Chautauqua School of Nursing - Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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APPROVAL : BY Graduates 5 Physicians c THE O1-IAUTMJQUA .fl Fourth, it is next to impossible for a student studying by herself and without guidance to select from any text-book the material of which she standsmost in need. Fifth, in studying by oneis self innumerable difficulties present themselves which cannot be overcome without help. Sixth, the very few best text-books on nursing are written for the benefit of the hospital trained nurse and are therefore only partially applicable to the student who is preparing to nurse in the home. , ' Seventh, it is universal experience that not one person in one hundred has the capacity for self-training. The other ninety- nine need to be shown how to study, need definite assignments of lessons, and require reviews, examinations, criticism, and inspira- tion. r COMMENDATION THE approval which has been bestowed upon our school comes from many sources. First, from our students and grad- uates, whose satisfaction is our highest commendation and the greatest source of gratihcation and inspiration. A few brief statements from our students appear in various parts of this book. The final test of all training in nursing is the satisfaction of the physician. The larger part of the nurse's work is to act as expert assistant to the- physician. This function we impress more strongly than any other upon our students. A recent editorial in The New York M eclieal Times states .that the requirement for the great majority of cases is for an intelligent woman who knows the fundamentals of nursing and who follows faithfully the instructions of the doctor. To .please the physician is the goal of every nurseg and the encomiums received from the medical profession all over the United States, testifying to the value of the Chautauqua course in nursing and to the efhciency of the Chautauqua nurse, are the verdict of approval from the strictest and most conservative Qas far as testi- monials are concernedj of professions. 26. pits .

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.5 Q SCHOOL OF NURSIIXTG Q Furthermore, while a great deal of the hospital experience r is full of interest and, 'for the hospital nurse, invaluable, it is in 1 no sense necessary for the great majority of nurses. It is fas- cinating for a nurse to be present day after day to witness the M expert and difficult operations of great surgeons, and there is much to be learned in this way. But, as a matter of fact, this knowledge is not necessary to the success of theinurse in private , practice. v In the large hospitals the student has the advantage of seeing in operation the best appliances used in general, obstetrical, and surgical nursing. But in the very nature of things the average l 3 home does not have these when they are most needed, and in most cases cannot have them at-all. It is therefore necessary l l ' that the private nurse be able to improvise the best possible' sub- A 1 Q stitutes upon brief notice. Hence, our course, including the experience of thousands of nurses, makes her acquainted with I 1 i a large number of practical and inexpensive devices, the con- i U Q O O if struction, use, and arrangement of which she can practice in her 1 l ' own home and so prepare herself for the emergency which is i sure to come. i i How our correspondence work prepares our student for 3 the practical work of the sick-roomg how she acquires that 5 practice, and how easily she finds the opportunity for the f remunerative practice of her profession, has been explained t elsewhere. 1 i It thus appears: V ' q First, a student would have to study a very great number of i text-books in order to acquire the information supplied in our COUTS6. f.. ,ip Second, even if she could get all these text-books, it would take years of study to master them. i Third, home study for the adult compels and inspires greater interest, and consequently leads to ,more deinite results, than study in class. ' A - ' 25 1 i E. 2 i

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:jj sciziooi. or NURSING is The leading medical journals today look carefully into the standing of every advertiser, so that the appearance of any ad- vertisements in these journals may be considered equivalent to the endorsement of at least the business integrity of an adver- tiser. But these journals are doubly careful to exclude advertise- ments that are likelyto mislead the physician, upon whom they must rely for supportg for there is nothing on which the profes- sion so prides itself, and justly, as on its ethics. Hence, the advertising of any medicine, or method, not strictly ethical, is impossible at any price in medical journals of repute. An edi- torial on any proprietary medicine, method of treatment or opera- tion, or method of study, is the most vital notice for good or ill that a medical journal can take. A word may make or 'marg and-The Chautauol-ua School pf Nursing has received Ifayerable editorial comment -from the I best medical- journals of America... a comment based in certain instances on a personal knowledge of the faculty and staff,Hand ingevgy instance on a thorough knowledge of the entire course. Reviews of our work fromlmedical journals have been pub- lished in a separate booklet. Westlake Private Hospital J. A. WESTLAKE, M. D. S -eeorar -. urgica , e ica , a erm y. - A . ' , 4 a Elmlra, N. Y. fMr. W. S. Bailey, Secretary Chautauqua School of N ursfing, Jamestown, N. Y. ' a Dear Sirzf-During the past two years I. have made a rule that all the young women entering my hospita in training must take The Chau- tauqua School of Nursing course of lectures. ' It affords me great pleasure to say that all of the young women who graduate from amy hospital with your diploma have no trouble in securing work at once ln this city. Their proficiency has. become known to the surgeons bringing cases ere for operations. .This IS manifested by the results due to the thorough knowledge of aseptic methods they ob- tain from the lectures given in your very complete course. a , A Very truly yours, CSignedD J. A. WESTLAKE, M. D. T 27 T Medical Journals