Chautauqua School of Nursing - Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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OFFICERS' OF THE CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF NURSING l

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P - me s ,- C -1-fmt X W c U J sciaoor, OF NURSING th e QUESTICNSC AND ANSWERS IN our experience of many years we have found that certain questions are asked again and again. Many of these are printed here, with concise answers, in the hope that they will be of service to prospective students. The answers are the more valuable because many of them are written out of the actual experience of our students. y I I I ' 'H ow long does the completegcourse require? ' a - I This depends entirely upon the time the student can devote to study. The average is from eight to twelve months. ','Doe.s'- the 'school require cornloletiong of the course gwithinga ' given tirne? , ' y . . . , It does not. We encourage our students to complete the course in accordance With the regular schedule, but never insist nor urge that they undertake more study within a given period than they can conveniently master. There need, therefore, be no fear of inability to complete the course. . t y y How early in the course p mag the student who has ,never practiced nursing expect to derive some incorne?,' . In answer we quote the statement of Mrs. Clealand Rowse, Atlanta, Ga. . I was offered work at S15 a week when I had studied only six weeks.' ' ' ' 4 A tMiss Ruby Locke, Mexico, Mo., writes, I had earned 35240 before I received my diploma. ' ' ' ' V Miss Mary J. Eals, of Carroll, Manitoba, Canada, Wrote,' 'Two cases alone more than paid my tuition fee and this before I had Hnished my course.' ' I ' g , Mrs. Eva Marsh, Nevada City, Cal., states: ' 'During the time I have been studying I have earned 33218. ' ' I proportion cy' your students hare had no experience in t nursing? ' ' r . ' Approximately .60 per cent. have had no previous -training or expe- 22161106111 nursing. This proportion is ivncreaslng and must continue to increase year by year as the number of practical nurses Cthose with no training ut experiencel becomes less. I I v '1 as