants are admitted as nurses. Lynn — Lynn Hospital — Boston Street. Beds : 52. Cases treated, 1895, 551 (325 men, 226 women), 209 medical, 339 surgical, 6,556 Dispen.sary patients (905 gynaecological, 905 eye and ear). Ambulance service. 9 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 30. 4 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $10.50. Duty hours, 13. OfT duty, 23 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual rooms. School founded 1884. Has gradu- ated 36. Graduation month — . School case given. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Rose L. Brainard. {^Graduate of this School.) Maiden — Maiden Hospital. Beds : Men 16, Women 16, Children 4. Total 36. Cases treated, 1895, 183. Men 76 (23 medical). Women 107 (36 medical). No obstetrical department, but some outside work. 16 nurses, 3 probationers. Ages, 25 to 35. Probation, i month. Training, additional 23 months. Applications in 1895, 14- 8 accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, i hour daily, i afternoon, and 4 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furni.shed in part. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruction in Cookery for invalids. Examinations semi-annually. School founded 1893. Has graduated 12, Month of graduation — . Address the Supt., Miss Jeanie E. Whitmore. {Graduate of Salem, Mass., Hospital.) Note — The practice of this hospital is both Allopathic and Homeopathic. m' H» HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. m U9 ■' ■ MASSACHUSETTS — Melrose — Melrose Hospital. Beds: Men 4, Women 17, Infants 2. Private Rooms 5. Total 28. Cases treated, 1895, —. 14 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Train- ing, 22 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 15. 7 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $9.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furni.shed. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. vSchool founded, 1894. Has gradu- ated 4. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Mi.ss L. I, Des Bri.say. {Graduate Nnvton {Mass.) Hospital.) The Motto of the School is Tkmpus Fugit. Newburyport — Anna Jaques Hospital. Beds: 18. Cases treated, 1895, 117 (75 men), 71 medi- cal, 46 surgical, 64 women. 6 nurses, i or 2 probationers. Ages, 23 to 35. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Applications, 1895, 7. 5 accepted ; 2 became nurses. Pay, $10.50. Duty hours, 13. OiT duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks. Aprons and caps furnished. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department, but some outside work. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 18. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt., Miss Sarah A. ly. Tirrell. ( Graduate of Boston City Hospital. ) Newton — (P. 0. Newton Lower Falls) Newton Hospital. Beds : Men 20, Women 20, Children 20, Children under 2, 8, Pay patients 14. Total 82. Cases treated, 1895, 614 (Men 282). Medical 385, surgical 177, obstetrical 28. Ambulance service. 20 nurses, 8 probationers. Ages, 23 to 35. Probation, i month. Training, additional 35 months. Applications in 1895, 140. 18 accepted; 12 be- came nurses. Pay, $10, Duty hours, 9. Off duty, 2 hours daily, 2 afternoons each week. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Uniforms furnished. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Examinations, — . School founded, 1890. Has graduated 52. Graduation month, June. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Annie McDowell. ( Graduate of the London Hospital. ) New Bedford — St. Luke's Hospital. Beds : Men 20, Women 20, Children 4, private rooms 6. Total 50. Cases treated, 1896, 503 (252 men, 251 women), 119 medical (13 obstetric), 384 surgical (63 emergency). 14 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 3 months. Train- R. HOW TO BKCOMK A TRAINED NURSE. M3 iiig, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 17^ hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. School founded, 1884. Has graduated 20. Address the Supt., Miss Je.SvSie I. Howard. (^Graduate of this School. ) North Adams — North Adams Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 10, 10 private rooms. Total 32. Cases treated, 1895, 346 (139 men, 207 women), i66 surgical, 180 medical (20 ob.stetric), 39 gynaecological. Ambulance service. 18 nurses, 2 probationers. Proba- tion, I month. Training, 2 years. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1.S96, 27. ir accepted; 4 became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day Sunday. Vacation, 3 weeks. One uniform furnished. Annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 14. (Graduation month, September. Address the Chairman of the School, Mrs. John liracewell. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Ida 13. Pike. {Graduafi' of N. V. City Hospital.) Note — Both schools of medicine practise at this hospit.il. North Dan vers — Danvers Lunatic Hospital. Beds: 1,000. Cases treated, 1895, Men 681, Women 687. Total 1,368. 52 nurses, 4 probationers. Ages, between 23 and 35. Probation, i or 2 months. Training, additional 2 years. Applications, 1895, 75. 45 accepted, of whom 30 became nurses. Pay, $16. Duty hours, 12 or 14. Off duty, 3 hours daily. Vacation, ist year, 2 weeks, 2d year, three. Some nurses have individual bedrooms. (A Nurses' Home is building. ) Lectures on ma.ssage. But few surgical cases. No obstetrical department, but an occa.sional case, and l-^ctures on the subject. Quarterly examinations. Gradua- tion month, June. School founded 1889. Has graduated 28. Post-Graduate Course. Address the Supt., Miss Grace G. Pillsbury. ( Graduate Boston City Hospital. ) Pittsfield — House of Mercy Hospital. — (Henry W. Bishop, 3d Memorial Training School. ) Beds: Men — , Women — , Children 9. Total 58. Cases treated in 1895, 337 (173 men), 164 medical and 116 surgi- cal, 199 women (obstetrical and gynaecological 74). Ambulance service. 20 nurses, 2 or 3 probationers. Ages, 20 to 25. Probation, 3 months. Training, additional 23 months. Applications, 1895, — . 32 accepted; 19 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12^. Off duiy, ig>^ hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text- m\ Hi., ■ ( •^ ^^ .^^>. A^ V«>'»''1'V?' IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) / // Y o ..^- .^ f/. Z ^ 1.0 I.I 1.25 1^ 1^ ■3.2 2.2 " i;a lllllio 11= 1-4 il.6 % y] '<3 f ^ ^ '^y ^ o '^W 7 /A Photographic Sciences Corporation ■^ fV (V « ip o :v 6^ 'V % <^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 •^ k, '^^ ^ ^ o ^ . If! !^» The North Adams m .Hospital though one of the smaller hospitals of Massachusetts, will compare favorably with many much larger, in the vital points of successful "-urgery and low death-rate. Its location, in a manufacturing and railroad centre, naturally results in bringing it a large number of surgical cases, thereby giving its nurses excellent training in this branch of work, as well as in general medical cases. In surroundings it is especially favored, being upon the hillside overlooking the city, yet within half a mile of the centre of business. Thus its buildings are open on all sides to air and light — making it an ideally healthful and cheer- ful residence for nurses while acquiring their training. The course is two years, and the excellent records of the nurses graduated proves that a small hospital with a variety of cases may give more individual training (and hence a better equipment for subsequent independent work) than a large one. Candidates for admission to the Training School must be between twenty-two and thirty-fiv^e, of good education and character and vigorous health. Without this last no one can hope to succeed in a profession which makes great demands alike on bodily vigor, mental poise, and personal force. Only the best is good enough for the sacred work of nursing the sick. For such there is always "room at the top " — or at this school — and there is noi room for any others. Those who think they can come up to the requirements may address, for circular of detailed information, Miss IDA B. PIKE, the Superintendent^ or, Mrs. JOHN BRACEWELL, Chairman of the Training School Conunittee. z o ^ » I o (0 ■5 ct-' m z > o y.:**' g Hp ^H ^KpL/l ^*W W!f- I};;.,,; ^ ■;■' .'t'ck ',;.;' .. mi' 1 y.»;> ' JS.J r-i |»M.jf^ nBH m& IIM 'itW .1 f T'he House of Mercy Hospital, PITTSFIELD, Mass. is one of the Cottage Hospitals. Almost, if not quite, the first of these to organize a Training School for Nurses as a part of its management, it now has numerous graduates doing most excellent work in Pittsfield and sur- rounding cities. This School offers many advantages for the training of nurses. Its single rooms and small wards give the nurse practical work as nearly as possible like what will come to her later in the homes of her patients. Her work is varied — excellent surgeons bring to her care patients who have had most difficult and delicate operations, requiring careful and skilled attention. Obstetrical patients afford her work of that important class. The care of acute medical diseases educates her power of observation, her quickness to meet emergencies, and \ er skill of touch. In the care of chronic diseases she leirns thoughtful consideration for the weariness of body and the impatiert fietfulness of worn-out nerves, which comes to humanity which has had lonj; suffering. Skilled oculists have a well-attended diiic every day — patients who need operative work or frequent attention remaining in the hospital in are of the nurses. The young woman who thinks she wants to be a nurse should be sure before entering her application that she does not want to fill any other position, and that she does want to care for the sick. If she faints easily, if she has frequent headaches, if she is nervous, if she finds it hard to be directed, if she is accustomed to say " I forgot," if little or large things fret her easily, if she feels that in the past she has not been appreciated, if she has been a member of some other school — she is not wanted in this hospital. Whatever advantages of education or culture a woman has had will be of service to her as a nurse. If what she has so far done in life has been well done — whether it has been to learn or to teach — in the schoolroom or at home — she will be the better nurse for the discipline. Applicants must be between 20 and 25 years old. Address Mrs. S. N. RUSSELL, Chairman of Training School Gnnmittee at the HospitaL \Vi ''^m 146 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. <■ - books furnished. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Cookery for invalids. For obstetric experience the nurses go to the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Maternity Hospital. Examin- ations, — . School founded, 1884. Has graduated 106. Graduation month, August. Address Mrs. S N. Rus.sell, 781 North St., Pittsfield, Mass. The Supt. of the School is Miss Anna G. Clement. {Gtadiiaie 0/ the Conn. Training School — New Haven Hospital.^ Quincy — City Hospital. Beds: Men 13, Women 6, Children 2, Pay patients 4. Total 25. Cases treated, 1895, 197 (103 men), medical 96, surgical loi. 6 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 2 months. Train- ing, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35, Applications, 1895, 12. 5 accepted ; 2 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10^. Off duty, half day weekly, i evening weekly, 13^ hours week days, 4 hours Sunday, Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. No obstetrical department. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 12. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt., Miss Blanche M. Thayer. {^Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.) Roxbury — (Boston) — Woman's Charity Club Hospital — Parker Hill Avenue. Beds : 25, all women. Cases treated, 1895, — . 18 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Train- ing, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, $8.90. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, weekly, i hour daily, 2 on Sun- day, I afternoon each week. Vacation, 2 weeks. Instruc- tion in Invalid Cookery. No obstetrical department, but outside experience in second year. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1896. Address the Resident Physician, Dr. Mary Paulsen. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Mabel I. Walsh. {Graduate Boston City Hospital.) The School's Motto is To Bk of Use. Note — This hospital is surgical only. Salem — Salem Hospital. Beds : Men 19, Women 2:, Infants 3, 7 private. Total 50. Cases treated, 1894, 295 (150 men), 153 medical, 142 surgical (15 obstetrical). Ambulance service. 10 nurses, i probationer. Ages, 23 to 35. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Applications, 1895, 35- 12 accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, o ■n ? z : c a X W 2 -"^ 1 CD — << to I y o i- 2 .'" 2 2 ° V 2 ? > r CO o 1 o o r ID X o c T) O z c X m en — >< (fl I ■0 o a 1 m r tn o I o o <««^ ♦ ■ ^.p- ■- ^'^mi ^ , 1 ^l;illl . ■•.-;;■ ^ '^^Kj^KaC^jflQB;' E:; 1 ■ v^t^^j«4BHlFllTO''-^ , 1 • KmvBPBr^- \^ i^v ii. i^ ^^^^^^^i^^^lKv''- 1 ^m «-^^^H ■';■,_■>, ■ . - '• ''.'__' ■, • ■ - ^^^^^HVi^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H M WM ■i-'t i5»<: ii ='*« \U' II K: II P' llnlml fHS i| «^ i 3 4 ai C( 3 P< H (< St in an be 2 ti( L< fo St ti( A b( I Iv HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 147 $12. Duty hours, i2>4. Off duty, 16 hours weekly. Vaca- tion, 3 weeks. Text-books furni.shed first year. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Examinations quarterly. At graduation a case of in.struments and a badge are given. School founded, 1880. Has graduated 48. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Martha P. Parker. (^Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.) The School's Motto is Officio Fidkus. Somerville — Somerville Hospital. Beds: Men 10, Women 10, Children 7, Private rooms 11. Total 38. Cases treated, 1895, 301 (112 men, 156 women, 33 children), 68 surgical, 171 medical, 12 obstetric. 346 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service. 21 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 50. 14 ac- cepted ; 13 became nurses. Pay, $10.50, Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon, 2 evenings. Vacation, 3 weeks, Lectures on massage. Outside obstetrical ex- perience. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 8. Address the Supt., Miss E. J. Gordon. ( Graduate Boston City Hospital. ) South Framingham — Framingham Hospital — Winthrop Street. Beds: — . Cases treated, 1895, — . — nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months, ing, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 40, and September, Applications, 1895, 26. became nurses. Pay, $9.50, Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon and evening, half Sunday, Vaca- tion, 4 weeks. Uniforms and most text-books furnished. Lectures on massage. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1893, Has graduated 12, Graduation month, June, Registry, Address the Supt,, Miss Annabel L- Stewart, {Graduate of this School.) Springfield — Springfield Hospital. Beds: Men 21, Women 21, Children 3, Infants 3, Pay- patients 2. Total 50. Cases treated, 1895, 355 (196 men, 135 women), 196 medical, 135 surgical. 16 nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1896, 8; all accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, I afternoon and evening, i hour daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department. Three Train- Admission, March 1 8 accepted ; all ^v X48 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURvSE. hI^P' mi ii Bftv mi "■^ examinations annually. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1884. Has graduated — . Graduation month, December. Registry. Addre.ss the vSupt., Miss lyUcy G. Fi.sk, {Gradtiate City Hospital, Worcester, Mass.) NoTK — A physical exaiiiiiiatioii is recjuired of probationers. Taunton — Morton Hospital. Beds : Men — , Women — . Total 20. Cases treated in 1895, 200 (40 medical). 6 nurses, i or 2 probationers. Ages, 20 to 35. Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Applications, 1895, 12. 3 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $10 Duty hours, 11 daily. Off duty, 15 weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department, but some private ca.ses outside. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 17. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Ella Sears. {Graduate St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, Mass.) Tewksbury — State Almshouse Hospital. Beds: Men 250, Women 122, Children 10, Infants 20. Total 402. Cases treated, 1896, 3,106, 2,468 medical (1,583 men, 885 women), 105 obstetric, 658 surgical (503 men, 155 women). Ambulance service. 21 nur.ses, i probationer. Probation, 3 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 25. Applications, 1896, 40. 19 accepted; 4 became nurses. Pay, $20. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, i afternoon weekly, i Sunday each month. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. All have individual bedrooms. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 8. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Dr. H. B. Howard. The Supt. of School is Miss Clara V. Stevens. {Graduate Massachtisetts General Hospital, Bosto7i.) Waver ley — McLean Hospital for the Insane. Beds: Men 80, Women 80. Total 160. Cases treated, 1895, 270. 98 nurses (53 women, 45 men). Probationers, I to 6 men, 2 to 8 women. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 80 men, 57 women. Accepted, 53 men, 30 women; 16 men and 17 women became nurses. Pay, men $26, women $17.33. Graduates receive : men $30, women $25. Duty hours, men 15, women i^%. Off duty, weekly — . Vacation, 2 weeks (graduates have three). Nurses have individual bedrooms. I,ectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. No IT] HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 149 m obstetrical department. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1882. Has graduated 69 men and 162 women. Address the Medical Supt., Dr. Edward Cowles. The Supt. of the Training School is Miss Lucia E. Woodward. (Graduate of this School.) Note — Women graduates of this School can also graduate from the Massachu- setts General Hospital, Boston, after one-year's training there. Worcester — City Hospital . Beds: Men 76, Women 50, Pay-patients 7, Isolation Ward, 6. Total 139. Cases treated, 1895, 1,576 (1,179 men, 341 women), 1,021 .surgical (600 accident ca.ses), 499 medi- cal, 43 obstetrical. Ambulance service. 30 nur.ses, 3 or 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years ad- ditional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 50. 26 ac cepted ; 18 became nurses. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 14 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished in part. Lectures on massage. Nurses have one- month' s service at contagious diseases hospital. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A Nunses' Home is building. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1882. Has graduated 90. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Dr. C. A. Peabody. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Rachel A. Metcalfe. {Graduate of this School.) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the city government. Worcester — City Hospital — Male Training School. 3 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Pay, $22. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 12 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Semi- annual examinations. School founded, — . Has graduated 2. Address the Supt. , Dr. Chas. A. Peabody. Note — This is the only general hospital in New England which has a school for male nurses. MICHIGAN — Ann Arbor — University of Michigan Hos- pitaL Beds: Men 38, Women 38, Maternity Ward 5. Total 81. Private Ambulance service. Cases treated, 1894, 1.502 (869 men, 633 women), 349 surgical (236 men, 113 women), 243 medical, 803 eye, ear, etc., 833 gynaecological, 142 nervous. 12 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Train- ing, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1895, 24. 6 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $5.40. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, i day weekly. Vacation, 3 months (Summer). Semi-annual examinations. School i jhe Worcester Training School for Nurses. A Department of the City Hospital, of WORCESTER, Hass., receives pupils from 23 to 35 years old, as vacancies occur. The training comprises didactic and practical instruction in the work of the medical, surgical and obstetrical wards, as well as actual experi- ence in the care of the various contagious diseases. The latter is an exceedingly valuable adjunct to a nurse's course of study, and is found at but few hospitals. In addition to the practical work in the wards, the regular recitations, and an extensive lecture course, the Diet Kitchen, the Out-Patient Service, and the special work and training of the Operating Room combine to make the course especially valuable and complete. The "fracture experience" gained by the pupils' attendance on the 600 accident cases received yearly is ex- ceedingly valuable. Applicants must present satisfactory evidence of sound health, good character and fair education ; and must possess marked ability to be accepted as pupils. The Hospital also offers similar training to a limited number of young men desirous of becoming nurses, and is the only general hospital in New England having such a department. For further information, application may be made to Df. CHARLES A. PEABODY, the Supertntendent of the City Hospital, WORCESTER, Mass. HOW TO imCOME A TRAINED NURSE. 151 spitalf founded, 1891. Has graduated 19. Graduation month, — . Registry. Address Mr. H. W. Clark, Supt. of Hospital, or Dr. Wm. J. Herdman. The Lady Supt. is Miss Anna R. Harrison. {Graduate of this School. ) Ann Arbor — University of Michigan Hospital (Homeo- pathic). Beds : 23. Cases treated, 1896, 411 (175 men, 236 women), 239 medical ( 1 9 ob.stetric ) , 172 surgical (87 gynaecological). Ambulance service. 5 nurses, 2 probationers. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, $4.16. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, half day weekly, i hour daily, 3 on Sunday. Vacation, 3 months. Lectures on Mas.sage. School founded, 1894. Has gradu- ated 2. Graduation month, June. Registr>'. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Mr. Q. A. Turner. The Head Nurse is Miss Ella Cumberland, {Graduate Grace Hospital, Detroit.) Detroit — Harper Hospital — John R. Street — (Farrand Training School.) Beds: Men 55, Women 55. Total no. Cases treated, 1895, 1,692. 1,093 surgical (554 men, 539 women), 599 medical (358 men, 241 women), 375 gynaeco- logical, 99 contagious, 2,364 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service (535 cases) . 30 nurses, 10 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 25 to 35. Admission, April, May, October and November. Applications, 1895, — . 39 accepted; 21 became nurses. No pay. ($100 given third year.) Duty hours, 8. Off duty, — hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms, shoes and text books furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1883. Has graduated 126. School case given. Graduation month, April. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss S. L. Rutley. ( Graduate of this School. ) Note — School is under control of the Presbyterian Church. Grace (Homeopathic) Hospital — Cor. John R. St. and Willis Ave. Beds: Men 40, Women 42, Children 12. Pay 28. Total 122. Cases treated, 1895, 987. 4,53 men (196 medical, 247 surgical), 534 women (162 medical, 169 surgical, 164 gynaecological, 26 obstetric). Dispensary patients, 2,026. Ambulance service (415 cases). 34 nurses, — probationers. Probation 2 months. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, mm 152 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 21 1035. Admission, January and July. Applications, 1895, 600. 