Chautauqua School of Nursing - Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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scHooL or NURSING Second-Accompanying each lecture is a detailed ' 'study-help ' ' which directs the attention of the student to the point of special importance in every paragraph. These study-helps are in the nature of reviews, aiding the student to grasp and fix the gist of the lectures, and to ,prepare her for examination. I X Third-Bedside practice in the student's home. Fourth-Practical directions for use by the student in simpler cases of nursing Qfor charity or small remunerationj in .order to gain confidence and experience. Fifth -Certain features which are not possessed by any other correspondence school, i. e., we require only a small portion of the entire fee to be paid in adfvanceg and furthermore, any student who feels hersey' 'dissatisfied with the course after two months' study may withdraw and receive back all the money she has paid. Each lecture possesses a distinct value in what it omits. It is oftentimes based upon literally a whole library of text-books, and contains every vital and essential point that has any bear- ing on the subject treatedg but, everything is omitted not absolutely essential. Discussion of various theoriesg knowledge which only the doctor requiresg unnecessarily exhaustive classi- ficationsg needlessly minute details of anatomy and physiologyg --these have no place in our practical lectures. It is not for a moment to be inferred, however, that we encourage our students in superficiality. On the contrary, we believe the best nurse is the one who continues to be the student, and for this reason we urge further study of special topics, which study we are glad to direct, and for which service no tuition fee is required. Our experience has taught us that the medical practitioner Wants a competent assistant in charge of the patient and not a con- sulting physician. The nurse, therefore, is furnished, through our lectures, with sufficient medical knowledge to enable her to cooperate intelligently with the physician. And we have demonstrated, as hundreds of physicians have. certified, that our 9 . THE LECTURES Selection' A of Material

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The Basic Principle n THE QHAUTAUQUA HOW WE TRAIN I. A General Outline of the Method THE CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF NURSING carries on its work under a charter from the State of New York, which authorizes the institution to train persons in the art or profession of nursing, by mail or otherwise, and to grant certincates to persons thus educated, instructed, and trained. Our course of training and method of instruction are based upon the principle that the 'value of the nurse 's services, both to the physician and to the patient, depends as much upon her mastery cy' the theory as it does upon the practice of her profession. Practice is secured through the large number of exercises required of our students during their course and through experience at the bed- side .underl the physician's direction. Moreover, many, if not most, nursing procedures can be practiced better upon a person in health thanupon one in sickness. But, granted the value of practical ability, the actual knowledge upon which-the nurse must take her own initiative when necessity arises, can be ac- quired only through persistent study. Without this knowledge her practice will often be 'insufficient to meet the innumerable emergencies constantly arising in here work. With, then, a mastery of technique supplemented by a sound body of theory the graduate of The Chautauqua School of Nursing is prepared to take her place as an able assistant under the direction of the physician. l THE METHOD TINCLUDES ,First--A series of clearly printed Qnot mimeographed or type- writtenj lectures in which every possible aid is given by diagrams, charts, and illustrations. These lectures and other printed matter, together with all papers, reviews, examinations, etc., become the property of the student who thus possesses, in convenient formifor reference, an inval- uable library of technical knowledge and practical infor- mation, which is always available. Q 8 CZ Sec Th For Fifi is 4 ani ins ab: Wh fic: mo in the we to ex' a u su ou Co de

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Simplicity of Pre- sentation Adapted to Brief Study y Periods The Pioneer School is-'ij MU QUA .es course exactly meets the requirement of the medical profession, and that it can be acquired Qbecause it deals only in essentialsj Within the relatively brief time required. The principal objects that We had in mind in the preparation and arrangement of our lectures were to present the material in the simplest possible languageg to present the simple and familiar before -the complex and unusualg and to join the theory with the practice so closely that the student should 'rind herself after each lecture a decided step nearer her goal. Again and again our students, in speaking of this aspect of the course have remarked on its absorbing and increasing interest. r y ' ' The more I study the course the more I am impressed with its prac- tical value. -Mrs. Missouri A. Hill, Fort Robinson, N eb. ' ' The lectures are written in a clear, concise, comprehensive manner, systematically arranged, each one seeming to be a complement to the pre- ceding lecturef'-Mrs. A. N. Way, Portland, Mich. ' ' The work soon proved so fascinating that every moment at my dis- posal was delightfully spent in its studyf'-Sister M. Ebba, Convent of Sarwta Maria in Ripa, St. Louis, Mo. p Every aspect of the subject of every lecture is treated in a separate paragraph. The object .of this subdivision is to enable the student to take advantage of every portion, large or small, of her spare time for purposes of study. Those who cannot devote all theirtime to study will readily appreciate the benefit derived through this plan of subdivision. The central idea of almost every paragraph is emphasized by a brief state- ment printed in bold faced type in the margin. The Chautauqua School of Nursing is the pioneer in its Held, and it cannot be too strongly emphasized that its course, based upon the experience of thousands Whom it has trained for private nursing, contains the most valuable collection of sick- room procedures that has ever been included in any one single course. T 10