Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Maryland State Association of Graduate NursesJ.H. Furst, 1906 - Nurses |
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1114 Madison Ave amendment Annual Meeting appointed Army Nursing Association of Graduate Baltimore City Hospital Board of Examiners Board of Health By-Laws called Carey St Central Directory Chairman child labor Committee Constitution contagion contagious diseases Council course diphtheria district nurse doctor duty efforts factories Florence Nightingale give Graduate Nurses homes Hospital Training School important initiation fee inspector interest Japanese Red Cross Johns Hopkins Hospital Maryland Ave Maryland Hospital Maryland State Association matter measles Miss Bartlett Miss BOARDMAN Miss FEATHERSTONE Miss Martin Miss NUTTING Miss Packard Miss Thélin North Ave patients physician practical present Preston St private nurses profession professional question registered nurses registration scarlet fever School for Nurses seconded by Miss Secretary sick Superintendent Surgeon-General tenement houses thing to-day trained nurses Tuberculosis University of Maryland woman women Yonkers Zealand
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Page 28 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows : for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die.
Page 19 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and seeks her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Page 29 - That the nurse corps (female) shall consist of one superintendent, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, who shall be a graduate of a hospital training school having a course of instruction of not less than two years, whose term of office may be terminated at his discretion, whose compensation shall be one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and of as many chief nurses, nurses, and reserve nurses as may be needed.
Page 28 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 17 - ... neglected, a knowledge which is essential that he should have if he is to apply more stringent remedies. People who won't go to lectures, won't read, and won't do anything they hear from their associates they ought to do, will gather around a nurse in their own homes and appreciate at once how simple are the measures necessary for their protection. I think the dispensary nurse a most indispensable weapon in this great warfare, and that she perhaps accomplishes more in practical prevention than...
Page 29 - ... month when serving beyond the limits of the States comprising the Union and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto (excepting Porto Rico and Hawaii), and to cumulative leave of absence with pay at the rate of thirty days for each calendar year of service in said corps; and when serving as chief nurses their pay may be increased by authority of the Secretary of War, such increase not to exceed thirty dollars per month; and the superintendent shall be entitled to the same allowances,...
Page 29 - ... and of as many chief nurses, nurses, and reserve nurses as may be needed. Reserve nurses may be assigned to active duty when the emergency of the service demands...
Page 29 - ... needed. Reserve nurses may be assigned to active duty when the emergency of the service demands, but shall receive no compensation except when on such duty: Provided, That all nurses in the Nurse Corps shall be appointed or removed by the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary of War; that they shall be graduates of hospital training schools, and shall have passed a satisfactory professional, moral, mental, and physical examination: And provided, That the superin.
Page 29 - Provided, That all nurses in the Nurse Corps shall be appointed or removed by the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary of War; that they shall be graduates of hospital training schools, and shall have passed a satisfactory professional, moral, mental , and physical examination : And provided, That the superintendent and nurses shall receive transportation and necessary expenses when traveling under orders; that the pay and allowances of nurses, 'and of reserve nurses when on active...
Page 17 - ... in keeping the patient and family from undue depression and discouragement, — believes that the day's work holds something of immediate good, even though the best results can only come in the future. In a recent letter to the writer, Dr. Edward Trudeau, writing from Saranac, says: In regard to my opinion of the value of the district or dispensary nurse in the combat with tuberculosis, I have always felt that the nurse's visit to the house and her personal contact with the people were essential...