39 accepted; 12 became nurses. A separate Nurses' Home. No pay. ($100 given at graduation.) Duty hours, 9 day, 12 night. Off duty, half day and half Sunday. Vacation, i month. (Exceptionally proficient graduates can tak'fe third year study.) Uniforms furnished. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 90. Graduation months, January and July. Post-Graduate course for its own graduates. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Margaret Fleming, {Graduate of this School.) The School's Motto is EvKR level, ever tt?ue. Note. —Although the Hospital is Homeopathic, private patients can have doctors of their own school. Grace (Homeopathic) Hospital — Male Training School. 4 nurses. Probation, 2 months. Training, 18 months ad- ditional. Ages 21 to 35. Pay, $1 1. School has graduated 4. Address the Supt. , Miss Margaret Fleming. {Graduate of this School. ) Grand Rapids — Butter worth Hospital — Cor. Bridge and Bostwick Sts. Beds: 60. Cases treated, 1895, 395 (104 medical, 105 surgical, 158 gynaecological, 28 miscellaneous). 22 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Train- ing, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 108. 12 accepted. Pay, $7. Duty hours, 12%. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some text books furnished. Lectures on massage. No special obstetrical department. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 189 1. Has gradu- ated 24. Graduation month, April. Address the Supt., Miss Jessie Blair. {Graduate Illinois Training School^ Chicago. ) Union Benevolent Association Hospital. Beds: 60. Cases treated, 1895. — . Ambulance service. 20 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 1% months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Admissions, January and July. Applications, 1895, 66. 8 accepted ; all became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 2 half days weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks.- Uniforms furnished. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1886. Has graduated 63. Graduation month, May. Registry. Address the Principal of School, Miss Ida M. Barrett. {Graduate of this School and Post- Graduate N. Y. Cancer Hospital. ) HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 153 MICHIGAN — Kalamazoo — Michigan Asylum for the Insane. Beds : Men 654, Women 622 (and 40 more when depart- ment for acute mental disease opens, Spring of 1898). 146 nurses (56 men, 90 women). Probation, — . Train- ing, 2 years additional. Ages, women 19 to 26, men, 20 to 28. Pay, $24 to $35 for men, $14 to $25 for women. Duty hours, 14 in Winter, 14^^ in Summer. Off duty, i after- noon or evening weekly, and both afternoon and evening every other week. Vacation (without pay), 2 to 5 weeks. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 189 1. Has graduated 45. Graduation month, April. Address the Medical Supc. , Dr. William M. Edwards. Note — The Hospital is a State Institution. It employs 45 of its own graduates. Pontiac — Eastern Michigan Asylum for Insane. Beds: 543 men, 522 women. Total 1,065. 100 nurses (50 men, 50 women). 20 probationers. Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, $14 women, $20 men, rising to $2 5 for women, $35 to $40 for men. Duty hours, 14 day, 10 night. Off duty, one afternoon and evening weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some of the nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. No ob- stetrical department. Annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated loi. Graduation month, June. Post- Graduate course offered. Address the Medical Supt. , Dr. Edmund A. Christian. Saginaw — Women's Hospital — 1413 Janes St. — Saginaw "E. S." Beds: 16. Cases treated, 1895, — . 7 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35, Applications, 1895, 12. 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, I day weekly and half Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text- books furnished. Examination's at end of course. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, January. Address the Supt., Mrs. E. A. Morey. (^Graduate Farrand Training School, Detroit, Harper Hospital. ) MINNESOTA — Fergus Falls — State Hospital for the Insane. Beds . Men 550, Women 350. Total 900. Cases treated, 1895, 604 (360 men, 244 women). 85 nurses (53 men, 32 u ililMM 154 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Gn women). Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ag('«5, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, 191. 67 accepted. Pay, $24 men, $18.50 women. Duty hours, 14 day, 10 night. Off duty, 2 evenings and half day every fortnight. Vacation, i week. Most nurses and half the probationers have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Slight obstetrical experience. Annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 12. ( — men, -*- women.) Graduation month, June. Ad- dress the Supt. of Hospital, Dr. Geo. O. Welch. The Chief Nurse is Miss Esther Hoag. ( Graduate Northwestern Hos- pital, Minneapolis. ) The School's Motto is Not For. Ourselvks ai^onib. Minneapolis — Asbury Methodist Hospital — 9th Ave. South and 6th St. Beds: Men 20, Women 28, Children 5. Total 53. Cases treated, 1895, 585 (261 men, 285 women, 28 children), 474 surgical, 172 medical, 6 obstetrical. 2,546 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service (161 cases). 16 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895 — . 10 accepted; 8 became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 19 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. 3 uniforms furnished. L^ectures on massage. Obstetric cases chiefly outside. Semi-annual examinations. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 23. Graduation month, October. Address the Supt. , Miss Phinette K. Bristol. {Graduate Bellevue Hospital, New York. ) Note — This School is controlled by the M. E. Church. Only Protestants are admitted as nurses. City Hospital — 625 5th St. South. Bed.",: Men 57, Women 24, and 10 in Contagious Ward. Total 91. Cases treated, 1895, 1,280 (845 men, 435 women,) no contagious, 115 gynaecological, 878 medical (551 men, 327 women), 403 surgical (302 men, loi women). Ambu- lance service. 18 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 36. Applications, 1895, 54. 8 accepted. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily, half day, and half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks (and 2 weeks allowed each year for sick- ness). Quarterly examinations. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 16. Graduation month, September. Address the HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. X55 Supt. of Hospital, Dr. C. G. Weston, or the Supt. of School, Mrs. Anne E. Bolton, {Graduate Toronto General Hospital.^ Northwestern Hospital for Women and Children — 2627 Chicago Avenue. Beds: 50. Cases treated, 1895, 275 (53 men, 199 women), 123 medical (90 obstetrical), 195 surgical (109 gynaecolog- ical). Ambulance service. 20 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 upwards. Applications, 1895, — . 12 accepted; all be- came nurses. Pay, $10, Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon, half Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks "some- time during course." Lectures on massage. Each nurse has 6 weeks' obstetrical experience, gained in another hospital, besides that afforded in this. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1883. Has graduated 66. Graduation month, June. School case given. Address the Supt., Dr. Marion A. Mead. Note — All the staff are women, but some men patients are received and treated by physicians of their own sex. Rochester — State Insane Hospital. Beds: 636 men, 464 women. Total 1,100. Cases treated, 1896, — . 106 nurses. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 18 to 30. Applications, 1896, 325. — accepted. Pay, $12 to $18 for women, $18 to $25 for men. Duly hours, 15 day, 10 night. Off duty, 2 evenings weekly, 2 half days monthly and every third Sunday. Vaca- tion, I week. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 30. Gradu- ation month, June. Address the Medical Supt., Dr. Arthur F. Kilbourne. St. Paul — City and County Hospital — Jefferson Ave. and Colborne St. Beds: Men 100, Women 60, Children 16, Infants 20, Pay patients 10, Contagious Ward 20. Total 226. Cases treated, ^895, 1,323 (225 surgical, 64 obstetrical). Ambulance service. 20 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applica- tions, 1895, 109. 14 accepted; 9 became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12^. Off duty, 16 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 18. Graduation months, January and June. Address the Supt. , Miss M. Louise Van Thuyne. {^Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital. ) ■ ^ weekly. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department, but an occasional case. Semi-annual examina- tions. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 5. School case given when possible. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt. , Miss Theresa G. Leach. {Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital^ Boston^ and McLean Hospital, Waverley, Mass.) Manchester — Elliot Hospital. Beds: 30. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 20. 6 accepted; 4 became nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon and evening, i evening, 4 hours on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text books furnished. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual ex- aminations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 8. Address the Matron, Miss Mary E. Barr. {Graduate Boston City Hospital. ) Portsmouth — Cottage Hospital. Beds: 30. Cases treated, 1896, 154, 89 men, 76 women (79 medical, 86 surgical). 8 nurses, 2 probationers. Ages,. 19 to 35. Applications, 1896, 18. 7 accepted; 5 became nurses. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months addi- tional. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 15 or more weekly. Vacation, i month. Lectures on massage. No obstetric department, but some private-room cases. Quar- terly examinations. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 10. AddrevSS the Supt. , Miss Lizzie J. Woods. {Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. ) NEW JERSEY — Camden — Cooper Hospital. Beds: 56. Cases treated, 1895, 499 (and 2,9 15 out-patients), 210 medical (123 men), 267 surgical (93 women), 90 gynae- cological out-patients. Ambulance service. 15 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years ad- ditional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, — . — ac- cepted. Pay, $10.50. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Caps and text books furnished. Lessons in massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi- annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 33. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt. , Miss Rachael Bourke. ( Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. ) ■•V.IIIMJH HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. X6l NEW JERSEY — Camden —New Jersey Training School. 39 pupils. Training, 2 sessions of 8 months each. Ages, 18 to 50. 39 applications accepted in 1895. No pay. School charges $50 fees for tuition. Lectures on massage. Examina- tions at close of each session. Sch(X)l founded, 1889. Has graduated 61. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Secretary, Dr. Daniel Strock, 818 Federal St., Camden. Note — This School provides for instruction without residence in or cotinection with any Hospital. Clinical and ditlnctic instruction is fjiven by 27 physicians and 3 nurses at several Camden Hospitals and dispensaries. Elizabeth — Elizabeth General Hospital, Cor. Reid and East Jersey Sts. Beds: Men 34, Women 40, Children 12, Infants 5, Pay patients 14, Total 105. CavSes treated, 1895, 7^7 (411 men, 345 women), 265 medical, 277 surgical, 89 gynaecological, 37 obstetric, 97 children. Ambulance service. 23 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i motith. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 22. 18 accepted; 7 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, — . A separate Nurses' Home. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 16. School case given. Graduation month, May. Registry. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Mr. L. C. Curtis. Directress of Nurses, Miss M. M. Goodrich. (^Gradu- ate of the New York Hospital. ) • < Hackensack — Hackensack Hospital. Beds: Men 20, Women 15, Children 5, Infants 2, Pay patients 8. Total 50. Cases treated, 1896, 391 (221 medi- cal, 2 obstetric, 170 surgical, 35 gynaecological), iii Dis- pensary patients. Ambulance service. 8 nurses, 2 proba- tioners. Probation, x month. Training, 23 months addi- tional. Ages, 22 to 30. Applications, 1896, 15. 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $7.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 15. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Emma F. Crum. {Graduate of — .) Jersey City — Christ Hospital, 176 Palisade Avenue. Beds: Men 16, Women 25, Infants 19. Total 60. Cases treated, 1895, 610. 244 medical, 406 surgical, 39 obstetrical. Also 391 eye and ear. 2,089 dispensary. Ambulance service, 269 cases. 15 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. \\\ 1^ m 'P '-.h 11 H w ' 'Jlfff 'H ••li:t ■ H ' :|i 1 i '1 1 ij 1 i l'[p|^ 1 HI 1 1 1 i l62 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applica- tions, 1896, — . 7 accepted. Pay, $9. Duty hours, i2}4. Off duty, half day, i or 2 hours daily and 5 hours Sunday. A separate Nurses' Home — Some individual rooms. Semi- annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has gradu- ated 17. Graduation months, January and June. Address the Supt., Miss Katharine Johnston. (^Graduate of the New York Hospital.^ Note— The Hospital is under the control of the Episcopal Church, but proba- tioners are admitted irrespective of creed. Montclair — Mountainside Hospital. Beds : Men 12, Women 15. Total 27. Ca.ses treated, 1895, 289 (134 men, 155 women), 159 surgical, 130 medical. Am- bulance service. 10 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1895, 25. 2 accepted; both became nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Semi-annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 13. Graduation month, November. Address the Supt., Mi.ss Laura B. lUick. ( Graduate Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia. ) Morris Plains — State Insane Hospital. Beds: Men 580, Women 580, Pay patients 200. Cases treated, 1895, — . 120 nurses ( — men, — women), 30 pro- bationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 18 to 36. Applications, 1896, 256. 32 accepted; 25 became nurses. Pay, women $16, men $23.50. Duty hours, 12 to 15 day, 9 night. Off duty, 2 evenings and i after- noon weekly. Lectures on massage. Annual examina- tions. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 29. Gradua- tion month. May. Address the Medical Director, Dr. B. D. Evans. The Chief Nurse is Miss Mary R. Keegan. {Gradu- ate of this School. ) Newark — Essex County Hospital for the Insane, South Orange Ave. Beds: Men 294, Women 436, Infants 2. Total 732 (in- dudrng 50 Pay patients). 30 nurses ( — men, — women), — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1896, 311. 6 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, women $15.50, men $22. Graduates receive, women $20, men $28. Duty hours, 13 to 15 day, 10 night. Off duty, 2 hours every alternate even- ing, and I day in every 15. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 163 nurses have separate bedrooms. Lectures on massage. No obstetric department. Annual examinations. School founded, 18S6. Has graduated 87. Graduation month, June. Address thf. Medical Supt. , Dr. h. S. Hinckley. The Supervisor of Male Department is Kdward Conover ; of the Female, Miss Nettie M. King. {Graduates 0/ this School.) Note — This School is open only to rcHidentH of New Jersey, preference being g^ven to those of Essex County. German Hospital, Bank and Wallace Sts. Beds: Men 40, Women 22, Pay patients 5. Total 67. Cases treated, 1895, — . 15 nurses, 2 probationers. Proba- tion, I month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1896, — . 7 accepted; 6 became nurses. Pay. $5- Duty hours, 12 (i hour off if possible). Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms (2) furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. All have individual bedrooms. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 6. Graduation month, September. $100 given at graduation. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Vina McDade. ( Graduate Presbyterian Hospital^ New York. ) Hospital of St. Barnabas, High St. Beds: Men 25, Women 29, Children 12, Pay patients 7. Total 74. Cases treated, 1895, — . 15 nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 50. 14 accepted; 8 be- came nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Semi-annual examina- tions. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 1896. Address the Supt. , Miss Annie E. Kirchhoff. {Graduate Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital.) Note — The School is controlled by the Episcopal Church. Only Protestants are admitted as nurses. Newark City Hospital. Beds : Men 67, Women 36, Children 8, Alcoholic Ward 4, Contagious Ward 20. Total 135. Cases treated, 1895, i.43i (777 men, 311 women, 343 children), 769 surgical, 708 medi- cal, 100 contagious, 59 obstetric. Ambulance service. 22 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 J irs additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Admissions, Spring and Autumn. Applications, 1895, 7i- ^o accepted; 8 became nurses. Pay, $11.25. Duty hours, 9^^ day, iij^ night. Off duty, 2% hours daily, half day each week, half of Sun- day. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. A separate r I ■( ■ I 1 I ' N ' 1 '■' \ '» ■■ i\ ' Jf y i«4 HOW TO BKCOMK A TRAINED NURSB. Nurses' Home. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruc- tion in Invalid Cookery. Kxamination at end of second year. School founded, 1886. Has graduated 78. School case given. Graduation month, February. Address the Supt., Miss Clara Horrigan. {Graduate liellevue Hospital, New VorA-.) The School's Motto is Affero Spem. NoTK — The HoHpital in controlled by the Hoard of Health. Orange — Orange Memorial Hospital. Beds: Men 35, Women 40, Children — , Infants 5, Pay patients 9. Total 89. Cases treated, 1895, 729 (and 168 out-patients), 371 men, 358 women (205 surgical, 504 medi- cal). Ambulance service. 45 nurses, 3 probationers. Pro- bation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 22 to 40. Admission, first of every month. Applications, 1895, — . Pay, $6, and $75 at graduation. D_:y hours, 9. Off duty, 2 hours daily, 4 hours Sunday, half '^y weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text books furnished. Separate Nurses' Home. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Lectures on massage. Yearly examinations. School founded, 1884. Has graduated — . School case frequently given. Graduation month, October. Registry. Address the Supt., Mrs. Fanny Sewall Smith. (Graduate St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis.) The School's Motto is Arbeit AdelT. Paterson — Paterson General Hospital. Beds: Men 48, Women 37, Children 10, Infants 5, Pay patients 15. Total 115. Cases treated, 1895, 904 (and 911 out-patients), 1,250 medical (328 men), 572 surgical (242 gynaecological). 22 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 85. 25 accepted; 16 became nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, 16 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Examinations, every 4 months. School founded, 1883. Has graduated 47. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Eugenia D. Ayers. (Graduate Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.) St. Joseph's Hospital, Main St. Beds; Men 47, Women 32, Children 4, Infants 6, Private rooms 21. Total no. Cases treated, 1896, 1,395 (864 men, 458 women), 700 medical (35 obstetric), 695 surgical, 2,956 Dispensary cases. Ambulance service. 22 nurses, 2 proba- 5 !^ » Q 3 I =■ O » > 9 P^ fl<» c ■■» 00 t- H IS \ HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i« tioners. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 30, Applications, 1896, 44. 23 accepted; 15 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 9 day, 12 night. Off duty, 23 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text books furnished. Some individual bedrooms for seniors. Semi- annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 10. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Miss B. Macdonnell. (^Graduate of London \Canadd\ General Hospital.^ The School's Motto is "But the Greatest of ThesK IS Charity." Note — The Hospital is controlled bj; a Catholic Order, the Sisters of Charity, but the School is controlled by a Committee, and jjrobationers are admitted with- out regard to creed. Nurses have 3 months' experience in nursing contagious dis- eases, in another Hospital, and for this service the Board of Health awards a special diploma. The course of training is soon to be 3 years. Plainfield — Muhlenberg Hospital. Beds : Men 1 5 , Women 1 5 , Pay patients 6. Total 36. Cases treated, 1895, 183 (96 men, 87 women), 167 Dispen- sary patients. Ambulance service. 9 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 54- 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text books furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. 6 weeks' obstetric course in a New York hospital. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 3. School case given. Graduation month. May. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Louise Moss. ( Graduate Mount Sinai Hospital^ New York. ) Trenton — Trenton City Hospital. Beds: Men 14, Women 16, Children 6, Pay patients 4. Total 40. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 9 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Admission, first of each month. Applications, 1895, 19. 8 accepted ; 5 became nurses. Pay, $7. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly and half of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated II . School case given. Graduation month, May. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Eugenie Hibbard. (^Graduate Gen' I and Marine Hospital [Mack Training School] , St. Catharines, Canada. ) Note — This School admits only Protestants as nurses. The Hospital's practice is Homeopathic. i66 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. NEW YORK — Albany — Albany Hospital, Eagle and Howard Sts. Beds:ioo. Cases treated, 1895, 1,222. Ambulance service. 25 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i year. Training, 2 years additional. Admission, Spring and Autumn. Ages, 22 to 35. Pay, $7. Duty hours, 9. Vacation, 3 weeks. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Examinations at close of first and third years. School founded, 1897. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Miss Emily J. MacDonnell. (^Graduate Johns Hopkins Hospital , Baltimore ^ and McLean Hospital, Waverley, Mass, ) Note — When the new Hospital building is completed, the number of nurses will be doubled. Amsterdam — City Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 14, Children i. Total 27. Cases treated, 1895, 139 (59 men, 80 women), 36 gynaecological, 48 medical, 55 surgical. 6 nurses, i probationer. Probation, I month. Training, 23 months additional. Ag:es, 23 to 30. Applications, 1896, 20. 8 accepted; 3 becan: . ' irses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 10 to 12. Off duty, 20 to 2^^ urs weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. A few obstetrical cases. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 7. Graduation month, September. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Registry. Semi-annual examinations. Address the Supt., Mrs. Marion D. lyingen- felter. ( Graduate Protestant Episcopal Hospital , Philadelphia. ) Astoria — Astoria Hospital. Beds : Men 20, Women 20, Children 10, Pay patients 6. Total 56. Cases treated, 1895, 160 (92 medical). Ambu- lance service. 10 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Ad- missions, Spring and Fall. Applications, 1895, 54- 4 ac- cepted; all became nurses. Pay, $9.