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388 CURSING, PAST AO T PRESENT.
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Better At This Nurses Juncture For , Whe...
House / King ' s College Hospital , London , W . C ., from _vJbom also * can be procured the detailed regulationswhichare omitted here .
The Keport concludes with remarking , that , with reference toV both schemesit may appear at first siht that the number of
nurses trained , is small . "It musthowever g be borne in mindthat the object which , it is desired to attai , nnamel , yto raise the standard ,
of education and character among nurses , as , a class , can only be effected by small beginnings , and necessarily at first at considerable
tical expense and . scientific Moreover training this cannot . The moral be done atmosp merel here y by of g the iving school a prac so - -
to speak , is of the greatest importance , and great care is required , in admitting as probationers , and sending forth as trained nurses ,,
those only who are impressed with a strong sense of duty in desiring to improve themselvesand to do credit to the calling to which *
, they propose to devote themselves . " The concluding paragraphs of the Report speak of the difficulties
experienced in finding the right kind of women for the vacancies , Ladies do not , as a rule , make good nurses ; but if they possess those
qualities which would fit them to become superintendents , their admission would be considered an advantage and they would readily
find employment . For nurses it is best to train women of somewhat more than ordinary intelligence , emanating from those classes
in which women are habitually employed in earning their own livelihood . And the wages offered to such should be sufficient to
tempt them into an arduous career . The ultimate success of the scheme is placed on economical grounds . ' " It is _^ believed that the
means are now afforded of producing examples of what a real nurse ought to be , * it remains for their employers , viz ., the public , to
display a just appreciation of their value by paying an adequate remuneration for their services . As a rule , the wages of a nurse _,
especially in the provincial hospitals and infirmaries , have not been suificient to ensure proficiency . " The rate of wages at St . Thomas ' s
is £ 20 with board and lodging , and in Tecommending the probationers for employmentthe committee stipulate that the payment
, shall not be less . As regards lady probationers and regular nursesDr . Martyn
quotes the lady manager of the system at St . Thomas' , s to the same effect as the _Hejoort . Ladies can be very useful as superintendents
, sisters and head matrons ; but , even if they possess the requisite * natural faculties , _"to be of real use in hospitals , ladies should first
qualify themselves for the work , and this can only be done by training for it . A year of practical experience in some large , well
conducted hospital , I regard as an inestimable as well as an indispensable preliminary . . . The best nursesgenerallyare women chosen :
from the respectable classes , who have , had the , benefit of a fair education , and who have been accustomed to the performance of
household duties . "
"We now come to examine three prospectuses , of which those for
388 Cursing, Past Ao T Present.
388 _CURSING , PAST AO T PRESENT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 388, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/28/
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