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414 THE NIGHTINGALE JFUND.
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1 . The Committee of the Nightingale Fund have made arrangements with the authorities of StT _& _oirias'ital for iving 'training to
desirous of _working . as Hospital s Hosp ' Nurses .- ' - ' ga years women ' 2 . Women desirous of receiving this course of training should apply to
Mrs . "Wardroper _; the Matron , at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , subject to whose selection they will be received into the Hospital as Probationers . The age considered desirable for Probationers is ' from 25 to 35 ; a certificate of age
and a testimonial of character , according to a form which will be supplied by Mrs . Wardroper , will be required , also the name and address ofmeclical attendant . ' . _v-
3 . The Probationers will be under the authority of the Matron of the Hosp 4 . They ital , and will will be be subject lied at the to the cost rules of the of the _Nihtingale Hospital . Fund ... with separate
lodging in th . e Hosp supp ital and with board , including g tea and sugar , , and with clothing their washing . They ; and will they serve will as assistant be furnished -nurses with in a the certain wards quantity of the Hosp of outer ital .
5 . They will receive instruction from the Sisters and the Resident Medical Officer . They will be paid , at the end of the first quarter , a sum of _^ £ 2 ; at the end of the second quarter £ 2 10 at the end of the third quarter
, s . ; , £ . 2 6 . 10 At s . ; the and close at the of end a of year the , fourth their training quarter , will £ 3 . be considered _, , comp ;_ lete , '
and they will be expected to enter into service as Hospital Nurses in such situation 7 . The s naines as may of be the offered Probationers to them . will be entered in a . Registerin which
a record will be kept of their conduct and qualifications . Thi , s will -be submitted at tlie end of every month , to the Committee of the Nightingale FundAt tlie end of a those whom the Committee find to have
passed . , satisfactorily throug year h the course of instruction and training , will be entered in the Register as certificated Nurses , and will be recommended for
employment accordingly . 8 . The term of a Probationer ' s service is a complete year , and they will be received on the distinct understanding that they will remain for that
to length be approved of [ time- "b y They the Committee may , however , upon , be three allowed months to withdraw ' notice . upon They grounds will be should subject she to be consider discharged them at inefficient anytime or by neg the li Matron gent of , in their case duties of misconduct . They will j or
be close eli , g . to ible permanent , upon proof appointments of competency as extra , during nurses their in year St . of Thomas training 's Hosp , or at ital its . The Committee look forward with confidence to being able to find situations
for their certificated Nurses either in St . Thomas ' s or some other Hospital . 9 . The Committee will allow gratuities of < £ 5 and _^ £ 3 , according to two classes of efficiency , to all their certificated Nurses , on receiving evidence of
their having served satisfactorily in a Hospital during one entire year succeeding The upper that fLoor of their of training the new wing of St . Thomas ' s Hosp . ital has
heen fitted up in a very complete manner for the accommodation of the Probationers , so as to provide a separate bedroom for each , a
common sitting-room , and two rooms for the Sister in charge . invi In ting May 1 candida , 1860 t , tadver for tisements admission , were and inserted on the 24 in th the of public June , papers fifteen
Probationers were admitted . Of these fifteen , during the course of the year , three were dismissed , one retired from ill health , and two were appointed as extra nurses in St . Thomas ' sf Hospital . The _^ six
_nicancies were filled up by additional Probationers ; one of whom a & 8 _sinee been dismissed . Thirteen Probationersincluding the
; , wo extra nurses , completed their year ' s course on the , 24 th June .
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414 The Nightingale Jfund.
414 THE _NIGHTINGALE _JFUND .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 414, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/54/
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