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day each week. Vacation, 2 weeks. Seniors have individual bedrooms. I24o (742 men, 498 women), 634 medical, 120 obstetric, 606 sur- gical. Additional, 2,040 Dispensary patients (677 medical, ill f:'. ij m 1 . i. v68 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 1,363 vSiirgical). 35 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Ad- mission, Spring and Fall. Applications, 1896, 500. 18 ac- cepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $7.33. Duty hours, 9 in Winter, 8 in Summer. Vacation, 3 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Some nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School fou/'ded, 1880. Has graduated 165. Post-Graduate course. Registry. School case given. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt. , Miss M. I. Merritt. {Graduate Bellevue Hospital, New York. ) Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital. Beds: Men 38, Women 50, Children 14, Infants 9, Pay patients 14. Total 125. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambu- lance service. 33 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 25 to 35. Admission, during the Summer. Applications, 1895, 131. 22 accepted; 10 became nurses. Pay, $8.67. Duty hours, II. Off duty, 20 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Nurses have individual bedrooms, and probationers also (generally). Lectures on massage. Monthly examinations. School founded, 1880. Has graduated 125. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss Anna I,. AUine. {Graduate of this School. ) The School's Motto is Deo et Humanitati. Brooklyn Homeopathic Maternity (New York State Train- ing School), Washington Ave. and Douglass St. Beds: Women 50, Infants 30. Total 80. Cases, 1895, 93 women, 96 infants. 13 nurses, 3 probationers. Proba- tion, I month. Training, 12 months additional. Ages, 20 to 40. Applications, 1895, — . — accepted ; 6 became nurses. Pay, $14. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i day weekly. Text books furnished. Annual examinations. School founded, 1871. Has graduated 118. Five prizes awarded annually. Post-Graduate course, fee $25. Graduation month, November. Address Mrs, J, E. Hills, Chairman of the Training School Committee. The Supt. is Miss S. A. Allen. {Graduate of this School.) Note — Applicants give $25 security to remain during the full course of training. Nurses can take a second year's course, if desired, and will then receive a diploma. The one-year course is recognized only by a "certificate." Kings County Hospital, Albany and Clarkson Aves. Beds: 522. Cases treated, 1896, — , Ambulance service. 62 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, lice. BROOKLYN MATERNITY HOSPITAL, Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. mm 11 Pffli'll '' ^m 'I'U' , it: ;■ ■- ■■ ■ ) ■ %i ;■ 'ft''!'! 1^1 f?m "I T5e ISevO YorQ State Training Sg^ooL for Nurses is connected with the Brooklyn Maternity and Woman and Child's Hospital, which was chartered in 1871. The school was established soon after, making it one of the first training schools in the State. The hospital and school occupy a new building of thoroughly fire- proof construction, erected in 1895, at the corner of Washington Avenue and Douglass Street, on the beautiful Park Slope, near Prospect Park and in sight of Coney Island and the Ocean, the health-giving breezes from which sweep through its rooms and corridors. The training is, as indicated by the name, confined especially to obstetrical work and incidental diseases, together with care and dis- eases of infants ; but a well-equipped operating room recently added, in conjunction with exceptionally pleasant private rooms, attract many private cases and furnish a fair amount of practice in surgical nursing. The necessary theoretical knowledge is obtained through a course of lectures occupying six months, upon Anatomy, Physiology, Labor and its accidents. Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Medical and Surgical Nursing, Care of Infants, Food and Dietetics, and the Ethics of Nursing. A course of lessons on cooking is included in the in- struction. The term is two years in the hospital, or one year in the hospital followed by two years of private practice. A certificate, conferred at the end of one year, is ratified by a full diploma at the end of these terms of acceptable service. Wages of |14.00 per month are paid during the second year, and a percentage of any sum earned during the first year. Conditions of admission are that the applicant shall be between twenty and forty (preferably between twenty-five and thirty- five), of sound body, comely appearance and pleasant address, with a fair education, irreproachable moral character and natural adapt- ability for the work. A Post-Graduate course of three months at the nominal price of $25.00 is offered to a very limited number of graduates from other schools. Applications should be made to Chairman of Traminsf School Cominittee at the HOSPITAL. 'ii^ -/^ 170 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 1897. Address the Supt., Miss M. A. O'Neill. (^Graduate St. Mary's Hos- pital, Brooklyn.) Long Island College Hospital. Beds: Men 113, Women 50, Children 12, Private rooms 25. Total 200. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 57 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 6 months. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, 22 to 34. Applications, 1895, — . Pay, $12. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i to 3 daily, 6 twice weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Annual examinations. School founded, 18 — . Has gradu- ated — . Graduation month. May. Address the Supt., Miss Ida ly. Sutliffe. {Graduate New York Hospital.) Memorial Hospital for Women and Children — Corner Classon and St. Mark's Aves. Beds: 70. Cases treated, 1895, 216 (34 children). 20 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 3 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 25 to 35. Applications, 1895, 59. 21 accepted; 13 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly, 3 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. (2 weeks also is allowed for illness in the two years.) Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 19. Graduation month. May. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Bertha May Smith. {Graduate of the Rochester, N. Y. , Homeopathic Hospital. ) NpTE — The Managers and Faculty are all women, and the practice of the Hospital is Ifomeopathic. .'/mHJ Methodist Episcopal Hospital — Seventh Ave. and Sixth St. '. Beds : Men 26, Women 30, Children 18, Pay- patients 34. Total 108. Cases treated, 1895, 1,033, 640 surgical, 238 taedical, 155 children. Ambulance service. 40 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages^ 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 197. 63 accepted ; 26 became nurses. No pay, but pupils are pre- sented with $25 every six months. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, one afternoon weekly and five hours on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in In- valid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 80. Graduation month. May. Ad- o o 5; << 3 3 O T) m > H Z a H Z m > -1 3 3 3 Q. o 3- m' St. John's Training School Atlantic and Albany Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y. p. d Is a part of and under the same management as St. John's Hospital, which is a department of the Episcopal Church Charity Foundation of Long Island. The Hospital has one hundred beds — for men, women and children. Every part of it, and of the Nurses' Home, has been recently refitted with the best and most modem forms of plumbing and ventilating devices. The varied services — Medical, Surgical, Orthopaedic and Dispensary — are of the highest character, and the pupil-nurses enjoy unsurpassed facilities for acquiring a thorough knowledge of every detail of their profession. The course is three years. After the first two months (the probationary period) pupils receive a monthly allow- 'ance of five dollars, and on graduation will receive each a diploma, a gold badge, and fifty dollars. The School numbers at present twenty nurses. Approved candidates will be admitted as vacancies occur. Only young women possessed of the highest qualities of character, and actuated by an earnest determination to make their profes- sion a life-work, are desired. They need not, necessarily, be members of the Church, but must be Protestant Christians in sympathy with the religious character of the Hospital. Such, if between the ages of 22 and 34, may address the SUPERVISOR OF NURSES. lya HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. dress the Supt., Miss C. G. Patterson. {Graduate of this School. ) NoTK — Only Protestanta are cliKihle as prohatlonera. St. John's Hospital — Atlantic and Albany Aves. Beds: Men 24, Women 24, Children 18, Pay-patients 10. Total 76. Cases treated, 1896, 694 (401 men, 293 women), 337 medical, 357 surgical and 4,293 Di.spensary (new) pa- tients, 1,028 each surgical and medical, 402 gynaecological, 1,570 disi ases of children, 265 ear, throat, etc. Ambulance service. 20 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 22 to 34. Applica- tions, 1896, 65. 24 accepted; 8 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, — . Off duty, — . Vacation, 3 weeks. I^ectures on massage. Quarterly examinations. Instruction in In- valid Cookery. Training in nursing infectious diseases will be afforded nurses desiring it. School founded. May, 1896. Graduation month, — . $50 and gold badge given at gradua- tion. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Grace C. Earnhardt. {Graduate of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.) NoTK — The Hospital is controlled by the Episcopal Church. Probationers must be Protestants, in sympathy with the religious character of the school. St. Mary's General Hospital — St. Mark's Ave. Beds: Men 96, Women 81. Children 23. Total 200 (including 130 pay-patients). Cases treated, 1895, 1,587. Ambulance service. 37 nurses, 6 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Admission, Spring and Autumn. Applications, 1895, 140. 17 accepted; all became nurses. No pay. ($100 g^ven at graduation. ) Books and uniforms furnished. Duty hours, 9^. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Ob- stetrical experience obtained at another hospital. Quarterly examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 64. Graduation month, December. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss Marcella Doyle. {Graduate of this School.) The School's motto is Be Ye Faithful. Note — This School is controlled by the Sisters of Charity, but Protestants are admitted as probationers. The School's course of trainint; is soon to be made three years. Buffalo — Buffalo General Hospital — 100 High Street. Beds : Men 60, Women 60, Children 30. Total 150. Cases treated, 1895, 1,944 (1.072 men), 249 children, 906 medi- cal, 1,035 surgical, 102 obstetrical, 305 gynaecological. Ambulance service. 32 nurses, 8 probationers. Probation, HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURvSE. 173 3 months Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1805, 264. 20 accepted; 13 became nurses. Pay, $10,50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, half day weekly, 6 hours on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Nurses have individual Ijedrooms. Lectures on ma.SvSage. A .separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi- anmial examinations. School founded, 1879. Has graduated 172. School ca.se given. Graduation month, June. Addre.ss for admission, the Warden of the Hospital. The Supt. is Miss E. Denike. (^Graduate of the New York Hospital.) Note — I^arRC new HoHpitn! buildltif;; now cuimtructii.g. Buffalo Homeopathic Hospital — 74 Cottage Street. Beds: Men 25, Women 25, 10 private rooms. Total 60. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance .service. 18 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 140. 20 ac- cepted ; 6 became nurses. No pay. ($100 given at gradua- tion.) Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon and part of Sunday, when pos.sible. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text-books furnished. Lectures on massage. Quarterly examinations. Registry. School founded, 1887. Has graduated 57. Graduation month, October. School case given. Aduiess the Supt., Miss Jo.sephine Snetsinger. ( Graduate of this School. ) Note — Pupils of this school have the privilege of three months' experience at the Pitch Accident Hospital. Before entering the school they have to pass a medical examination. Buffalo Hospital of the Sisters of Charity — 1833 Main Street. Beds: Men 195, Women 190, Children 20, Contagious Pavilion 20. Total 425. Cases treated, 1896, 1,600. Ambulance service. 20 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 22 to 30. Applications, 1896, 75. 15 accepted; 12 became nurses. Pay, $7. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 12 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Obstetrical experience obtained at an- other hospital. Lectures on ma.ssage. Monthly examina- tions. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 10. Graduation month, September. Address the Sister Superior, Sister M. Florence, or Dr. H. D. Ingraham. (The Supt. of Nurses is Sister Theresa.) Note — The course is soon to be made three years. Protestants are admitted as probationers. Nurses also obtain experience in the Hospital's Emergency Branch, at South Division and Michigan Sts. 174 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. iMWF NEW YORK— Buffalo— Children's Hospital— 219 Brytnt Street. Beds: 46. Cases treated, 1895, 119 (48 surgical). 8 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i or 2 months. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1895, 25. 7 accepted, of whom 2 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 10 weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished ; also text-books. Some individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department. Annual examinations. School founded, 1892. Has gradu- ated 14. Address the Supt. , Miss Olivia Moore. {Graduate of Toronto Children's Hospital.) Erie County Hospital — 3399 Main St. Beds: Men 260, Women 70, Children 20. Total 350. Cases treated, 1895, — . 32 nurses, — probationers. Pro- bation, I to 3 months. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 32. Applications, 1895, 97. 19 accepted. Pay, $12.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, i after- noon weekly, 3 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. Semi-annua^. examina- tions. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 18. Graduation month, October. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Emma J, Keating. {Graduate Buffalo General Hospital. ) Fitch Accident Hospital — Michigan and Swan Sts. This Hospital gives a Post-Graduate course of 3 months, open at present only to senior nurses of the State and Home- opathic Hospitals of Buffalo. 3,888 cases were treated in 1895. Lexington Heights Hospital — 173 Lexington Avenue. — (A private Hospital.) Beds: 12. Cases treated, 1895, 177. 11 nurses, 2 proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months addi- tional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 32. 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily and 2 half days weekly. Uniforms and text- books furnished. Nurses and probationers have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Examination at graduation. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 14. School case given. Graduation month, December. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Annie L. Irons. ( Graduate of this School. ) State Hospital for the Insane — Forest Ave. Beds: Men 428, Women 675. Total 1,103. Cases treated, ^895, — . 125 nurses (70 women, 55 men), 10 probationers. I'm HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 175 95- Ixt- lual (on. len. Its. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1895, 150. 40 accepted. Pay, women $16.50, men $24.50. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Women nurses obtain obstetrical experience at another hospital. Annual examinations. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 1884. Has graduated 1 14. Graduation month. May. Ad- dress the Medical Supt. , Dr. Arthur W. Hurd. The Head Nurse is Mrs. Margaret Wilson. (^Graduate of this School.) Note — The Hospital is a State Institution. Woman's Hospital — 191 Georgia St. Beds: 35. Cases treated, 1895, 259 (239 surgical, mostly gynaecological, 20 obstetrical). 9 nurses, 2 or 3 proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 24 to 35. Applications, 1895, — . 2 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Semi-annual ex- aminations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 6. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Mrs. H. Storck. {Graduate Buffalo General Hospital.) Note — Except for its obstetrical department, the Hospital is entirely surgical. Cortland — Cortland Hospital. Beds : Men 28, Women 27. Total 55 (of which 35 are Pay patients). Cases treated, 1895, — . 2 nurses, 2 proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. 3 accepted, 1895 ; 2 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i afternoon weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No special obstetrical experi- ence. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 3. Graduation month, July, Address the Matron, Mrs. Helen M. Waters. Elmira — Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital. Beds : Men 26, Women 14, Children 6, Pay patients 4. Total 50. Cases treated, 1895, 279 (169 men, no women), 134 medical, 109 surgical, 36 gynaecological and obstetric. Ambulance service. 12 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Admission, Spring and Fall. Applications, 1895, 48- 12 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $10.50. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, 21 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Examinations every 2 months. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 24. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Grace R. D. Kinney. {Graduate Philadelphia Hospital. ) -:'ih m ''■vr 176 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. NEW YORK — Flushing — Flushing Hospital. Beds: Men 13, Women 13, Children 6, Infants 8, Pay- patients 5. Total 45. Cases treated, 1895, 242 (147 medi- cal, 72 surgical), 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 25 to 35, Applications, 1896, 57. 10 accepted; 6 became nurses. Pay, $9.50. Lectures on massage. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 21. Graduation month, November. Address the Supt., Mrs. A. M. Flentje. (Graduate Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. ) Gloversville — Nathan Littauer Hospital. Beds: Men 7, Women 14, Pay patients 5. Total 26. Cases treated, 1895, 140 (38 surgical, 50 gynaecological). Ambulance service. 6 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 6 weeks. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 20. 5 accepted ; 4 became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, half day, and 7 hours weekly, additional. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual bed- rooms. Outside obstetric work. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 4. Graduation month, December. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Ida M. Root. ( Graduate of the New York Hospital. ) Jamestown — Women's Christian Association Hospital. Beds: Women 22. Cases treated, 1895, 146 (62 surgical, 96 medical). Ambulance service. 6 nurses (and i gradu- ate). — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Admission, Spring and Fall, Applications, 1895, 22. 5 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $8.75. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 16 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text books furnished for first year. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 10, School case given. Graduation month, — , Address the Supt., Miss Christina Hall. {Graduate Toronto General Hospital. ) Note — The School and Hospital are controlled by the Women's Christian Association. Kingston — City Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 12, Children i, Pay pptients 4 Total 29, Cases treated, 1896, 159 (104 men, 55 women) Ambulance service. 5 nurses, — probationers. Probation I month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35 Applications, 1895, 14. 2 accepted; both became nurses HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 177 istian ion, 35- :ses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, and 2 afternoons weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on mas- sage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated — . Graduation month, March. Address the Supt., Miss Emma J. B. Voris. {Graduate Bellevue Hospital, New York. ) Little Falls — Little Falls Hospital. Beds: Men 3, Women 3, Pay patients 3, Children 2. Total II. Cases treated, 1895, 62 (29 men, 33 women), 40 medical (3 obstetric), 22 surgical. 4 nurses, i proba- tioner. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1895, 7. 4 accepted; 3 be- came nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily (usually), i afternoon and evening, 4 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Annual exami- nations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Registry. School founded, 1896. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Miss A. L. Leigh. {Graduate Bellevue Hospital^ New York.') Middletown — State Homeopathic Hospital for the Insane. Beds : Men 600, Women 600, (Pay patients 240, included.) Total 1,240. 51 nurses (18 men, 33 women). Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 16 to 35. Applications, 1895, — • 4° accepted. Pay, $27 men, $22 women. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 12 hours weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Annual examinations. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 83. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Dr. Selden H. Talcott. Thrall Hospital — Grove St. Beds: Men 10, Women 10, Children i. Pay patients 6. Total 27. Cases treated, 1896, 155 (87 men, 68 women), 84 surgical, 71 medical. Ambulance service. 5 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 31. Applications, 1896, 14. 5 ac- cepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $10.70. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon and part of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Biennial examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 3. Graduation month, November. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt., Mrs. Cook. Note — Both schools of medicine practice in this Hospital, and both men and women physicians are on its staff. ' If: 178 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. I ■r> V ■ h'- v' ■ W ' : . sS^- NEW YORK — Newburgh — St. Luke»s Hospital. Beds: Men i8, Women 9, Children 3. Total 30. Cases treated, 1895, 164 (94 surgical, 70 medical). Ambulance service. 8 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applica- tions, 1895, 25. 5 accepted; 3 became nurses. Pay, $7.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, and half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Some nurses have individual bedrooms. No obstetric department, but nurses go out to charity cases. Semi-annual examina- tions. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 4. Gradua- tion month, October. Supt. , Miss C. E. M. Somerville. ( Graduate Boston ^ity Hospital. ) Apply for admission to Mrs. J. M. Bartholomew, New Windsor, N. Y., and Mrs. O. Applegate, 165 Grand St., Newburgh. New Brighton (Staten Island) — S. R. Smith Infirmary — Castleton Ave. Beds: Men 40, Women 24, Children 8, Pay patients 8. Total 80. Cases treated, 1895, 589 (364 men, 225 women), 300 medical (15 obstetrical), 289 surgical (6i gynaecologi- cal). 24 nurses, 6 probationers. Probation, i or 2 months. Training, 23 or 22 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Admission, March and September. Applications, 1895, 50. 