Chautauqua School of Nursing - Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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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

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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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BOARD OF HEALTH Village of White Plains. , . H. E. Schmid, M. D., President, I Chief of White Plains Hospital. P I White Plains, N. Y. Mfr. William S. Bailey, r , Secretary Chautauqua School of N ursing, Jamestown, N. Y. Dear Mr. Baileyz. t It gives me great pleasure to reply to your letter of October 20th, just received. I consider your Work, The Chautauqua School of Nursing, a most excellent Work. The manner in which your lectures are gotten up is greatly to be praised. They cannot fail to be of the greatest assistance to teachers ofnurses, for they contain just enough on any of the subjects for the pupils of training schools for nurses. I am glad to acknowledge that they have been and are of infinite assistance to me in our training school connected with the White Plains hospital. If in any Way I can be of service to you and your institution I shall gladly do anything in my power. Yours very sincerely, g H. ERNEST SCHMID. FOREST LAWN SAN ITARIUM Willard G. Lent, M. D. - ' Wellsboro, Pa. Mr. W. S. Bailey, Sec'y, J amestown, N. Y. ' My dear Sir:-It gives me great pleasure to say that during the past four years We have been using the lectures as prepared by the Faculty of The Chautaucgia School of Nursing in teaching our student muses, and that this met od has given us the very best results. The instruction IS clear,comprehensive and concise and the system of examinations serves to fix lt ln the student's mind. Yom' instruction, coupled -With our facili- tles for the application at the bedside, makes an ideal combination, and leaves nothing to be desired. . , ' Sincerely yours, I 55 Pearl Street. W, G, LENT, ' 28