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HO THE NIGHTINGALE FITNI).
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1 The Council.—C. H. Bracebridge, Esq.; ...
with , the authorities of the Hospital in the spring * of 1860 . Under this agreement it is provided that a certain number ( at first fifteen )
of probationer-nurses shall be received into the hospital , all extra expenses thereby caused being charged to the Fund ; that the
probationers shall be provided with board and separate lodging in the Hospital under the charge of a sister , and shall receive instruction
in the wards from the superintending sisters , the matron , and the resident medical officer , all of whom are to be allowed to receive
remain remunerati in on force from for the two Fund for and so doing be terminable . The agreement at six months was to years
, notice . The following- are the regulations for the admission and training
-sof the probationers : —rthe 1 . au The thorities committee of St of . the Thomas Nightingale ' s Hospital Fund for have giving made a arrangements year ' s training with to
women 2 . Women desirous desirous of working of recei as hosp ving ital this nurses course . of training- should apply to selection the matron they , Mrs will . Wardrop be received er , into at St the . Thomas hospital ' s Hosp as probationers ital , subject . to The whose age
certificate considered of desirable age and for a testimonial probationers of is character from twenty , according -five to to thirty a form -five which ; a will be supplied by Mrs . Wardroper , will be required , also the name and
address of medical attendant . rate hosp 4 8 . . ital lod They The , and ing probati will will in be the be oners supp hosp subject lied will ital , at be to and the the under with cost rules the board of of the authority the Ni including hosp ghtingale ital of . the tea Fund and matron , with sugar of sepa the and
to out with wear er their clothing g when washing , in of the a ; uniform and hosp they ital , character . will They be , will furnished which serve , they with as will assistant a always certai -nurses n be quantity required in , the of
wards 5 . They of the will hosp receive ital . instruction from the sisters and the resident medical officer . They will be paid , at the £ 2 end of the at the first end quarter of the , a sum third of < £ 2 ; at
562 the 6 . end 10 At _* . ; the of and the close at second the of a end year quarter of , their the , fourth training 10 * quarter . ; will , be £ > o considered . complete quarter , and , to enter into service ital in such
situations they 7 The will as be may expected of be the offered probationers to them . will be entered as hosp in a register nurses in which a
mitted record . will at the names be end kept of of their month conduct to the and committee qualifications of the . This Nightingale will be Fund sub- . , every
factoril At the end throug of a h year the those course whom of instruction the committee and training find to will have be passed entered satis in
the y ister as certificated nursesand will be recommended , for employment according reg ly . , is lete and thwill
be 8 received . The term on of the a distinct probationer understanding ' s service that a comp they ; will year remain , for ey that be allowed to withdrawgrounds
leng to be th approved of to time be discharged . b They y the m committee ay at , however time , upon , b three the matron months' in notice case . , of upon They misconduct will be
or subject ' should she consider them any inefficient y or negligent , of their duties . They , will be eligibleupon proof of competency , during their year of training , or
Hosp at its ital close . , The to , permanent committee lo appointments ok forward with as extra confidence nurses to in being St . _ThomasJs able to
Ho The Nightingale Fitni).
HO THE NIGHTINGALE FITNI _) .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/38/
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