17 accepted; 14 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours every afternoon. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Nurses usually have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery, Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 8. Graduation months, February and Sep- tember. Address the Supt., Miss Alice I. Twitchell. {Graduate of the New York Hospital.^ Note — During senior year each nurse has charge, in turn, of each ward, of the operating and drug rooms, of a certain number of obstetrical cases, and is sent out for private work about six months. New York City — Bellevue Hospital — Foot E. 26th St. Beds : Men 25, Women 307, Children 85. Total 417. Cases treated, 1895, 19,843 (13,249 men, 6,594 women), 2,581 insane, 4,918 alcoholic, — medical, — surgical. Ex- tensive Ambulance service. 74 nurses, 4 probationers. Pro- bation, 2 months. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, 25 to 32. Applications, 1895, 1,700. 36 accepted; — be- came nurses. Pay, $9.50. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, 2 afternoons weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text- books furnished. Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. z c i CO n :. X w • ^ E cr -^ rt" — ? 2 Q. > X z •< iM Tl mon( year comf Scarl Main (erec accoE in th< cases, and t coven and u The Senio] drug! cases, cases, trainii selecti thorot Septei For TRAINING SCHOOL ...OF THE... S. R. SMITH INFIRMARY (A GENERAL HOSPITAL) New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. This is the only thoroughly equipped hospital in Rich- mond County (Staten Island). It enters its thirty-fourth year with a newly-erected "Nurses' Home," affording every comfort for its pupils, and new Isolation Wards for cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Measles. In these and the Main Building and Pavilion Wards, including private rooms (erected only five years ago), one hundred patients can be accommodated. The nurses have the advantage of training in the care of Medical, Surgical, Obstetrical and Contagious cases, and of a complete lecture course by the Medical Staff and the Superintendent of Nurses. The course of training covers two years. Applicants must be between 23 and 35, and up to a high standard in every respect. They receive an allowance of $10 per month. During her Senior year each has charge, in turn, of each ward, of the drug and operating rooms, of a certain number of obstetrical cases, and has also a certain number of outside private cases, thus giving her an exceptionally varied all-round training. The intent of the Managers is to secure, by rigid selection, the best material, and graduate well-trained, thoroughly equipped nurses. Admissions are in March and September. For circulars address, TRAINING SC3IOOL FOR NURSES, S. R. SMITH INFIRMARY, NEW BRIGHTON, N. Y. ,Kfr pf"''i i8o HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Lectures on massage. Pupils have also experience in Insane and "Alcoholic" nursing. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, May i, 1873. Has graduated 496. Gradua- tion month, January. Post-Graduate course. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Agnes S. Brennan. {Graduate of this School.) (The men nurses have charge of all the male wards in Bellevue, except one. ) Note — This is one of the public Hospitals and is controlled by the City Govern- ment. " The Managers wish to lay great stress on the fact that no one who has had pneumonia, or who has any tendency to throat or lung troubles, should try to qualify herself for nursing in the wards of Bellevue Hospital."— ^<^or/, 1896. Bellevue Hospital — Male Training School (Mills School). Beds: 490. Cases treated, 1895, 13,249 (men). Extensive Ambulance service. 68 nurses, 6 probationers. Probation. I to 3 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 379. 53 accepted; 39 became nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, December, 1888. Has graduated 121. School case given. Graduation month, April. PovSt- Graduate course offered its own graduates. Registry. Address the Supt., Mrs. Ada S. Willard. {Graduate of Bellevue Hospital.) German Hospital — 77th St., from Park to Lexington Ave. Beds : Men 100, Women 72, Children 6, Private rooms 28. Total 206. Cases treated, 1896, 3,117 (1,079 medical, 1.230 surgical, 420 gynaecological, 266 skin, etc., 122 eye, ear and throat). 29,812 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service. 38 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1896, — . 28 accepted; 19 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, — . Vacation, i week. A separate Nurses' Home. No obstetric training. School founded, 1887. Has graduated 90. Graduation month, November. $100 given each graduate. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Elfrieda Rexroth. {Graduate of this School.) Note — Applicants must speak, read and write German. They also have to pass a medical examination. In consideration of the Hospital assisting its graduate nurses in obtaining professional employment after leaving the Hospital, they agree, for at least one year after graduation, to serve as nurses in the HospitaL should they be called upon to do so, for a compensation of $i per day, provided they are not elsewhere professionally employed at the time. Hahnemann Hospital — Park Ave. and 68th St. Beds : Men — , Women — , Children — , Private patients 35. Total 95. Cases treated, 1895, 496 (168 medical), 39 obstetric. 2,082 Dispensary patients. 18 nurses, — proba- HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i8i doners. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Admission, in September. Applications, 1895,58. 8 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $9.50. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Nurses have individual bedrooms. I^ectures on massage. Annual examinations. Graduation month, November. School founded, 1895, Has graduated 6. Ad- dress the Acting Supt., Miss Elizabeth Telford. {Graduate Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital.) Note — This Hospital is Homeopathic. Lebanon Hospital — Westchester Ave. and 150th St. (23d Ward). Beds: Men 25, Women 33. Total 58. Cases treated, 1896, — . 16 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applica- tions, 1896, 40. 14 accepted; 8 became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, half day weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks during course (usually given in second year). Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Obstetrical experience at another hospital. Examinations, six times yearly. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 10. Graduation month, — . Registry. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss Gertrude E. Joubert. ( Graduate of this School. ) Note — This Hospital is chiefly German. Probationers are examined in German dictation, and must send photograph with application. Metropolitan Hospital — BlackwelPs Island. Beds: Men 412, Women 194, Children 10, Infants 10. Total 626. Cases treated, 1895, 7,403 (5,779 men, 1,624 women), 5,191 medical, 1,742 surgical, 130 gynaecological, 8 obstetric. 40 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35, Applica- tions, 1895, 90. 30 accepted; 23 became nurses. Pay, $12.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 8 hours weekly, and i day twice monthly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished in part. All have individual bedrooms. A separate Nurses' Home. Lectures on massage. Annual examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 27. A pocket case given each graduate. Graduation month, January. Regpistry. Address the Supt. , Dr. George T. Stewart. The Directress of Nurses is Miss Ella G. Vance. {Graduate Cleveland, O. , Homeopathic Hospital. ) Note — This is one of the City Hospitals and controlled by the City Govern- ment. Its system is Homeopathic. The New York Cancer Hospital, t06th Street and. Central Park West, N. Y., was the first hospital to establish a Post-GraduaTK Course, de- signed to give nurses graduated from small hospitals the advantage of a larger experience in surgical matters. The success of this then new departure in training was immediate and permanent. Since its institution, sixty-five nurses have received its benefits and been awarded its diploma. The term is six months, including the first month, which is looked upon as one of probation. A sufficient monthly allowance to cover the cost of the uniform and other incidentals is given. Candi- dates are required to sign an agreement to remain the full course, if probation is satisfactory to the authorities of the hospital. As 716 cases were treated in 1896, by some of New York's most distinguished surgeons and gynaecologists, the opportunities for acquiring experience in nursing cases of general and abdominal surgery and minor gynaecology are manifestly of exceptionally valuable character. Each nurse is given a term of operating-room service, and has every opportunity of witnessing operations. In addition there are frequent lectures by the Attending Staff, House Surgeon and Supervising Nurse. Only nurses holding diplomas from recognized schools are received, and in all cases the authorities of the schools are communicated with before the applicant is admitted for probation ; both to ascertain the record during the time she was a pupil -nurse and also after her graduation. Vacancies are filled as they occur, and applicants should send in their papers at least three months before they de'^ire to enter. As far as possible the convenience of the nurse is const Ited ; but when a date of entrance is given, it is understood that she will report for duty at the specified time. Applicants will please address by letter, or in person. Mrs. ANNA M, LAWSON, Superintendent New York Gmcer Hospital. iiii-ji z m < o ill PI H > r I i "';i' ''. M p'iiifa M # ""•^"^p ^•f^^W^mmi^ m^mmmmimmm % u I z X o 1- I- Q o I o z .^ E t- CO < 2 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 183 bo CO New York City — Mount Sinai Hospital — Lexington Ave. and 67th St. Beds : Men 100, Women 100, Pay patients 50. Total 250. Cases treated, 1895, 3,008 (and 509 accident cases additional), 1,462 medical, 1,546 surgical (of which 453 gynaecological). 69 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Admission, Spring and Autumn. Pay, $9.50. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 2>^ hours daily, half day weekly, ^}4 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks, Uniforms furnished. A separate Nurses' Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations, founded, 1879. School case given. Graduation May. Registry. Obstetric experience, 2 months, at York Infant Asylum. Instruction in Invalid Cookery, dress the Supt., Mrs. Marion F. Dean. {Graduate of this School. ) Note — This Hospital is controlled by Hebrews, but is entirely unsectarian. New York Hospital — 7 W. 15th St. Beds: Men 125, Women 75, Children 12, Pay patients 6. Total 218. Cases treated, 1895, 5,142 (3,797 men, 1,083 medical, 2,714 surgical; 1,345 women, 529 medical, 816 surgical), 9,803 Dispensary patients. At the "House of Relief" branch: 455 cases in wards, 2,241 in Reception ward. 21,057 Dispensary cases. Extensive Ambulance service. 60 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 23 to 33. Applica- tions, 1895, — • Pay> $13- Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 25 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. All have individual bedrooms. Lectures on mas- sage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Obstetric experience at another hospital. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1877. Has graduated 350. Graduation month, March. Post-Graduate course. Registry. Address the Supt. of the Hospital. The Directress of Nurses is Miss Irene H. Sutliffe. (^Graduate of this School.) Note — Nurses serve also in the Emergency branch, the "House of Relief." New York Cancer Hospital — io6th St. and Central Park West. Beds: Men 12, Women 64. Total 76. Cases treated, 1895, 812 (156 men, 656 women). 25 Nurses, 2 or 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 5 months additional. Ages, 23 to 40. Applications, 1895, 150. 48 accepted. Pay, $ — . Duty hours, 10. Off duty, i afternoon each week, part of each 4 ''4 mm X84 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Sunday. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 18 — . Has graduated 65. Only nurses who have graduated from other Schools can be admitted, as the course is entirely a Post-Graduate one. Address the Supt., Mrs. Anna M. I,awson. {Graduate New York Hospital.) The Supervising Nurse is Miss Adella Walters. {Graduate Buffalo General Hospital. ) Note — This Hospital is entirely surgical. New York City Hospital — Blackwell's Island — (New Yodia^ity Training School). Men 40, Women 435, Children 10. Total 485. treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 66 nunses (and II head and supervising nurses, graduates). 4 to 6 probationers. Probation, i to 2 months. Training, 24 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 475- 48 accepted; 40 became nurses. Pay, $12.50. Duty hours, — . Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks. Some nurses have in- dividual rooms. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, .1872. Has graduated 42 1 . Graduation month, June. Post- Graduate course for its own graduates. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Louise Darche. ( Graduate Bellevue Hospital. ) Note — This School is attached to 5 Hospitals and is under control of the City authorities. 3 of the 5 are Emergency Hospitals. The Hospital was formerly known as Charity Hospital. New York City Hospital — BlackwelPs Island — Male Training School. Beds: Men 313. Cases treated, 1895, — . 31 nurses (termed orderlies or ward attendants). Probation, 3 months. Training, 15 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30, Applica- tions, 1895, 24. 16 accepted. Pay, $12.33. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 days monthly, and usually every third Sunday. Vacation, 33 days during course. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 58. Graduation month, — . Post-Graduate course for its own graduates. Address the Supt., Miss lyouise Darche. New York Infirmary for Women and Children — 5 Liv- ingston Place. Beds: 84; 50 women, (8 private rooms,) 34 children. Cases treated, 1896, 752 (82 surgical, 68 medical, 283 gynae- cological), 134 children (50 surgical, 84 medical), 185 ob- stetric, and 15,016 Dispensary patients. 20 nurses, 2 pro- bationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 28 months ad- ditional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1896, 16. All ac- 40 B -< -> ^1 X- e in- ■ nrlpr^ ^1 ^ tu i *• Post- 1 ^ DD ^^1 m Idress ■ ? « ml.) ■ *l he City ■ 3 33 ormerly H **>,>V. 0' 19a HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Lightbourne. {Graduate of the the Supt., Miss Evelina Brooklyn Hospital.^ Note — School is controlled by the Protestant Episcopal Church. Troy — Troy Hospital — 8th and Fulton Sts. Beds : Men 65, Women 83, Children 10, Private rooms 25. Total 183. Cases treated, 1895, 690 (363 men, 327 women), 282 medical, 304 surgical, loi gynaecological and obstetric. 5,584 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service. 12 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 25. 11 accepted; 6 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, I hour daily, i afternoon and evening weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical depart- ment. Annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 4. Graduation month, June. Registry. Instruc- tion in Invalid Cookery. Address the Supt. , Sister Gabriella. ( Graduate of this School. ) Note — The Hospital is nnder the control of a Catholic order, the Sisters of Charity, but probationers are admitted without regard to creed. Utica — Faxton Hospital. Beds : Men 20, Women 20, Children 6, Infants 6. Total 52. Cases treated, 1895, 439. 335 surgical (137 gynae- cological). 12 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1895, 76. 6 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $11.33. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Senior nurses have individual bedrooms. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. 4 months special instruction in massage. Annual examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 12. School case given. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Katharine Newman. {Graduate of New York City Training School, — Charity Hospital — . ) St. Luke's Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 30, Children 8. Total 50. Cases treated, 1895, 384 (92 men), 124 medical, 93 surgical, 161 g:ynaecological. 13 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i or 2 .nonths. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 72. 6 accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, 4 on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some seniors have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 38. Graduation month, \^r^ C/3 c m z H ri z o m z H z c in m (/) WM ^ Oc lai] 1,1 77 wo pre ing 49c me; 2 e wee No fou Ma \ B Tot cal) nur yeai Fall Off first lyCCl Yor] 189^ Add is M N( Insa B€ nurs -0 men. tion, I^ecti annu Addi Supt, Gene Colm .1 I >inww*f''' "■ "*' ' HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 193 October. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Harriet Suther- land. (^Graduate Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.^ State Hospital for the Insane. Beds: Men 486, Women 514, Pay patients 120. Total 1,120. Cases treated, 1895, i>393 (747 men, 646 women). 77 nurses (48 graduates; 20 men, 28 women). Pupils, 16 women and 13 men. 49 "attendants" also, not nurses. 7 probationers ; (3 men, 4 women). Probation, i month. Train- ing, 2 years additional. Ages, 18 to 30. Applications, 1895, 490. 32 women, 26 men accepted. Pay, $16 women, $21 men. Duty hours, 14 day, ic night. Off duty, half day, 2 evenings, and part of every third Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks in second year. Nurses usually have individual rooms. No obstetrical department. Annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 150. Graduation month, May. Address the Medical Supt. , Dr. G. Alder Blumer. Yonkers — St. John's Riverside Hospital. Beds: Men 18, Women 14, Children 6, Pay patients 5. Total 43. Cases treated, 1895, 342. Men 213 (121 surgi- cal), Women 198 (136 surgical). Ambulance service. 14 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Admission, Spring and Fall. Applications, 1895, — . Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily, half day weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks first year, uncertain second. AH have individual bedrooms, lycctures on massage. Obstetric training, 2 months in a New York Hospital. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 5. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt. , Mrs. Mary D. Burnham. The Head Nurse is Mrs. Laurance. (^Graduate St. Mary's Hospital, London.) NORTH CAROLINA— Morganton — State Jospital for Insane. Beds: 712. Cases treated, 1896, 304 men, 350 women. 18 nurses; (6 men, 12 women). Probation, 3 months. Train- ing, 2 years additional. Ages, 18 to 35. Applications, 1896, — (many). 12 became nurses. Pay, $11 women, $13.50 men. Duty hours, — . Off duty, 12 hours, weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 to 4 weeks. Uniforms and text books furnished. I^ectures on massage. No obstetrical department. Semi- annual examinations. School founded, November, 1895. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Dr. P. L Murphy, or the Supt. of Nurses, Miss S. E. Pitts. {Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and the State Hospital for Insane, Columbia, S. C.) 194 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. m m OHIO — Canton - Aultman Hospital. Beds : Men 20, Women 20, Pay patients 20. Total 60. Cases treated, 1895, 207 (91 men, 116 women), 100 medical (8 obstetric), 99 surgical (72 gynaecological). 8 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years ad- ditional. Ages, 25 to 35. Admission, in the Spring. Appli- cations, 1895, 30. 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $8. Vacation, 2 weeks. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 12 to 15 hours weekly. All have individual bedrooms. — exami- nations. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 4. Gradu- ation month, — . Address the Supt., Miss E. J. Hagar. {Graduate Bellevue Hospital^ New York.) Cincinnati —Cincinnati Hospital — 12th and Central Ayes. Beds : Men 276, Women 180, Children 24, Pay patients 12, Isolation ward 8. Total 500. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 60 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1895, 234. 16 accepted. Pay, $8. Duty hours 12. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. I^ectures on massage. Annual examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 61. Graduation month, January. Address the Supt., Miss Olive Fisher. {Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital.) Jewish Hospital — Avondale (Cincinnati) — Burnett Ave. and Union St. Beds: Men 16, Women 16, Pay patients 12. Total 44. Cases treated, 1895, 485. 11 nurses, i probationer. Pro- bation, I month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Admission, Spring and Autumn. Applications, 1895,53. 10 accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 20 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. I^ectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. Instruc- tion in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1890. Has gradu- ated 15. Graduation month, June. Post-Graduate course. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Mary Hamer Greenwood. {Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital. ) Note — The Hospital is coutrolled by Hebrews, but nurses are admitted with- out distinction of creed. Cleveland — State Hospital for the Insane. Beds : Men 530, Women 500. Total i ,030. Cases treated, 1895, — • 15 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 40. Pay, men $23 to $30, women $16 to $20. Duty hours, 14. Off duty, T HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. >95 half day weekly, and alternate Sundays. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Annual examinations. No obstet- rical training. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 45. Graduation month, April. Address the Supt. , Dr. H. C. Eyman. Homeopathic Hospital ("Huron Street Hospital") — 66 Huron St. Beds: Men 30, Women 45, Children 12. Total 87. Cases treated, 1895, 939 (407 men, 532 women), 770 surgical, 147 medical, 220 obstetrical. 23 nurses, 4 probationers. Pro- bation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 24 to 30. Admission, usually Spring and Autumn. Appli- cations, 1895, 268. 40 accepted ; 19 became nurses. Pay, $8 (change impending). Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, half day weekly, 3 hours on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 1880. Has graduated 82. Graduation month, April. School case given. Registry. Address the Secretary, Mr. W. H. Webber. The Principal of the School is Miss J. Christie. {Graduate Toronto General Hospital.) The School's Motto is In God's Namk. Toledo — Toledo Hospital — 171 1 Cherry St. Beds : Men 50, Women 50. Total 100. Cases treated, 1895, 482 ( — men, — women), 264 surgical, 218 medical. 24 nurses, 6 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 75, 8 accepted ; all became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, II. Off duty, I hour daily, half day weekly, half Sunday. Uniforms, shoes, text-books, and thermometers furnished. Vacation, 2 weeks. Senior nurses usually have individual bedrooms. A separate Nurses' Home. Lectures on mas- sage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 11. Graduation month, June. Registry. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Address the Supt., Miss Mabel Morrison. {Graduate St. Luke's Hospital, New York.) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the Toledo Hospital Association, composed of ladies. Only Protestants are admitted as nurses. Both schools of medicine, and both sexes, practice at this Hospital. Zanesville — City Hospital — Underwood St. Beds: 30. Cases treated, 1895, — . 5 nurses, — proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, — . 3 accepted; all ■I ,,'.: m 196 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. became nurses. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 10 or more. Off duty, 2 hours daily, i afternoon, and part of Sunday. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Uniforms for first 6 months are furnished. Text books furnished. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 18 — . Has graduated 3. Graduation month, November. Address Mrs. F. N. Southard. OREGON — Portland (Sunnyside)— Portland Homeopathic Hospital. Beds: Men 14, Women 12, Children 6, Pay patients 13. Total 45. Cases treated, 1896, — . Ambulance service. 16 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Admission, any month but June, July and August. Applications, 1895, 40. II accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 24 hours weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks. Lectures on massage. School founded, 1895. Address the Head Nurse, Miss L. E. Killiam. (^Graduate Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia. ) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the M. E. Church. Good Samaritan Hospital — 23d and Lovejoy Sts. Beds: Men 75, Women 50. Total 125 (of which 100 are Pay patients). Cases treated, 1895, 1,108 (519 surgical, 457 medical, 42 obstetrical). 23 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 29 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, 52. 14 accepted; 9 became nurses. Pay, $9.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, and i afternoon weekly. Vacation, i month. Annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 37. Graduation month, August, School case given. Registry. Address the Supt. , Mrs. Emma J. Wakeman. The Supt. of School is Miss Emily L. Loveridge. ( Graduate Bellevue Hospital, New York. ) Note — The Hospital is controlled by the Episcopal Church. PENNSYLVANIA— Allegheny — Allegheny General Hos- pital — 37 Stockton Ave. Beds : Men 60, Women 50, Children 10, Infants 6. Total 126. Cases treated, 1895, — • Ambulance service. 35 nurses, 5 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1896, 720. P^y. $9- Duty hours, 12^. Off duty, i hour daily, 6 on mm HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. »97 one day, 4 on Sunday. Vacation, 10 days. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. Instruction in In- valid Cookery. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 81. Registry. Address the Chief Nurse, Miss C. E. Perkins. {Graduate Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.) Allegheny — Presbyterian Hospital — 31-32 Sherman Ave. Beds: — . Cases treated, 1896, 193 (81 medical, 112 surgical). Ambulance service. 6 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, over 21. Applications, 1896, — . — accepted; 6 became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 6. Graduation month, October. Registry. Address the Supt., Dr. Louise J. Lyle. The Head Nurse is Miss Margaret Woodside. {Graduate Good Samaritan Hospital, Belfast, Ireland.) NoTB — The Hospitalis controlled by the Presbyterian Church. Only Protestants are admitted as probationers. Erie — Hamot Hospital. Beds: Men 30, Women 22, Children 5, Private patients 10. Total 67. Cases treated, 1895, 304 (195 surgical, 57 medical, 52 eye and ear). 1 1 nurses, 2 probationers. Proba- tion, i^ or 2 months. Training, 3 years (including proba- tion). Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 24. 3 accepted. Pay, $7.50. Duty hours, i2>^. Off duty, 7 hours weekly, and 2 half days. Vacation, 2 weeks. No obstetr> depart- ment, but nurses see cases in doctors' private practice (40 in 1895). Annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 14. Graduation month, April. Address the Supt. , Miss Isabel Turner. ( Graduate Toronto General Hospital. ) Fountain Springs — State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania. Beds: 100, all men. Cases treated, 1896, 823, and 1,135 dispensary. Ambulance service. 8 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i to 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 32. Applications, 1896, 20. i accepted. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 9>^. Off duty, i hour daily, 2 half days weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 5. Registry. Ad- dress the Supt., Dr. J. C. Biddle, or the Directress, Miss Jane Hodson. {Graduate of the New York Hospital. ) Note — This Hospital is entirely surgical, and for men only. .-,i.«!,fl tl 198 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. PENNSYLVANIA— Greensburg —Westmoreland Hospital. Beds: Men 14, Women 12, Pay patients 2. Total 28. Cases treated, 1895, — • Ambulance service. 6 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Admissions, January and July. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, 7. All accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 6 hours weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1896. Graduation month, December. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Ida M. Clarke. {Graduate of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh. ) The School's Motto is Bs Faith Fui, Until Dkath. Harrisburg — Harrisburg Hospital — Cor. Front and Mul- berry Sts. Beds: Men 43, Women 12, Private rooms 4. Total 59. Cases treated, 1895, 391 (125 medical, 237 surgical, 29 eye, ear and throat). 1,307 Dispensary cases. 6 nurses, 2 pro- bationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years addi- tional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1896, 5. 3 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 15 to 16 weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetric department, but some outside experience. An- nual examinations. School founded, October, 1897. Gradua- tion month will be June. Address the Supt., Mrs. L. W. Thurman. {Graduate of Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia.') Meadville — City Hospital. Beds: Men 9, Women 15, Children i, Infants 3, Isolated 2. Total 30. Cases treated, 1895, — . 8 nurses, 2 proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months addi- tional. Ages, 22 to 30. Admission, Spring and Autumn. Applications, 1896, 46. 6 accepted. Pay, $7.12. Duty hours, 13^. Off duty, 2 hours daily, and i half day. Vacation, 2 weeks. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, March. Address the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Ada B. Shaw. {Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital.) The School's Motto is Skrvio bt Servito. Note — Only Protestants are eligible as probationers. Norristown — Charity Hospital. Beds: Men 10, Women 10, Pay patients 5. Total 25. Cases treated, 1895, 282 (172 men, 96 women), 127 surgical, 141 medical. Ambulance service. 4 nurses, 4 probationers. i . 'K ' m ELECTRIC LIFT, House of Raiief, Hudson Street, N. Y. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. »99 Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 24. 8 accepted; 4 l)ecame nurses. Pay, $7.30. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, half day weekly, 4 hours Sundays. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text-lx)oks furni.shed. I^ectures on massage. Obstetrical experience chiefly in outside work. Quarterly examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 7. Graduation month, April. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss P. Schneider. {Gradu- ate 0/ Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia.) Oil City — Oil City Hospital. Beds: Men 12, Women 12, Children 3, Infants 2, Con- tagious Ward 6, Pay patients 6. Total 41. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 39. 7 accepted; 4 became nurses. Pay, $ro. Duty hours, 10. Off duly, 24 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Quar- terly examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 4. Graduation month, October. School case given. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Anna M. Macpherson. {Graduate Homeopathic Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y. ) Philadelphia — Children's Hospital. Beds: 123, and 18 for infants. Total 141. Cases treated, 1895, 748 (4,767 Dispensary cases), 436 surgical, 313 medi- cal. Ambulance service. 20 nurses, 4 probationers. Pro- bation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 18 to 22. Applications, 1895, — . Pay, $9. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 32 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some text- books furnished. Lectures on massage. School founded, 1895. Graduation month, — . Address the Supt., Miss Kdna D. Hogan. {Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital.) Frankford — (Philadelphia) — Friends' Asylum for the Insane. Beds: Men 50, Women 77. Total 127 (all Pay patients). Cases treated, 1895, 186 (103 men, 83 women). 46 nurses (20 men, 26 women). Probation, 2 months, with pay. Training, 20 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, men $19, second year $23 ; women $16, second year $25. Duty hours, 15. Off duty, 10 hours weekly, and i day monthly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Nurses usually have individual bed- rooms. Lectures on massage. Women nurses obtain ob- stetrical experience at a Philadelphia Hospital. Three ex- ^1 200 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. aminations yearly. School founded, 1895. Has graduated 7. Graduation month, June. Separate Nurses' Home. Ad- dress the Supt., Dr. R. H. Chase, or the Supt. of Training School, Dr. S. Elizabeth Winter. {Pupil of the Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia. ) Note — The Asylum is controlled by members of the Society of Friends. Both men and women physicians serve on its staff. Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital — 151 2 Lombard St. Beds: Men 9, Women 9. Total 18. Cases treated, 1896, 61 (32 surgical, 29 medical), 20 men, 41 women (987 Dis- pensary cases). 4 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applica- tions, 1896, 58. 6 accepted; 2 became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text-books furnished. lyectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1895. Graduation month. May. Instruction in Invalid Cookery (at Drexel Institute). Address the Supt., Miss S. Gertrude Patterson. {Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital. ) Note — Both Hospital and School are for colored people. Hahnemann Hospital — 15th St. above Race. Beds: Men 73, Women 50, Children 9, Total 132. Cases treated, 1895, 2,029 (439 medical, 1,021 surgical, 318 gynae- cological, 161 eye and ear), 4,368 accident and emergency, 83 obstetrical, 697 diseases of children, and 2 1,439 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service. 38 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 35 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 200. 18 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, I afternoon weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. So: le nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage, i month's in- struction in Invalid Cookery. No obstetrical department, but some outside work. Monthly examinations. School founded, 1890, Has graduated 56, Graduation month, April, Registry, Address the Supt, , Miss Alice Brownlee. ( Graduate of the Royal Hospital, Belfast. ) Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — 3400 Spruce St. Beds: Men 140, Women 140, Children 25, Total 305, Cases treated, 1896, 1,496 (815 men, 681 women), 418 medical, 572 surgical, 50 eye, 96 orthopaedic, 197 gynae- cological, 163 obstetric. Also 1,496 treated in Receiving Ward. 246 Ambulance cases, 9,056 Dispensary patients. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 20I Iruce Ambulance service. 56 nurses, — probatic^ »^rs. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Pay, $12. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, i hour daily, 4 Sunday, and half day each week. Vacation, 2 weeks, first and second year, one month third. Nurses usually have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. Separate Nurses' Home. Graduation month, November. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Miss M. E. P. Davis. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Linda M. Richards. {Graduate New England Hospital for Women and Children, Boston.) Howard Hospital — Broad and Catharine Sts. Beds: Men 11, Women 28. Total 39. Cases treated, 1895, 308 (114 men, 194 women), 112 medical, 196 surgical (160 gynaecological), 25,009 Dispensary cases. 10 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, 34. 5 ac- cepted; 2 became nurses. Pay, $6.25. $50 given at gradu- ation. Duty hours, 13 day, 11 night. Off duty, i after- noon, and 4 hours alternate Sundays. Vacation, 2 weeks. Head nurses have individual bedrooms. Obstetric experience obtained at another Hospital, Semi-annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1894, Has graduated 7, Graduation month, September, Address the Supt. of Hospital. The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Nina M. Boyd. {Graduate University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.^ Jefferson Medical College Hospital — 1020 Sansom St. Beds: Men 52, Women 50, Children 8, Infants 4, Pay patients 14. Total 128. Cases treated, 1895, 1,587 (263 medical, 748 surgical, 82 obstetrical, 157 gynaecological, 237 private patients), 16,487 in Dispensary, Ambulance service. 38 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, i or 2 months. Train- ing, 35 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895,110, 44 accepted ; 22 became nurses. Pay, $7. Duty hours, II. Off duty, i hour daily, i afternoon weekly, 4 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Separate Nurses' Home. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1891, Has graduated 34, Graduation months, April and October, Registry, Address the Supt. , Miss Susan C. Hearle. {Graduate nf the Philadelphia Hospital.') Jefferson Maternity (Maternity Department Jefferson Medical College Hospital) — 224 South 7th St. Beds: 18. Cases treated, 1895, 82. Ambulance service. 2 urses. All must be graduates of some Training School. i?f:.i It 902 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. M'' liit: m Training, 3 mouths. Age, over 21. Applications, 1895, 12. 6 accepted. No pay. Duty hours, uncertain. Off duty, — . School founded, 1892. Has graduated — . Ad- dress the Supt. , Dr. E. P. Davis. The Head Nurse is Miss Margaret RusseU. (^Graduate of the Philadelphia Hospital,^ Jewish Hospital — Tabor Road and 13th St. (Logan Station). Beds: Men 36, Women 25. Total 61 (including 12 Pay patients). Cases treated, 1896, 594 (414 men, 180 women), 363 medical, 231 surgical, 12,922 Dispensary cases. Am- bulance service. 12 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 years and up. Applications, 1896, 25. 5 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $10.50. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 22 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. In- struction in Invalid Cookery. No obstetrical department, theoretical instruction. Annual examinations. Post-Gradu- ate course. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 13. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Dr. Edwin A. Jarecki. The Chief Nurse is Miss Elizabeth Hanson. {Graduate Protestant Episcopal Hospital , Philadelphia.^ Note — An additional year of training is given, if desired ; pay, I15 month. Medico-Chirurgical Hospital — 17th and Cherry Sts. Beds : Men 75, Women 100, Children 40, Infants 15, Private rooms 27. Total 257. Cases treated, 1896, — . Ambulance service. 40 nurses, 6 prob. loners. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1895, 116. i6 accepted; 11 became nurses. Pay, $6. Duty hours, 8. Off duty, 20 hours weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks. Lectures on massage. Examinations, 6 times yearly. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 37. Graduation month, April. Registry. A Post- Graduate course is contemplated. Address the Directress, Mrs. Katharine A. Taylor. {^Graduate of the Philadelphia Hos- pital. ) Note — This School will receive colored probationers. Methodist Episcopal Hospital — South Broad and Wolf Sts. Beds: Men 27, Women 32, Children 9, Private rooms 13. Total 81. Cases treated, 1895, 735 (308 men, 356 women, 71 children), 296 medical, 225 surgical, 143 gynaecological. Ambulance service. 22 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 22 to -^1 ii H I O o 03 H ? CO S " w o CO 3 w CO o c > r I o CO ■V H > r I r > D m r ■D 1\ ■1 Ip'^ III' " 'fill iV t M 'h^.;; «~ "i ■ , . im 35. Ofll Va on Ser Set mo: Dir Nc admi F E 2,2( met tagi nur! 3 y€ 47 : II. nurs Inst rical Has Regi Miss Not to pas Colore PI and ( Be (298 whic batio 21 to Duty I/CCtl in In ated , May. Rebe( Shaw Note and wo: WIfHiPmP HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. se$ 35. Applications, 1895, — • P^Y. $ii- Duty hours, 12. Off duty, I hour daily, half of one day, 4 hours Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some text-books furnished. Lectures on massage. Obstetric experience, entirely in outside work. Semi-annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 27. Graduation month. May. School case given, if possible. Address the Directress of Nurses, Dr. Alice M. Seabrook. Note — The School is controlled by the M. E. Church, admitted as nurses. Only Protestants are Philadelphia Hospital — 34th and Pine Sts. Beds: 1,200. Cases treated, 1895, 7,030 (4,282 men, 2,202 women, 546 children), 2,792 medical, 1,067 surgical, 153 gynaecological, 285 obstetric, etc. Hospital has depart- ments for nervous, eye, skin, insane, children's, and con- tagious cases, also. Ambulance service (1,143 cases). 100 nurses, 12 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, — • 47 probationers became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, II. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. A few nurses have individual bedrooms. 20 lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Each nurse sees 15 obstet- rical cases. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1885. Has graduated 444. Graduation months, January and June. Registry (managed by the graduates). Address the Supt., Miss Marion E. Smith. {Graduate of this School.) Note — This Hospital is under control of the City authorities. Candidates have to pass a civil Service examination, in addition to the usual form for admission. Colored probationers are admitted to this School — though such applicants are few. Philadelphia Lying-In Charity and Nurse School — nth and Cherry Sts. Beds: 34 (10 Pay patients). Cases treated, 1896, 359 (298 obstetrical), 1,116 Clinic cases, 182 outside cases to which nurses were sent. 29 nurses, 4 probationers. Pro- bation, I month. Training, 11 months additional. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1896, 49. 47 accepted. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 7 hours weekly. No vacation, lycctures on massage. Annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1828. Has gradu- ated 3,000. $30 given each graduate. Graduation month, May. Registry. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Mrs. Rebecca B. Brown. The Head Nurse is Miss Jennie M. Shaw. {Graduate of the Woman^s Hospital, Philadelphia.) Note— This is the oldest Training School for Nurses in America. Both men and women physicians are on the medical staff. 'i-i • \.(:i v; ; Jt'; ii- 904 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Polyclinic — Lombard St., above iSth St. Beds: Men 24, Women 22, Children 7, Infants i, Pay patients II. Total 65. Cases treated, 1895, — . 23 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Admission, preferably on September ist. Applications, 1895, 80. 15 accepted; 5 be- came nurses. Pay, $7.33. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, — . Vacation, 2 weeks first year, three second, four third. In- struction in Invalid Cookery. Uniforms furnished in third year. Text-books furnished in part. Lectures on massage. Obstetrical experience obtained at another Hospital. Semi- annual examinations. School founded, 18 — . Has gradu- ated — . Graduation month, October. Post-Graduate course offered. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Maud Banfield. {Graduate of St. Bartholomew' s and Queen Charlotte's Hos- pitals y London.) The School's Motto is Faithfui. in Littlb, Faithfui, IN Much. Presbyterian Hospital — 39th and Filbert Sts. Beds: Men 62, Women 56, Children 24, Pay patients 31. Total 173. Cases treated, 1895, 1,468 (821 men, 647 women), 596 surgical, 568 medical, 104 children, 2,300 ac- cident cases in Out-patients' department (5,825 Out-patients in all). Ambulance service, 34 nurses, 6 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35, Admission (usually) April and September. Applications, 1895, 337. 28 accepted; 16 became nurses. Pay, $9.33. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 17 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. 10 senior nurses have individual bed- rooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. No obstetrical department. Examinations at end of first and third years. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 60. ^50 given at graduation. Graduation month, April. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss C. I. Milne. {Graduate 0/ St. Bar- tholomew's Hospital, London.) Protestant Episcopal Hospital — Front St. and Lehigh Ave. — (Corporate title: Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.) Beds: Men 150, Women 115, Children 35, Pay patients 10. Total 310. Cases treated, 1895, 2,490 (1,792 men, 698 women), 1,018 medical, 1,472 surgical (30,609 Dis- pensary patients, 16,853 medical, 10,432 surgical, 1,867 eye, 1,457 ear, nose and throat). Ambulance service. 45 to 50 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. M5 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, — . Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Pay, $9. Duty hours, i2>^. Oft duty, 2 hours daily and 2 half days weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department (lectures on subject). Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1888. Has graduated 122. Graduation month, June. Address the Chief Nurse, Miss Mary S. Littlefield. ( Graduate of Bellevue Hospital, New York. ) Note — The School is controlled by the Episcopal Church. Samaritan Hospital — Broad and Ontario Sts. Beds: Men 12, Women 18, Children 6. Total 41. Cases treated, 1896, 502 ( — men, — women), 263 surgical, 142 medical, 97 gynaecological. Ambulance service. 15 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 32. Admission, usually in Spring and Autumn. Applications, 1896, 45. 8 accepted; 5 be- came nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 17 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. In- struction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated — . Graduation month, — . School case given, if possible. Registry. Ad- dress the Supt. of Nurses, Miss Katharine Brown. (^Gradu- ate of the Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia.^ St. Agnes Hospital — 1900 South Broad St. Beds: Men 10 1, Woman 118. Total 219. Cases treated, 1896, 1,726 (1,159 men, 577 women), 829 medical, 754 surgical, 109 ,tjynaecological, 34 eye. Additional cases at Clinics — 629 medical, 2,244 surgical, 209 gynaecological, 474 throat, nose and ear, 45 nervous, 922 eye, in skin, 229 diseases of children, — total Clinic patients 4,826. Ambu- lance service (243 patients). 16 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. II accepted, 1896; 7 became nurses. Pay, $6. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, i hour daily, i afternoon weekly, and alternate Sundays. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. In- struction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, October, 1896. Graduation month, May. Registry. Address the Supt., Sister M. Borromeo. Note — The Hospital is controlled by a Catholic order, the Sisters of St. Francis, St. Joseph's Hospital — Girard Ave., i6th and 17th Sts. Beds: 196. Cases treated, 1895, 1.483, 962 medical, 12,942 Dispensary patients. Ambulance service. 28 nurses, 'f! I # i' 'i' (.1 m , I'l; ;!!* I'll />■>' !i\ 7 '' 306 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. mm I !■! i H^r rn 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1896, 60. 23 ac- cepted ; 12 became nurses. Pay, $6. Duty hours, 12. OflF duty, I hour daily, half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. I/CCtures on massage. Obstetric experience obtained in an- other Hospital. Quarterly examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 23. Graduation month. May. Registry. Address Sister Adelaide. The Supt. of Nurses is Sister Adeline. {Graduate Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.^ Note — The Hospital is controlled by a Catholic order, the Sisters of Charity, but Protestants are admitted as nurses. West Philadelphia Hospital for Women — 4035 Parrish St. Beds: 32. Cases treated, 1895, 236 (and 2, 106 Dispensary), 72 obstetric. 12 nurses, i probationer. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applica- tions, 1896, — . II accepted; 6 became nurses. Pay, $7.50. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 15 weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. I/Cctures on massage. Quarterly examinations. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 15. Graduation month, March. $50 given at graduation. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Emily A. Rogers. {Graduate of Boston City Hospital. ) Woman's Hospital — North College Ave. and 22d St. Beds: Women 65, Children 10, Private patients 45. Total 120. Cases treated, 1895, 805. 208 obstetric, 123 surgical, 104 medical, 539 gynaecological, 12,226 Dispensary patients. 40 nurses, 4 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 34 months additional. Ages, 21 to 40. Admission, from September to July. Applications, 1895, 330. 38 accepted; 34 became nurses. Pay, $9.33. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 half days, 3 evenings weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks (none in third year). lectures on massage. Instruction in In- valid Cookery. Bi-monthly examinations. School founded, 1861. Has graduated 330. Graduation month, December. Post- Graduate course. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Anna L. Fetting. ( Graduate of this School. ) Note — All the medical and surgical practitioners of this Hospital are women. Pittsburg — Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and Dispensary — Second Ave. Beds: Men 70, Women 62, Children 18, Pay patients 24. Total 150. Cases treated, 1895, i>703 (i.o77 men, 626 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 207 women), 611 medical, 714 surgical, 140 gynaecological, 132 eye, ear and throat. Ambulance service. 30 nurses, — pro- bationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years addi- tional. Ages, 22 to 35. Applications, 1895, 219. 18 ac- cepted; 17 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 21 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Annual ex- aminations. School founded, 1886. Has graduated 98. Graduation month, April. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss Ida F. Giles. {Graduate 0/ this School.) South Side Hospital — Second St., « South Side." Beds: Men 34, Women 16, Private rooms 14. Total 64. Cases treated, 1895, 1.038. 767 surgical, 271 medical, 813 men, 225 women. 71 gynaecological. 8 nurses, 3 proba- tioners. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1896, 100. 8 accepted. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, 5 hours one day, 4 hours Sunday. Vacation, — . Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department, though some cases. Quarterly examinations. Graduation month, April. Address the Supt. , Miss Agnes B. Price. {Graduate of Medico- Chirurgical Hos- pital, Philadelphia,) Western Pennsylvania Hospital — Brereton Ave., head of 28th St. Beds: Men 149, Women 46, Children 15. Total 210 (in- cluding 24 private rooms). Cases treated, 1895, — . Am- bulance service. 45 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 3 months, with pay. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, 250. 39 accepted; 24 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, i afternoon, and 5 hours on Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Some nurses have individual rooms. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Limited Obstetrical department. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1892. Has graduated 50. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Mr. M. J. House. The Directress of Nurses is Miss Emma Church. {Graduate of this School.) Note — Bach nurse serves, in turn, in the Operating room and in care of instru- ments, and in Diet Kitchen. Western Pennsylvania Hospital — Male Training School. 12 nurses. Applications, 1895, 64. 14 accepted; 10 be- came nurses. Pay, $ — . ! i U ii V *■ m m 1:1 111 '\--x li!i 3o8 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. vt f, W~ Reading — Reading Hospital — Front and Spring Sts. Beds: Men 29, Women 27, Children 8, Infants i, Pay patients 9. Total 64. Cases treated, 1895, 591 ^256 medi- cal, 328 surgical, 7 obstetrical), 440 men, 144 women. Am- bulance service. 13 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Ad- mission, January and September. Applications, 1896, 30. II accepted; 8 became nurses. Pay, $6.25 ($50 first year, $100 second). Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Semi- annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1889. Has graduated 16. Graduation month, September. Registry. Address the Supt. , Miss Mary h. Rose. {Graduate of Philadelphia Hospital.) Scranton — Lackawanna Hospital — 410 Franklin Ave. Beds : Men 50, Women 20, Pay patients 3. Total 73. Cases treated, 1895, 576; 329 surgical, 204 medical. Am- bulance service. 12 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 22 to 30. Applications, 1895, 35. 8 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 10 day, 12 night. Off duty, i afternoon, half Sunday, and 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Some nurses have individual rooms. Lectures on massage. School founded, 18 — . Has graduated 11. Graduation month, June. Regi.stry. Ad- dress the Supt., Miss K. K. Kraemer. {Graduate of Bellevue Hospital, New York.) Moses Taylor Hospital. Beds: Men 50, Women 14. Total 64. Cases treated, 1895, 243 (165 surgical, 78 medical), 294 Dispensary. Ambulance service. 6 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applica- tions, 1895, 40. 7 accepted; 6 became nurses. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 2 hours daily, and half day weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. In- dividual bedrooms for all. Lectures on massage. Exami- nations, I first year, 2 second. School founded, 1892. Has graduated i. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Mrs. A. W. Smith. {Graduate of Bellevue Hospital, New York.) West Chester — Chester County Hospital. Beds: Men 24, Women 19, Pay patients 7. Total 50. Cases treated, 1895, 312 (124 medical, 159 surgical, 29 gynae- 1:1 r HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 209 cological). Ambulance service. 12 nurses, 2 probationers. Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 10. 4 accepted; all became nurses. Pay, $9.25. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day weekly, and half Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. No obstetrical department, but some outside work. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 6. Graduation month. May. Address the Supt., Miss Julie King. {Graduate of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. ) Wilkes-Barre — Wilkes-Barre City Hospital. Beds: Men 40, Women 23, Pay patients 12. Total 75. Cases treated, 1895, 759 (577 surgical, 182 medical), 505 men, 254 women. 20 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 1 month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Admission, Spring and Autumn. Applications, 1895, 28. 16 accepted; 10 became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 9^ day, 11^ night. Off duty, 2K hours daily, 6 hours one day weekly, 4 hours Sundays. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms and text-books furnished. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1887. Has graduated 28. Graduation month, June. Address the Supt., Miss Roberta M. West. {Graduate 0/ Philadelphia Hospital.) Williamsport — Williamsport Hospital. Beds: Men 30, Women 30, Children 2, Private patients 13. Total 75. Cases treated, 1895, 494 (291 male, 203 female), 193 medical, 301 surgical, 10 obstetrical. 13 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1895, 26. — ac- cepted; 6 became nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, 2 hours daily. Vacation, 2 weeks. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Annual examinations. School founded, 1883. Has graduated 32. Graduation month, June. Registry. Address the Supt., Miss Virginia Loomis. {Graduate of the University of Pe^insylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.) Note — This School will receive colored women as probationers. RHODE ISLAND — Newport — Newport Hospital. Beds; — . Cases treated, 1895, 533, men, 303 (114 sur- gical), women, 230 (80 surgical, 150 medical), 196 Eye and Ear. 17 nurses, i probationer. Probation, 3 months. Training, 27 months additional. Admissions, April i, November i. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1896, 58. !;•' \m til ■>% '^J^r- IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 I.I 1^12^ 12.6 ■50 "^^ M^H ■^ 1^ 12.2 lU 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 .4 6" — ► V] v^ /a /A '"^0^ '> / V Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (-/16) 872-4503 6^ aio HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. i -1 1 i ' t '■ m i. ft: •» A f'i oSJ lo accepted. Pay, — . Duty hours, — . Off duty, — . Vacation, 3 weeks. Quarterly examinations. School founded, 1885. Has graduated 33. Graduation month, — . Registry. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Address the Supt., Miss Lucy V. Pickett. {Graduate of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.) The School's Motto is N'oubliez Pas. Providence — Rhode Island Hospital. Beds: Men 129, Women 68, Children 28. Total 228. Cases treated, 1895, 2,046 (1279 men, 767 women), 728 medical, 951 surgical, 54 ear, nose and throat, 93 eye, 220 gynaecological, 8,469 Dispensary (3,269 surgical, 3,545 medical, 1,655 eye). Ambulance service. 38 nurses, 3 pro- bationers. Probation, 2 months, "on trial," 3 months more. Training, 19 months additional. Applications in 1895, 250. 55 accepted ; 24 became nurses. Pay, $12.50. Duty hours, 13. Off duty, i8>^ weekly, and an occasional day off. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. All have individual bedrooms. Three examinations yearly. Gradua- tion month, — . School founded, 1882. Has graduated 116. Address the Supt., Miss Emma L. Stowe. {Graduate Boston City Hospital.) Note — Training is 6 months each, medical and surgical, remainder various. Hospital has a Contagious Ward. Rhode Island Homeopathic Hospital — 151 Morris Ave. Beds: Men 19, Women 41. Total 60. Cases treated, 1895, 209 (123 surgical, 35 men, 88 women), 46 medical (17 men, 29 women). 16 nurses, — probationers. Proba- tion, I month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages. 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 58- u accepted; 8 became nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 17 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Lectures on massage. A separate Nurses' Home. Obstetric experience consists in outside work. Annual examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1892. Has graduated — . Gradu- ation month, — . Address the Supt., Mrs. Jennie L. Bassett. {Graduate of the New Haven Hospital. ) Providence Lying-in Hospital — 96 State St. Beds : Women 22, Infants 35. Total 57. Cases treated, 1895, 121 women, 96 infants (not including those born in the hospital). 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 14 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. The Providence Lying-in Hospital. 96 STATE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. FOUNDED 1884 offers superior advantages to young women wishing training in obstetrical nursing, and in the care and feeding of young children. In the obstetrical department they are instructed in every detail of the work, and enjoy many opportunities which would be impracti- cable in general hospitals. Every nurse has experience in caring for private patients |as well as for those in the wards, and in this branch her work is as nearly as possible like that she will meet with after leaving the hospital. She has sole care of both patient and baby, occupies the same room with them and prepares the patient's meals. " — -In the infants' ward are received children under two years of age, if not suffering from contagious diseases. Particular attention is given to preparing and administering special foods for children with feeble powers of digestion. ^The experience in this line is unexcelled. Applicants for admission to the school must be between 21 and 35, possess sound health, good physique, amiable dispositions and an active temperament. They must expect to receive that for which they profess to enter the school — training. Hence they must not be fret- ful nor resentful under correction and discipline. A good common-school education is also indispensable. Nurses who have been dismissed from any other hospital before finishing their course, will not be received here. The regular term of instruction is fifteen months. | A Post-Graduate course of six months is provided for nurses holding diplomas from general hospitals of good standing. After acceptance pupils taking the regular course receive $8.00 per month for the first seven months, and flO.OO per month for the remainder of their service. Nurses taking the Post- Graduate course receive |10.00 per month after the month of probation. Address, Miss ELIZABETH R. SMILLIE, Matron of Hospital. !■(■"( T I' 212 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. mi Applications, 1895, 25. 15 accepted; 10 became nurses. Pay, $9. Duty hours, 12 or 13. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. Some nurses have individual bedrooms. School founded, 1887. Has graduated 24. Post-Graduate Course of 6 months. Registry. Address the Supt. of Hospital, Miss Elizabeth R. Smillie ( Graduate of the New York Hospital. ) Note — The Hospital is not for maternity cases alone, as children under two are received as patients in a special ward. SOUTH CAROLINA — Charleston — City Hospital — Cor. Lucas and Calhoun Sts. Beds: Men 95, Women 45, Pay patients 10. Total 150. Cases treated, 1895, 1,198. Ambulance service. 10 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month (occasionally more). Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applica- tions, 1895, II. G accepted. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Pay, $8.50. Duty hours, 12. Off (^uty, 12 weekly. Examination, end of course. School founded, 1895. Address the Supt., Miss In, I month. Training, 23 months additional. Ages, 21 to 35. Pay, $5.50. Duty hours, 10%. Off duty, 16 (or more) hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. No obstetrical department. Annual examinations. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 7, Graduation month, — . Address the Supt., Miss A. P, Robinson. {Graduate of Toronto General Hospital. ) NoTK— Nurses have the option of taking a six months' extra course in surgical nursing. F'^milton — City Hospital. Be : Men 55, Women 55, Pay patients 16. Total 126. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 18 nurses, — probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Applications, 1895, i^o- 8 ac- cepted. Pay, $6. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour, half day weekly, and part of Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uni- forms furnished. Lectures on massage. Annual examina- tions. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 30. Graduation month, October. School case given when possible. Registry. Apply to the Lady Supt., Miss C. M. Bowman. {Graduate of Toronto General Hospital. ) Note — The Hospital is a City institution. Is building a separate Nurses' Home. Kingston — Kingston General Hospital. Beds: Men 45, Women 60, Children 15, Infants 10, Pay patients 30. Total 160. Cases treated, 1895, — . 20 nurses, HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 333 ft,^ 2 or 3 probationers. Probation, 6 weeks. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 23 to 30. Applications, 1895, 60. 16 accepted; 12 became nurses. No pay. Duty hours, 9. Off duty, 20 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1886. Has graduated 58. Graduation month, April. Reg- istry. Address the Supt., Miss M. H. MacMillan. {Gradu- ate of the Illinois Training School, Chicago. ) Note — The Hospital maintains a Contagious Department. London — London General Hospital. Beds: Men 35, Women 45, Pay patients, 12. Total, 92. Cases treated, 1895, 658 (361 men, 297 women), 481 medi- cal (54 obstetrical), 267 surgical (96 gynaeocological), 984 Dispensary. Ambulance service. 1 1 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 22 months additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1895, 10. — accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 11. ^Off duty, 11 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Liiiforms furnished. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1883. Has graduated 65. Graduation months, April and October. Registry. Address the Lady Supt. , Miss M. S. Tye. {Gradu- ate of the Toronto General Hospital. ) Ottawa — Rideau St. — i . General Protestant Hospital. — 2. Coirtagious Diseases Hospital — 3. Ottawa Maternity Hospital. Beds: In i, 64; in 2, 20; in 3, 12. Cases treated, 1895 : in I, — ; in 2, — ; in, 3, — . Ambulance service. 21 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages 22 to 32. Applications, 1895, 75. 8 accepted ; all became nurses. Pay, $6.50. Duty hours, 10 day, 12 night. Off duty, i afternoon weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. All have individual bedrooms. Annual exami- nations. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 26. Gradu- ation month, May. School case given. Post-Graduate course. Registry. Address the Lady Supt. of the Lady Stanley Institute, Miss Gertrude W. Moore. {Graduate of Bellevue Hospital, New York. ) KOTE — The nursing in the three Hospitals is done by the members of the " I«ady Stanley Institute " Training School, Ottawa. St. Catherines — General and Marine Hospital. Beds : Men 24, Women 18. Total 42. Cases treated, 1895, 294, 184 men, 102 women (8 obstetric). 10 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months h - .. Ml I* i i 1 jj ■ ' ''It % , f )m ;;? :^T ^■t 1 ' ■: fJiJi ^i i«>«PBI«< aa4 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. additional. Ages, 20 to 35. Applications, 1895, 50. 15 accepted; 4 became nurses. Pay, $4.50. Duty hours, 12. Off Duty, I hour daily, and two half days weekly. Vaca- tion, 2 weeks. Text-books furnished. A separate Nurses' Home. School founded, 1874. Has graduated 65. Address the Supt. , Miss Hannah HoUingworth, {Graduate of Toronto General HospitaL ) Its motto is Video et Taceo. Note. —The School is known as the Mnck Training School. Toronto — Grace Hospital — College and Huron Sts. Beds: Men 30, Women 35, Pay patients, 30. Total, 95. Cases treatec' 1896, 712 (192 surgical, 520 medical), 56 obstetric. 22 nur.ses, 2 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 35 months additional. Ages, 23 to 35. Appli- cations, 1895, 150- 75 accepted; 5 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 2 hours daily, half day twice weekly. Vacation, 3 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Quarterly examinations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1891. Has graduated 33. Graduation month, May. School case given. Address the Supt., Miss E. B. Clarke. {Graduate of this School.^ The motto of the School is MisERis Succurrere Disco. NoTK. —The Hospital is Homeopathic. Before applicants are finally accepted they must pass a physical examination before the Medical Board. Hospital for Sick Children — College St. Beds: 160. Cases treated, 534 (313 boys, 221 girls), 248 medical, 286 surgical. 21 nurses, 4 probationers. Proba- tion, 3 months. Training, 2 years. Ages, 20 to 30. P'\y, $4. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 3 hours daily, and 6 twice weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Head nurses have individual bedrooms. No obstetrical depart- ment, but some outside experience. Semi-annual exami- nations. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. Registry. School founded, 1886. Has graduated 56. Graduation month, June. Address the Lady Supt., Miss Louise C. Brent. {Graduate of the Brooklyn {N. K. ) Hospital.^ Toronto General Hospital — Gerrard St. East. Beds : Men 200, Women 200, private rooms, 26. Total, 426. Cases treated, 1895, 3,016 (1,674 men, 1,342 women), 2,442 medical, surgical and gynaecological, 283 obstetric, 291 eye and ear. Ambulance service. 60 nurses, 4 pro- bationers. Probation, i or 2 montls. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 25 to 35. Applications, 1895, 600. — CD C X o rn 2 » F < 1 ■■h 1 III 1 1 1 ic ■ I ■ ^-l-i^l HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 225 accepted; 28 became nurses. Pay, $5. Duty hours, gy^. Off duty, I hour daily, half day weekly, and half Sunday. Vacation, 2 weeks first year ; 3, second; 4, third. Uniforms furnished. Semi-annual examinations. A separate Nurses' Home. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. School founded, 1 88 1. Has graduated 251. Graduation month, Novem1)er. Registry. Address the Lady Supt., Miss Mary A. Snively. ( Graduate of Bellcvi4e Hospital, New York. ) Woodstock — Woodstock General Hospital. Beds: 30. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 8 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 32. Applications, 1895, 52. 8 accepted ; Pay, $5. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, 8 hours weekly, and two half days. Vacation, 2 weeks first year ; 3, second. Uniforms and text-books furnished. Nurses have individual bedrooms. lycctures on massage. Monthly examinations. School founded, 1895. Address the Lady Supt. , Miss M. Warren Falkiner. {Gradtiate of the Toronto General Hospital. ) MANITOBA — Winnipeg — Winnipeg General Hospital. Beds: General 130, Private rooms 20. Total 150, besides 50 in the Contagious Ward. Cases treated, 1896, 1,496 (467 contagious, 76 obstetrical), 434 surgical, 595 medical (263 children). Ambulance service (253 cases). 30 nurses, 3 probationers. Probation, 2 months. Training, 3 years additional. Ages, 21 to 34. Applications, 1895, no. 20 accepted; 12 became nurses. Pay, $8. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 15 to 18 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Text- books furnished. Most nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. An- nual examinations. Schoox founded, 1887. Has graduated 48. Graduation months. May and October. School case given. Address the Lady Supt. , Miss B, Holland. {Graduate of this School. ) Note — Two Nurses' Homes, one for those serving in the Contagious Depart- ment (which is a separate building, as is also the Maternity). ALBERTA, N. W. T. — Calgary — Calgary General Hos- pital. Beds : Men 10, Women 6, Private rooms 6, Isolation Ward 3. Total 25. Cases treated, 1895, — . 5 nurses, I probationer. Probation, 2 months. . Training, 3 years additional; Ages, 21 to 35. Applications, 1895, 6. 2 ac- cepted; both became nurses. Pa3% $7.83. Duty hours, 12. ■ A m t| m tiH 226 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. School founded, 1895. Address the Supt., Miss E. Birtles. {Gradu- ate of Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg.^ ASSINIBOIA, N. W. T. — Medicine Hat — Medicine Hat General Hospital. Beds: Men 22, Women 14. Total 36. Cases treated, 1895, 590 (366 Dispensary patients), 160 men, 64 women (60 surgical, 132 medical), 20 obstetrical, 33 children. 5 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 35 months additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Admission, December and January. Applications, 1895, ^i- 3 accepted ; all be- came nurses. Pay, $11. Duty hours, 11. Off duty, i hour daily, and i afternoon. Vacation, 2 weeks. Nurses have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1894. Has graduated 2. Giaduation month, January. $25 given at graduation. Registry. Address the Lady Supt. , Miss Annie C. Millar. {Graduate of Royal Infirmary^ Glasgow. ) Note — Obstetric Department is in a separate building. BRITISH COLUMBIA — Victoria — Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital. Beds: Men 36, Women 17. Total 53. Cases treated, 1895, — . Ambulance service. 12 nurses, — probationers. Probation, 3 months. Training, 21 months additional. Ages, 21 to 30. Applications, 1895, — . 4 accepted. Pay, $8.75. Duty hours, 12. Off duty, i hour daily, and 2 half days weekly. Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. No obstetric department. Semi-annual examinations. School founded, 1890. Has graduated 13. Address the Lady Supt., Miss M. MacMillan. {Graduate of the Toronto General Hos- pital. ) NOVA SCOTIA — Halifax — Nova Scotia Hospital for the Insane. Beds: 360 (and 35 in Infirmary). Cases (patients) in 1896, 468. 18 women nurses, besides untrained male attend- ants. Probation, i month. Training, 23 months addi- tional. Ages, over 18. Applications, 1896, 20. 8 accepted. Pay $11 ($13.50 to graduates). Duty hours, I3j4. Off duty, half day weekly, 4 hours Sunday (3 hours additional each week). Vacation, 2 weeks. Uniforms furnished. Seniors have individual bedrooms. Lectures on massage. Instruction in lovalid Cookery. School founded, 1893. Has graduated 20. Annual examinations. Address the 'I. lil liii"!" i ■ fill NURSES OF THE WINNIPEG GENERAL HOSPITAL. Winnipeg, Manitoba. i.» [i «ii HOW TO BKCOME A TRAINED NURSE. 337 Medical Supt., Dr. Geo. L. Sinclair. The Head Nurse i.n Miss Harriet Sampson. {Graduate of this School, ) Note — Thli i* a rfOveriini<.iit inatitutiou. Rnch tiurie tcnrea In turn In tht Infirmary wards, uperatinK room, etc. Victoria General Hospital — Tower Road. Beds: Men 75, Women 75, Children 4, Pay patients, 7. Total 161. Cases treated, 1895, 1,308 (857 men, 451 women), 567 medical, 741 surgical. Ambulance service. 21 nurses, 2 probationers. Probation, i month. Training, 2 years additional. Ages, 20 to 30. Applications, 1895, 40. 13 accepted; 11 became nurses. Pay, $10. Duty hours, 10. Off duty, 15 hours weekly. Quarterly exami- nations. Vacation, 2 weeks. A separate Nurses' Home and individual bedrooms. Uniforms furnished. Instruction in Invalid Cookery. I^ectures on massage. Obstetrical experience at another hospital. School founded , 1 89c Has graduated 3. Address the Medical Supt., Dr. A. P. keid, The Supt. of Nurses is Miss Bertha Elliot. {Graditate of Boston City Hospital. ) Male Training Department. Same as foregoing in essential particulars. Founded, 1894. Pay, $20v 2 nurses. M „ '^1 i \n m 1 -i m CHAPTER XIX. I. SCHOOLS CHARGING AN ENTRANCE FEE. Fee. Baptist Hospital, Chicago $2.00 Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vt lo.oo New Jersey Training School, Camden 50.00 State University (Homeopathic Department) Iowa City, Iowa 5.00 (and $5.00 extra if Massage is taught.) SCHOOLS PAYING NOTHING. Alexian Brothers (for men only) Chicago, 111. All Saints Kansas City, Mo. (Gives $100 at graduation.) Buffalo Homeopathic Buffalo, N. Y. (Gives $100 at graduation.) Chicago Chicago, 111. Frederick Douglass Memorial Philadelphia, Pa. Grace Detroit, Mich. (Gives $100 at graduation. ) Harper (Farrand Training School) .... Detroit, Mich. (Pays $100 third year.) Hahnemann Chicago, 111. Infants' (Post-Gradiiate course) Boston, Mass. ($35 allowed for personal expenses.) Jefferson Maternity Philadelphia, Pa. John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary . . . Louisville, Ky. Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Md. (Several scholarships awarded annually.) Kingston General Kingston, Canada. Maryland General Baltimore, Md. Mary Thompson Chicago, 111. (Gives $100 at graduation.) Methodist Epitscopal Brooklyn, N. Y. (Pays $25 every six months.) HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 229 Newport Newport, R. I. Phillis Wheatley New Orleans, La. Provident Chicago, 111. Reading Reading, Pa. (Pays $150 during course.) Riverside (North Western Training School) , Wausau, Wis. (Gives $100 at graduation.) Scarritt Kansas City, Mo. St. Mary's Brooklyn, N. Y. (Gives $100 at graduation.) St. Vincent's New York, N. Y. (Gives $125 during 2 years.) Tabitha Chicago, 111. (Gives $100 at graduation.) Toledo Toledo, O. Union Benevolent Association .... Grand Rapids, Mich. Wilkes Barre City Wilkes Barre, Pa. Winona General Winona, Minn. (Gives $100 at graduation.) Wisconsin Training School Milwaukee, Wis. Woman's* St. Louis, Mo. Paying $2*50* St. Luke's St, Louis, Mo. Paying $3*33* German- American Hospital Chicago, 111. (Bethesda Training School.) Illinois Training School , • • • Chicago, 111. Paying $4*00. City (also gives $100 at graduation) . . Indianapolis, Ind. Children's Toronto, Canada. Dixie (also gives $50 at graduation) .... Hampton, Va. Homeopathic ($4.16) ' . . Ann Arbor, Mich. St. Luke's '. Chicago, 111. Paying $4^50. Belleville General Belleville, Canada. General and Marine St. Catharines, Canada. (Mack Training School.) * Pupils get no pay first year, but one-half of what they may receive for private cases in second year. li 'ill aao HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED N^RSE. Payingf $5*00^ etc* Berlin and Waterloo Berlin, Canada. Dodd's Hospital Ashland, Wis. (Ashland Training School.) Emergency Washington, D. C. Gait General ($5.50) Gait, Canada. Garfield Park Chicago, 111. German Newark, N. J. German (also gives $ioo at graduation) . New York, N. Y. Grace Homeopathic Toronto, Canada. Hargous Hahnemann Homeopathic . . . Rochester, N. Y. Lakeside (also gives $50 at graduation) . . . Chicago, 111. Lexington Heights Buffalo, N. Y. London General London, Canada. Louisville City Louisville, Ky. (Also gives $75 at graduation. ) Lying-in Charity Philadelphia, Pa. National Homeopathic Washington, D. C. Samaritan Philadelphia, r'a. Sherbrooke Protestant Sherbrooke, Can^ . St. John's Lowell, Mass. St. John's (also gives $50 at graduation) . Brooklyn, N. Y. St. Joseph's Chicago, 111. St. Joseph's Paterson, N. J. St. Mark's (also gives $100 at graduation) NewYork, N. Y. Toronto General Toronto, Canada. Troy Troy, N. Y. University of Michigan ($5.40) .... Ann Arbor, Mich. (Allopathic Department. ) Woodstock General Woodstock, Canada. Paying $6*00. Epworth (gives also $15 at graduation) , South Bend, Ind. Hamilton City Hamilton, Canada. Medico- Chirurgical Philadelphia, Pa. Memorial Orange, N. J. State University Iowa City, Iowa. (Homeopathic Department.) St. Agnes Philadelphia, Pa. St. Joseph's Philadelphia, Pa. Wesley Chicago, 111. lif Pa. Pa. 111. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 231 Paying $6.25* Fabiola Oakland, Cal. Howard (also gives $50 at graduation) . Philadelphia, Pa. Paying $6.50. Brockville General Brockville, Canada. City Zanesville, O. Free Hospital for Women and Children . Brooklinc, Mass. Harrisburg General Harrisburg, Pa. I^ackawanna Sctanton, Pa. Lady Stanley Training Institute .... Otta^va, Canada. Moses Taylor Scranton, Pa. St. lyuke's Davenport, Iowa. Seattle General Seattle, Wash. William W. Backus Memorial Norwich, Conn., Woman's Saginaw, Mich. Paying $7. Albany City Hospital Albany, N. Y. Baptist Sanitarium St. Louis. Bethany Kansas City, Kan. Buffalo Hospital of Sisters of Charity . . . Buffalo, N. Y. Butterworth Grand Rapids, Mich. City ($7.12) Meadville, Pa. Freedmen's Washington, D. C. Jefferson Philadelphia. John Sealy Galveston. Montreal General Montreal. New Haven (Connecticut Training School) . . New Haven. New York Infirmary for Women and Children, New York. Old Dominion Richmond. Post- Graduate Chicago. Post-Graduate New York. Roosevelt New York. Trenton City . , Trenton, N. J. Paying $7.30 to $7.50. Augusta City ($7.50.) Augusta, Ga. Brooklyn ($7.30.) Brooklyn, N. Y. Charity ($7.30.) Norristown, Pa. Fannie C. Paddock Memorial ($7.50.) . . . Tacoma, Wash. Hackensack ($7.50.) Hackensack, N. J. Hamot ($7.50.) Erie, Pa. Polyclinic ($7.33.) Philadelphia. St. Luke's ($7.50.) Newburgh, N. Y. Western Montreal. 232 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Paying $8* Women's West Philadelphia. Arapahoe County Denver. Asbury M. K Minneapolis. Aultman Canton, Ohio. Baptist Chicago. Baptist St. Louis. Binghamton City Binghamton, N. Y. Burbank Fitchburg, Mass. Calgary ($7.83.) Calgary, N. W. T., Canada. Carney South Boston. Cincinnati Cincinnati. City Amsterdam, N. Y. Emergency ($7.92.) Fall River, Mass. Hahnemann Philadelphia. Homeopathic (Cleveland Training School) . . , Cleveland. Jewish Cincinnati. Mercy Chicago. Nathan Littauer Gloversville, N. Y. National Temperance Chicago. Portland Homeopathic Portland, Oregon. Protestant Infirmary Lexington, Ky. Royal Victoria Montreal. St. Agnes (Carroll P. O.) Baltimore. St. Mark's Salt Lake City. Westmoreland Greensburg, Pa. Winnipeg General Winnipeg, Manitoba. Woman's Chicago. Paying $8,50 to $8.75. Brooklyn Homeopathic ($8.67.) Brooklyn. City Charleston, S. C. Cottage Des Moines, Iowa. Lowell General Lowell, Mass. Mav>sachusetts Homeopathic ($8.75.) . . . Boston, Mass. Provincial Royal Jubilee ($8.75.) Victoria, B. C. St. Elizabeth's ($8.67.) Boston, Mass. St. Vincent de Paul Norfolk, Va. Virginia Richmond. Woman's Christian Ass'n ($8.75.) , . . Jamestown, N. Y. Paying $9 to $J0. Allegheny General Allegheny, Pa. Astoria ($9.50.) Astoria, (L. I.) N. Y. Auburn Auburn, N. Y. ■■i^ m. Lss. iss. 'a. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 233 Aurora Aurora, IIU Bellevue ($9.50,) New York, Blessing Quincy, IlL Central Maine General Lewiston. Chester County West Chester, Pa, City Kingston, N. Y. City and County St. Paul, Minn. Children's Philadelphia, Pa, Christ Jersey City, N. J, Cottage Claremont, N. H. Cottage Peoria, IlL Episcopal ($9.10) Philadelphia, Pa, (Hospital of the P. E. Church.) Flushing ($9.50) Flushing (L. I.) N. Y, Framingham ($9.50) So. Framingham, Mass. Good Samaritan ($9.50) Portland, Oregon, Hahnemann ($9.50) New York, N. Y, Hahnemann Philadelphia, Pa. Homeopathic of Delaware Wilmington, Del, Lebanon New York, N. Y, Maiden Maiden, Mass. Melrose ($9.50) Melrose, Mass, Mercer Trenton, N. J, Methodist i^^piscopal Philadelphia, Pa, Milwaukee County and City Wauwatosa, Wis, Mount Sinai ($9.50) New York, N. Y, North Adams No. Adams, Mass. Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa, Presbyterian ($9.33) Philadelphia, Pa. Presbyterian Allegheny, Pa, Protestant St. Louis, Mo, Providence Eying-In Providence, R I. Rebekah St. Louis, Mo. Red Cross New York, N. Y. Retreat for the Sick Norfolk, Va. Retreat for the Sick Richmond, Va. Springfield Springfield, Mass. Touro Infirmary New Orleans, La. Woman's ($9.33) . . . .' Philadelphia, Pa. Woman's Charity Club ($8.90) . Roxbury (Boston) Mass. Paying $iO* Augustana Hospital Chicago, 111. California Woman's Hospital San Francisco, Cal. II 1 i)!:'l ll:ri !L 234 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NL'RSE. City Wheeling, W. Va. City Quincy, Mass. City and County San Francisco, Cal. Children's Boston, Mass. Children's BufTalo, N. Y. Christ's Topeka, Kan. Clinton Clinton, Mass. Cortland Cortland, N. Y. Cottage Galesburg, 111. Elizabeth General Elizabeth, N. J. Englewood Union Chicago, 111. Fall River Fall River, Mass. Garfield Memorial Washington, D. C. Highland Park Sanitarium Montgomery, Ala. Homeopathic Pittsburgh, Pa. Homeopathic Rochester, N. Y. Hospital for Women and Children . . San Fruncisco, Cal. House of Mercy Pittsfield, Mass. House of the Good Shepherd Syracuse, N. Y. Jennie Casseday Infirmary for Women . . Louisville, Ky. lyawrence General Lawrence, Mass. Little Falls Little Falls, N. Y. Maryland University Baltimore, Md. Memorial New London, Conn. Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, Brooklyn, N.Y. Minneapolis City Minneapolis, Minn. Mitchell and Maury Sanitarium for Women . Memphis,Tenn. Morton Hospital Taunton, Mass. New England Hospital for Women and Children, Roxbury (Boston) Mass. Newton Newton Lower Falls, Mass. North Western Minneapolis, Minn. Oil City Oil City, Pa. Polyclinic Chicago, 111. Presbyterian New York, N. Y. Rockford Rockford, 111. Sherman Elgin, 111. South Side Pittsburgh, Pa. State Fountain Springs, Pa. S. R. Smith Infirmary New Brighton, N. Y. St. Andrew's Infirmary for Women . . . New York, N. Y. St. Barnabas Newark, N. J. St. John's Riverside Yonkers, N, Y. St. Luke's Denver, Col. T" Lass, [inn. Pa. 111. . Y. 111. 111. Pa. Pa. Y. Y. • J. Y. Col. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 235 St. Luke's Duluth. St. Luke's New Bedford, Mass. St. Luke's New York, N. Y. St, Luke's Utica, N. Y. Syracuse Hospital for Women and Children, Syracuse, N. Y. Union Protestant Infirmary Baltimore, Md. Victoria General Halifax, N. S. Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pa. Woman's Buffalo, N. Y. Paying $n. Almshouse and Hospital (Long Island) . . Boston, Mass. Anna Jaques Hospital ($10.50) . . . Newburyport, Mass. Arnot-Ogden Memorial ($10.50) Elmira, N. Y. Bridgeport ($10.50) Bridgeport, Conn. Brockton Brockton, Mass. Buffalo General ($10.50) BuflFalo, N. Y. Cooper ($10.50) Camden, N. J. KUiot Manchester, N. H. Faxton ($11.33) Utica, N. Y. Jane C. Stormont ($11.50) Topeka, Kan. Lynn ($10.50) Lynn, Mass. Mary Fletcher Burlington, Vt. Mary Hitchcock Hanover, N. H. Medicine Hat General . . Medicine Hat, N. W. T". , Canada. Mills (Male T. S. of Bellevue) New York, N. Y. Mountainside Montclair, N. J. Newark City ($11.25) Newark, N, J. Nova Scotia Insane Halifax, N. S. Paterson General Paterson, N. J. Rhode Island Homeopathic Providence, R. I. Rochester City Rochester, N. Y. Somerville ($10.50) Somerville, Mass. St. Louis City St. Louis, Mo. St. Luke's . .~ St. Paul, Minn. State Insane ($16 to men) Columbia, S. C. State Insane ($13.50 to men) Morganton, N. C. Streeter ($10.70) Chicago, 111. Thrall ($10.70) Middletown, N. Y. Williamsport Williamsport, Pa. Paying $t2 to $15. Boston City Boston, Mass. Boston Lying-in ($11.90) Boston, Mass. Brooklyn Maternity Brooklyn, N. Y. '\ 236 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. City ($22 to men) Worcester, Mass. Cottage ($14) Portsmouth, N. H. Danbury Danbury, Conn. Eastern Maine General Bangor, Me. Erie County ($12.50) Buffalo, N. Y. French ($12.50) San Francisco, Cal. Hartford Hartford, Conn. Holyoke City Holyoke, Mass. Long Island College Brooklyn, N. Y. Maine General Portland, Me. Margaret Pillsbury Hanover, N. H. Massachusetts General Boston, Mass. Metropolitan (Homeopathic) ($12.50) . New York, N. Y. Michael Reese ($11.67) Chicago, 111. Muhlenberg Plainfield, N. J. New York ($13) New York, N. Y. New York City ($12.50) New York, N. Y. New York City (Male Dep't.) ($12.33) . New York, N. Y. Rhode Island ($12.50) Providence, R. I. Salem Salem, Mass. State Insane ($13.50 to men) Morganton, N. C. St. IvUke's ($12.50) San Francisco, Cal. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. Woman's ($14.12) New York, N. Y. Paying $15. Binghamton State Insane Hospital ($21.92 to men) Bingham ton, N. Y. Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston, Mass. Nashville City Nashville, Tenn. Rochester State Insane ($2 1 to men^ . . . Rochester, N. Y. St. Lawrence State Insane ($2 1 to men) Ogdensburg, N. Y. St. Peter State Insane ($21.50 to men) . . St. Peter, Minn. Paying $i6 and upward* Buffalo State Insane ($16,50 women ; $24.50 men) Buffalo, N. Y. City ($22 to men) Worcester, Mass. Cleveland State, for Insane ($19) . . . ... Cleveland, O. Danvers Lunatic North Danvers, Mass. Eastern Michigan Insane (women [average] $19.50; men $30) . Pontiac, Mich. Fergus Falls State Insane ($18.50 women; $24 men) Fergus Falls, Minn. m HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. w Friends' Asylum for Insane ($i8 women; $20.75 men) Frankford (Philadelphia) Pa. Hudson River State Insane (women [average] $2 1 ; men, $26.50) . Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Kalamazoo In.sane ($19.50 [average] women ; $29 men) Kalamazoo, Mich. McLean Hospital for Insane, ($17.33 women; $26 men) Waverley, Mass. Middletown State Insane ($22 women ; $27 men) Middletown, N. Y. New Jersey State Hospital for Insane ($16 women ; $23.50 men) . Morris Plains, N. J. State Almshouse Hospital ($20) . . . . Tewksbury, Mass. State flnsane$ii women; $16 men) . . . Columbia, S. C. State (Insane $12 to $18 women; $18 to $25 men) Rochester, Minn. State Insane ($15 women; $21 men) . . . Rochester, N. Y. Utica State Insane ($21 to men) Utica, N. Y. n. DENOMINATIONAL — PROTESTANT— SCHOOLS. Name Location Controlled by (Church) Augustana Hospital Chicago Swedish Luth. Asbury M. E Minneapolis .... Methodist Epis. Baptist Chicago Baptist. Baptist St. Louis Baptist. Bethany Kansas City, Kan. Christ JS^^^Y ^^^y* ^* J* Christ's . Topeka, Kan. . . Fannie C. Paddock Memorial . Tacoma, Wash. . Good Samaritan Pori:land, Oregon Harper Detroit Presbyterian. Hospital of the P. E. Church . Philadelphia .... Protestant Epis. Methodist Episcopal Hospital . Philadelphia .... Methodist Epis. Methodist Epis. Protestant Epis. Protestant Epis. Protestant Epis. Protestant Epis. Protestant Infirmary Lexington, Ky. Presbyterian Allegheny, Pa. St. St. St, John's Brooklyn, N. Y. Barnabas Newark, N. J. Luke's Hospital Denver . . . Duluth . . . Protestant Epis. Presbyterian. Protestant Epis. II Scarritt Bible and T. School Minneapolis . . . New York . . . . San Francisco . . St. Louis . . . . St. Paul Kansas City, Mo. Tabitha Chicago M. E. Ch., South. Norwegian Luth. Si m 238 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. PROTESTANT SCHOOLS (ADMITTING NONE BUT PROTESTANTS AS PROBA- TIONERS). Asbiiry Methodist Epis. Hospital . . . Minneapolis, Minn. Augustana Chicago, 111. Baptist Chicago, 111. Bethany (only Methodists) Kansas City, Kan. City Wheeling, W. Va. " Meadville, Pa. " Trenton, N. J. Hospital of the Protestant Epis. Church . Philadelphia, Pa. Methodist Episcopal Philadelphia, Pa. National Temperance Chicago, 111. Protestant St. Louis, Mo. Retreat for the Sick Richmond, Va. Presbyterian Allegheny, Pa. St. Andrew's Infirmary for Women New York. St. John's Brooklyn, N. Y. Sherbrooke Protestant Sherbrooke, Conn. Toledo Toledo, O. Union Protestant Infirmary Baltimore, Md. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, (PROTESTANTS USUALLY ADMITTED AS PROBA- TIONERS). Alexian Brothers (for men nurses only) . . . Chicago, 111. Carney South Boston, Mass. Mercy Chicago, 111. St. Agnes Philadelphia, Pa. St. Elizabeth's Boston, Mass. St. John's Lowell, Mass. St. Mary's Baltimore, Md. St. Mary's Brooklyn, N. Y. St. Joseph's Chicago, 111. St. Joseph's Philadelphia, Pa. St, Joseph's Paterson, N. J. Sisters of Charity Buffalo, N. Y. St. Vincent's New York. St. Vincent de Paul Norfolk, Va. Troy Hospital Troy, N. Y. JEWISH SCHOOLS. (CHRISTIANS ADMITTED AS PROBATIONERS.) Jewish Hospital .... Cincinnati, O. (Avondale P. O.) Jewish Philadelphia, Pa. (Logan Station P. O. ) 'a. HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 239 Michael Reese Chicas^o, 111. Mount Sinai , . • New York. Touro lufirniary New Orleans, La. m. SCHOOLS FOR COLORED NURSES (EXCLUSIVELY). The Training School for Nurses is another one of the experiments ot the past year which has produced practical results of a highly satisfactory character. There has been a marked char.ge in the character and mental equipment of the young women who now apply for opportunities to fit themselves for this industrial pro- fession. The lack of openings in other fields of usefulness where bright young colored women are permitted to enter and compete with their more favored sisters for an honest livelihood, has thrown into this comparatively new industrial pursuit many young women who, having graduated from the high schools of the country, find themselves without opportunities tor obtaining employment as teachers, typewriters, etc., and, coming into the training school of this hospital, have completely transformed the conditions here- tofore observable throughout the several wards. They have intelligently comprehended the character of their work, and have faithfully performed it. They have given earnest and painstaking service in the wards, and have applied themselves with great diligence and efficiency to the work of the lecture room. — Frccdmen' s Hospital^ Washington, i8g6 report. Dixie Hospital Hampton, Va. Frederick Douglass Memorial Philadelphia, Pa. Freedmen's Washington, D. C. Phillis Wheatley Sanitarium New Orleans, La. Provident Chicago, 111. (THE FOLLOWING ADMIT COLORED PROBATIONERS.) All Saints' Kansas City, Mo. Milwaukee City and County Hospital . . Wauwatosa, Wis. Medico Chirurgical Philadelphia, Pa. New England, for Women and Children Roxbury (Boston) Mass. Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. Williamsport Williamsport, Pa. Western Montreal, Canada. rv. SCHOOLS FOR MEN NURSES., . Alexian Brothers' Hospital Chicago, 111. Baptist Chicago, 111. Bellevue ("Mills' Training School") New York. City Worcester, Mass. 'i * t i; I"'' I-' s «40 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Fabiola ^ Oakland, Cal. Grace Detroit, Mich. New York City New York. Victoria General Halifax, N. S. Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pa. (See also list of Insane Asylum Schools, all of which admit men pupils. ) V. INSANE ASYLUM AND HOSPITAL SCHOOLS. Binghamton State Hcjpital Binghaniton, N. Y. Dan vers Lunatic North Dan vers, Mass. Eastern Michigan Pontiac. Essex County Insane Newark, N. J. Fergus Falls State Fergus Falls, Minn. Friends' Asylum Frankford (Philadelphia) Pa. Hudson River Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Homeopathic Middletown, N. Y. Kalamazoo Insane Kalamazoo, Mich. McLean Waverley, Mass. Nova Scotia Halifax, N. S. Rochester State Rochester, Minn. St. Lawrence State Ogdensburg, N. Y. St. Peter St. Peter, Minn. State Hospital Buffalo, N. Y. Utica, N. Y. Rochester, N. Y. Cleveland, O. Morris Plains, N.J. Morganton, N. C. Columbia, S. C. " " Independence, Iowa. VL SCHOOLS HAVING A THREE YEARS' COURSE. Albany Hospital Albany, N. Y. Brooklyn Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn Homeopathic Brooklyn, N. Y. Berlin and Waterloo Berlin, Canada. Calgary General Calgary, N. W. T., Canada. Carney South Boston, Mass. Children's Boston, Mass. City Hamilton, Canada. Elizabeth General Elizabeth, N. J. Faxton Utica, N. Y. »Mf<4^«M<^»>«l«-^^«M-^^«««<^^M-^^»M<^^«««-^^*««-^^«««-4a^M< Safety in Soap FRAGRANT ANnSEPTIC [Kuduced i'rom size of our-ounce cake.] ''Good wine needs no bosh.'* SOZODERMA (Sar- gent's Thymoline) SOAP needs only a trial — a fair trial. Trained Norses and medical practitioners of every school ose and recommend SOZODERMA. If yoo do not, and will cot oot this coopon and send it to P. O. Box 247, N. Y. Gty, we shall be pleased to mail yoo a trial cake free. NEW YORK LONDON HALL & RUCKEL, Proprietors (E^itablished 1S48) rm'i'ij'iiisi Sargents ^ orThymolinEw ^ iSrsoAP. x-— >, HALL & RUCMEL. oftneJoapuv <, RO. BOX, 247, new YORK CITY Sozoderma Soap is an agree- able antiseptic possessing re- markable properties. It is not only invaluable as a safeguard against diseases of the skin, but also for the ordinary re- quirements of the Toilet and Bath. This Soap is made ex- clusively by the proprietors of SozoDONT, and receives the same care in its manufacture i| that is bestowed upon the prep- T aration of Sozodont. FACSIMILES OF BOTH SIDES OF COUPON i X i —I* J rn ii • nil 11 242 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Good Samaritan (2% years) Portland, Oregon. Grace (Homeopathic) Detroit, Mich. Hahnemann Philadelphia, Pa. Hamot Erie, Pa. Harper ( ' ' Farrand Training School " ) . . . Detroit, Mich. Homeopathic Rochester, N. Y. Illinois Training School Chicago, 111. Jefferson Philadelphia, Pa. Jewish (3d year optional) Philadelphia, Pa. Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Md. Medicine Hat General . . Medicine Hat, N. W. T., Canada. Medico- Chirurgical Philadelphia, Pa, Michael Reese Chicago, 111. Montreal General Montreal, Canada. Newport (2j4 years) Newport, R. I. Newton Newton Lower Falls, Mass. New York New York. New York Infirmary for Women and Children (2^ years) New York. Oil City (3d year optional) Oil City, Pa. Polyclinic Philadelphia, Pa. Presbyterian Philadelphia, Pa. Sisters of Charity (will be 3 soon) Buffalo, N. Y. St. Agnes ' Philadelphia, Pa. St. Elizabeth's Boston, Mass. St. John's Brooklyn, N.Y. St. Joseph's {2j4 years) Chicago, 111. St. Joseph's Philadelphia, Pa. St. Joseph's (will soon be 3) Paterson, N. J. St. Luke's New York. St. Mary's {2j4 years) Brooklyn, N. Y. State University of Iowa, Homeopathic Department Iowa City, Iowa. Toronto General Toronto, Canada. Virginia Richmond, Va. Winnipeg General Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Woman's Philadelphia, Pa. vn. SCHOOLS OFFERING A POST-GRADUATE COURSE. (Those marked * are exclusively for graduates; — the others offer a Post-Graduate couroe of varying length to graduates of other Schools. Schools restricting the course to their own graduates are not included. ) '^VlCB. I. li*'***!^*!**^!^*^*!^*^!^^^^ WeIch^« Grape Juice is juice squeezed from luscious, fruity, appetizingf Concord Grapes, g^rown on Lake Erie, in Chautauqua County, New York State* Welch's Grape Juice is a delicious beverasfe in health; a sustainins: liquid diet in sickness; a tonic food in convalescence* The weak stomach retains it when nothing else will stay down* It is a blood-maker and waste-restorer — a friend to the sick — the doctor's assistant* It is without a drop of water or a particle of alcohol* It is pressed, sterilized, and hermetically sealed in new bottles by the cleanest methods possible* IvCxington Heights Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y., Jennie S. Cottle, Superintendent, in The Nursing IVorld of October, 1896, in an article on Typhoid Fever, says : "I have used Welch's Grape Juice as a diet in Typhoid Fever and have never had any disagreeable effect from it. Our line of diet consists of milk, buttermilk, chicken broth, beef tea, mutton broth, albumen water, Welch's Grape Juice and champagne." Endorsed by Physicians Nurses Patients The Suffolk Dispensary, Boston, uses "Welch's Grape Juice, and writes thus of it : " We have watched its direct results in a number of somewhat peculiar and complicated cases, and in every instance its effect has been of great and permanent benefit to the patient. When the system has been found in a very low state, and the blood of the poorest character, it has proved a wonderful tonic, and the recovery more marked than in cases when its use has been omitted." Booklet free. 3-o;. bottle by mail, 10 cents in stamps THE WELCH QRAPE JUICE CO. Westtield, N. Y. ^^t ^^E ^^ ^^5 ^C ^^ ^^! 'B ^C ^C ^^ ^^S, ^^S. ^^i ^^ ^^ ^C ^C ^C ^^E ^^E ^^E ^^ ^^E ^^S. ^^E ^^ ^^S. ^^E ^^E ^^ ^^ ^C ^^E ^^E ^^E t 'm ♦ m « f ♦ 'I 'M i\M 244 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURvSE. Binghamtoii City Binghamton, N. Y. Boston Lying- In Hospital Boston, Mass. Brooklyn Brooklyn, N. Y. BrooklynMaternity (Homeopathic) $25 fee . Brooklyn, N.Y. Central Dispensary and Emergency . . Washington, D. C. Chicago Chicago, 111. City Binghamton, N. Y. City and County San Francisco, Cal. Dixie Hampton, Va. Eastern Michigan Pontiac, Mich. * Fitch Accident Buffalo, N. Y. *Free, for Women, (course, 10 months) . Brookline, Mass. Infants Boston, Mass. Jefferson Maternity Philadelphia, Pa. Jewish Philadelphia, Pa. I^ady Stanley Institute Ottawa, Canada. Maryland General Haspital (i year) . . . Baltimore, Md. * Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary (course 4 months) Boston, Mass. * New York Cancer (course, 7 months) .... New York. New York New York. Polyclinic Philadelphia, Pa. Providence I^ying-In (course, 6 months) . Providence, R. I. Post-Graduate Chicago, 111. Red Cross New York. St. Andrew's Infirmary for Women New York. St. Elizabeth's Boston, Mass. St. John's I/)well, Mass. St. Marks New York. State University, Homeopathic Dep't . . Iowa City, Iowa. Virginia Richmond, Va. * Woman's (course, 6 months) New York. Woman's Philadelphia, Pa. vm. HOMEOPATHIC TRAINING SCHOOLS. Brooklyn Homeopathic Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn Homeopathic Maternity .... Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn Memorial Hospital for Women and Children Brooklyn, N. Y. City . Trenton, N. J. Cleveland Homeopathic ("Huron St. Hospital") Cleveland, O. Grace Detroit, Mich. WHY IS The Wagner Chart THE BEST? Because. FIRST — It is the simplest and most complete in arrange- ment* SECOND — It is the most practical and economical in use* THIRD — It has reached its present popularity solely by its own merits, since published and copyrighted in t890 and '93 by the author, Miss FRIEDA E, WAGNER, , Otaduate of Be/Ievue Hospital. ¥¥¥¥¥¥ It is endorsed by Prominent Physicians and sold by all Leading Druggists and Surgical Instrument Makers t^ .^ ¥¥¥¥¥¥ Fraser & Qo. ...General Agents 262 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK ¥¥¥¥¥¥ MEDICAL RECORD, JO x J2, pad of 50, 75 Cents TEMPERATURE CHART, JO x 12, pad of 50, 75c. SPECIAL RATES TO HOSPITALS '0 t 246 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Grace Toronto, Canada. Hahnemann Chicago, 111. " New York. Philadelphia, Pa. Hargous Memorial Hahnemann Rochester, N. Y. Homeopathic ( ' ' Pittsburgh Training School ' ' ) Pittsburgh, Pa. Homeopathic • Portland, Ore. Homeopathic Rochester, N. Y. Homeopathic Wilmington, Del. "Huron St. Hospital" — see Cleveland Homeopathic. Massachusetts Homeopathic Boston, Mass. Metropolitan New York. National Homeopathic Washington, D. C. Portland Homeopathic Portland, Oregon. Rhode Island Homeopathic Providence, R. I. State Homeopathic, for Insane .... Middletown, N. Y. State University of Iowa (Homeopathic Department) Iowa City, Iowa. University of Michigan (Homeopathic Department) Ann Arbor, Mich. IX. TRAINING SCHOOLS ATTACHED TO HOS- PITALS WHERE BOTH SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE PRACTICE. Baptist Hospital Chicago, 111. City Binghamton, N. Y. City Minneapolis, Minn. Cook County (Illinois T. S.) Chicago, 111. Fabiola Oakland, Cal. Faxton Utica, N. Y. Maiden Maiden, Mass. North Adams North Adams, Mass. Thrall Middletown, N. Y. Toledo Toledo, Ohio. X. TRAINING SCHOOLS ATTACHED TO HOS- PITALS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. California Woman's Hospital San Francisco, Cal. Children's Buffalo, N. Y. Children's Boston, Mass. Children's Philadelphia, Pa. The Common-Sense Restorative The established success of this preparation, which has met every test, is so great that it is chosen by practical physicians as A Blood and Tissue-Maker Without a peerotoi From one to three teaspoonfuls thrice daily in a wine glass of cold water, dry wine or beer, will quickly bring up the body weight and restore pa- tients weakened by illness or nerve strain. !;i ' iii w American Therapeutic Company 116 William Street, New York ::}iM "T^ 248 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Children's (see "Hospital for") . . . Toronto, Canada. Free Hospital for Women Brookline, Mass. Highland Park Sanitarium Montgomery, Ala. Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Canada. Hospital for Women and Children . . . San Francisco, Cal. Infants (only graduates employed) Boston, Mass. Jane C. Stormont Woman's Topeka, Kan. Jennie Casseday Infirmary for Women . . . Louisville, Ky. Mary Thompson Chicago, 111. Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mitchell's and Maury's Sanitarium for Women Memphis, Tenn. New England Hospital for Women and Children Boston, Mass. New York Infirmary for Women and Children . . New York. St. Andrew's Infirmary for Women New York. Syracuse Hospital for Women and Children, Syracuse, N. Y. West Philadelphia Hospital for Women West Philadelphia, Pa. Woman's Buffalo, N. Y. Woman's Chicago, 111. Woman's (P. G. Course only) New York. Woman's Philadelphia, Pa. Woman's St. Louis, Mo. Woman's Saginaw, Mich. Woman's Charity Club .... Roxbury (Boston), Mass. Woman's Christian Ass'n Jamestown, N. Y. XL TRAINING SCHOOLS ATTACHED TO OBSTETRIC HOSPITALS. Boston Lying-in Boston, Mass. Brooklyn Maternity Brooklyn, N. Y. Jefferson Maternity Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia Lying-in Charity Philadelphia, Pa. Providence Lying-in Providence, R. I. XIL TRAINING SCHOOLS KNOWN BY NAME, WITH NAME OF HOSPITALS TO WHICH ATTACHED OR WITH WHICH IDENTIFIED. Ashland Training School . Dodd's Hospital, Ashland, Wis. Bethesda Training School, German- American Hospital, Chicago, 111. No Injection of Air WITH THE Alpha... Continuous Flow Syringes : EASIEST TO OPERATE, ADVANTAGES The " ALPHA " and the " OMEGA " SYRINGES are perfectly simple in construction. They have no more parts than the old style or ordinary Syringes. They entirely obviate the intermittent, and in many cases painful, action of Pump Syringes. They absolutely prevent the admission and consequently dangerous injection of air, so common with all intermittent or old style Syringes. Unlike all Fountain, Rubber Bag or Pump Syringes, the flow is not only continuous, but can be made either gentle or strong at the will of the user, the pressure of the thumb and forefinger being sufficient to produce a full stream. Tfu steady flow can be increased, lessened or stopped at will. The continuous flow of the injecting fluid througn the nozzle while the Syringe is in use prevents the fecalized fluids from being drawn back into the rubber bulb and tube, which oftens happens in the use of intermittent Syringes, rendering them, offensive and very dangerous. Beware of disease from using Syringes which have become foul by the retention of fecalized fluids drawn back into the rubber tubing, and then laid away to decompose. Ovu: continuous flow absolutely prevents this backward action found in all other Syringes. Hence the "ALPHA" and "OMEGA" Syringes are the only aseptic Syringes now made. The "ALPHA" Syringes have received the indorsement and praise of the highest medical authorities as being the safest and easiest S3^nge known for invalids to operate — never tiring the hand, perfect in cleanm ness, durability and efficiency. SOLD BY ALL DRUaaiSTS PARKER, STEARNS & SUTTON Manufacturers of Fine Rubber Goods^ N. Y. 250 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. Bishop Memorial Training School, House of Mercy, Pittsfield, Mass. Cleveland Training School, Cleveland Homeopathic (or Huron St.) Hospital. Connecticut Training School .... New Haven Hospital. Farrand Training School . Harper Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Home Training School, Emergency Hospital, Fall River, Mass. Illinois Training School, Cook County and Presbyterian Hospitals, Chicago, 111. lyady Stanley Institute, General Protestant, Ottawa Maternity and Contagious Hospitals, Ottawa, Canada. Mack Training School, General and Marine Hospital, St. Catherines, Canada. Mills (Male) Training School, Bellevue Hospital, New York. New York State Training School, Brooklyn Maternity Hospital. North Western Training School, Riverside Hospital, Wausau, Wis. Pittsburgh Training School, Pittsburgh Homeopathic Hospital. Pittsfield Training School . . . Same as Bishop Memorial. Wisconsin Training School, Various Hospitals in Milwaukee. For Mam WYETH'5 BEEF JUICE. Wyeth'9 Beep Juice will be found of great value as a strengthening diet in cases of con- valescence, consumption, nervous prostration, and similar diseases; also, in typhoid /ever, debility, etc. Beef Tea prepared from it contains more nourishment than any other liquid prepar- ation of meat, and when properly seasoned, is more grateful and appetizing to the patient Directions. — In cases of debility, nervons prostration, convalescence, etc., one-half to one teaspoonful, in a half tumblerful of iced or luke- warm water. Caution. — As the valuable albuminous ele- ments are rendered insoluble by extreme heat, this preparation should only be mixed with iced or I,UKE-WARM water, and never with water at the boiling point. Each Bottle Represents All the Nutriment Contained in Three Pounds of Selected Beef. GLYCERINE SUPPOSITORIES FOR BABIBS AND YOUNG CHILDRKN. No. 207 G. For the Relief of Constipation, Either Temporary or Chronic. By the use of these Suppositories, which are composed of the purest Glycerine and Stearine Soap, immediate and thorough evacuations can be induced ; and when it is realized how very simple is their use, and that they are so efficient, so convenient and so prompt in their action, the physician and those in charge of the babe will always use them in preference to any form of enema. Directions. — ^The nurse should hold a Suppository at large end in the folds of a napkin, inserting the small end into the rectum of the child or babe as far as possible* holding it there five minutes or more ; an easy evacuation will be indnced immediately. JOHN WYETH & BROTHER, Manufacturing Clienaiata, PHILADELPHIA. xra. QUESTIONS ASKED OF CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION AS PROBATIONERS. (No one school asks all of these questions, but each of them is asked by some one school, and most of them by all schools.) PHYSICAL. 1. Name in full of candidate (not initials or any pet name). 2. Address, and nearest telegraph station. Age. Date and place of birth. Color. , Height. Weight. Bust measure. Color of hair. , Color of eyes. Are you, or have you been, lame? Do you wear glasses? if so, why? Are your sight and hearing perfect ? Are both your parents living? If not, what was the cause of death? Have you, or have you had, any uterine disease? Have you any physical defect or blemish ? Are your teeth in good condition ? Have you any known tendency to any disease, particu- larly of the lungs? What illnesses have you had — particularly rheumatism, pneumonia, measles, scarlet fever, quinsy or other throat disease? How lately have you been under a doctor's care, and for what disease ? Have you been successfully vaccinated, and when? Do you use liquor, opium, or other drugs, or tobacco? Are you strong and healthy, and have you always been so? EDUCATIONAL. 3- 4- 5- 6. 7. 8. 9- ID. II. 12. 14. 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Where were you educated ? 24. At academy, high school, or college? 25. If college- bred, have you a diploma? HOW TO NOURISH THE PATIENT is a most important and perplexing question, and on« that frequently devolves upon the NURSE TO ANSWER. TS POOD and you have the answer in the most satis- factory form possible. This Food is highly endorsed both by medical men and mem- bers of your own profession. It is easily retained, digested and assimilated; besides being palatable end taken with relish and acceptability by all patients. It is noi only an ideal food for infants but in convalescence from Typhoid Fever and other wast- ing diseases, or derangements of the digestive functions from whatever cause, or irritability of the stomach it is invaluable, and has so proven in hundreds of cases reported to us. Write for free samples and clinical reports from physicians and nurses. SMITH, KLINE & FRENCH CO. Manufacturers Philadelphia, Pa. I' 11.1 354 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. 26. Have you taught school ? 27. What books have you read? 28. Can you speak any foreign languages ? 29. Can you speak English correctly ? 30. Can you write legibly ? 31. Ha^'e you knowledge of Arithmetic as far as percentage ? 32. Do you sing, or play any musical instrument? 33. Do you sew well ? 34. Have you any knowledge of housework ? PERSONAL. 35 . Are you single , engaged , married , divorced , or widowed ? 36. Have you children? How many? Ages? How are they provided for? 37. Have you any one dependent on you ? 38. Have you any private means of your own? 39. What is your religious belief? 40. What is your denomination? 41. In what denomination were you baptized? 42. Are you now a regular communicant ? 43. Give name and address of your clergyman. 44. Are you free from responsibility, so that you are not likely to be called away ? 45. What is your present occupation or employment, if any, outside of household or domestic duties ? 46. Why do you wish to leave it ? 47. Former occupation for five years? 48. Your father's occupation? 49. Name and addresses of two (or three) persons, (one at least a lady) , not relatives, who have known you at least two years. 50. Have you full consent of your parents or guardians to enter this school? 51. Are you now negotiating or under engagement with any other school ? 5 T H i 1; PROFESSIONAL. 52. Have you had any special experience in nursing? 53. Have you ever nursed before, or been in any Training School? 54. Have you ever been rejected by any school? What one, and why? 55. Have you nursed in private families? p non't let Baby Suffer witft €olic««* ^ ^**^ 6et Ibe RigM nipple ' Bealtby Babies Httti-eoiic nipples THAT IS WHY THEY ARE HEALTHY 5Mth« ThrM HolM ri THE NOT, ^^n., Nipple: >^^T!L-fjTrP Anti-Colic Nipple A SANITARY NIPPLE Prmmi Colic SCENTS EACH The riKht rilpplit U th« Antl-Tollc Nipple. It Im the rlKht one bt^ana«it la thit bMit. tbe Reason ms. U The Anti-Colic Nippk U a uni- tary nipple It hat no ribi iniidc to collect milk or other food. 2. It is a duraUe nipple. The rubber ia heavier than in any other kindly and it will last longer. 3. It is made of pure rubber and will not make the baby's mouth sore. 4. It has a ball shape top^ which enables the baby to take a firm hold. 5. It has three small holes which :ve an easy flow of milk or other ood. This keeps the baby's mouth small and shapely^ and prevents that ''puckered ezpreaiion'' often noticed on bottle-fed babies using the old <3tyle one-hole nipple. 6. It is an Anti-Colic Nipple in name and fact. 7. It is recommended by Physicians. e '^_'^RA ;::;-^ ' ' ANT, p, Sold by All Druggists. Two nipples sent by mail upon receipt of gc. each or goc. a Box of one dozen PURB PARA QUM lo cents in stamps MEINECKE & CO. 257 GREENWICH STREET NEV YORK »l 956 HOW TO BECOME A TRAINED NURSE. pi 56. Have you had any experience in nursing the insane, and in what capacity ? 57. Do you intend following nursing as a profession? 58. Do you object to the menial duties inseparable from the profession ? ^9. Have you fear of any disease to the care of which you may be assigned? 60. Are you willing to act as Night Nurse ? 61. Are you willing to take charge of male patients (if necessary) to begin with? 62. Are you willing to wear the uniform of this school, after graduation, when on duty? 63. Do you promise to maintain, whenever on duty, the cleanliness and order of the ward in which you are serving, and to implicitly obey the orders of your superiors in charge? 64. If accepted, do you promise to remain throughout the entire course of two (or three) years ? 65. Have you read, and do you clearly understand and agree to all the stipulations and conditions herein contained ? Candidates should also furnish a physician's certificate of liealth, which has sometimes to be supplemented by a physi- <:al examination by the school's medical examiner. They are also frequently examined in the ordinary branches of an English education. A photograph of applicant is also frequently required sent ■with application. Always two, sometimes more persons, not related to appli- cant, are required to endorse her application. It is fre- quently required that one of these be a clergyman. ^ *^^ INVALID'S IDEAL DRINKING CUP. No. 25 r PUNT GLASS GRADUATED AN IMPROVED SICK FEEDER ^°'" ^''''•"« "*'"'** ■°°^ *"" ."}««''""• »° »•»• **x 1 AXTAA A>.>^ T A^A^ wAx^A^ M. r" T" -.>^>-v paticiit III 3 rccumoent position. Also use- ful as a child's drinking cup. Each handsomely boxed and labeled. Retail, at 95c. each. Sold by leading druggists. MEINECKE & CO/S Lenox Fountain Syringe Sf - Low price and good quality combined. Net Prices No. a. Capacity, one quart. Retail price, about 1 1.00 each. No. 3. Capacity, two quarts. Retail price, about |i.35 each. No. 4. Capacity, three quarts. Retail price, about f 1.50 each. No. 5. Capacity, four quarts. Retail price, aoout |i-7S each. Sold tj ^m ■i^ LEADING DRUGGISTS MEINECKE & CO. ^ Specify our goods if r-^^ r you desire High Grade "^ Syringes, Atomizers, etc. 2SS & 257 Greenwich Street NEW YORK wv ^vmftimnmmii^a^mr^^'w'^mm^i^^mm XIV. TRAINING-SCHOOL MOTTOES. Motto ot City Hospital, Newark, N. J. AFPSRO Spbm. {I bring hope.) AI.T8RUM Al^TBRIVS AUXII,I0 BGBT. ( The one needs the help of the other. ) State Insane Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. Arbbit Adbi,t. ( Work Ennobles. ) Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, N. J. As YE Would That Mbn Shoui moting the recovery and comfort of the patient. Those who would succeed best should have and use Dn f omf $ massage Rollers These consist of a series of wheels, about i^ inches in diameter, on a flexible axle ; around the centre of each is a band or buffer ot elastic rubber. This is set in a suitable handle and is convenient for use. Niar»c« are often called upon to rub the patient to relieve pain and nervousnea \, and frequently at night to promote sleep and rest. This is often A severe tax on the strength and vitality. Every nurae should have for use one of these Rollers, which will do more for the patient than can be done with the hand, and without the fatigue which accompanies the hand work. Invalid*, when not too weak, can frequently use this themselves pleasantly anu advantageously, securing massage and gentle exercise at the same time. Every one troubled with indigestion, constipation, biliousness, nerve exhaustion, debility, emaciation, neuralgia, rheumatism, paralysis, sluggish circulation, cold feet, etc., etc., should have and use the Roller. It is no less important a measure for preserving health than for curing disease, giving tone and elasticity to the system. PRICE : No. It Six Wheels, $2.00 No. 2, Smaller Size, $1.50 Address xfac Hcalth Culture Co. ««»-» *''' 341 Fifth Ave., New York ^ J. H. Yail & Qo... 5 EAST J7TH ST., NEW YORK i edical Publishers %h ^ tM %m Booksellers and Importers Have constantly in stock all recent and standard works on Nursings Massage, Hygiene, Etc Books sent to any part of the world by mail or express. BOOKS FOR NURSES «4^ Dealing exclusively in books on medicine and collateral subjects, we are able to give special attention to suppfying books for nurses. We have a large stock of works on ^Nursing, Hygiene, Popular Medi- cine, etc., Temperature Charts, etc. Catalogue of Books on Nursing, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Chemistry, etc., free, upon application. Special attention given to orders to be forwarded to a distance, by mail or express. Upon receipt of the price, any book will be delivered, free, to any address. Money should be forwarded by Post-OfRce Order, Draft, or Registered Letter. Gould's Pocket Medical Dictionary for Nurses. 12,000 Medical Words Pronounced and Defined ..A Pronouncmg Lexicon of Medical Words, specially adapted for Nurses, including many Useful Tables and a complete'^ Dose List^ in both the Englih and Metric Systems. By QEORQE M. GOULD, M.D., Author of "An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine^ Biology and Allied Sciences, " " The Students Medical Dictionary, ^^ etc. Pocket Size, 317 pages, Gilt Edges, Full Morocco, Price |i.oo, net. With a Thumb Index, I1.25. Will be sent, post-paid, to any address upon receipt of price. We have the best facilities fo^ supplying single books or quantities. Correspondence solicited. Any information cheerfully and promptly given. P. Biakiston, Son & Co. Publishers and Booksellers iledlcal and Scientific Books loia Walnut Street Philadelphia XV. LIST OF BOOKS FOR NURSES. Accideats and Emerfencies: (what to do first in). C. W. Dni,i.ES, M. D. Fourth Edition, Cloth, i2mo, |i.oo net. Aid to the Injured, Prompt. A. H. 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