Chautauqua School of Nursing - Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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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

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THE QHAUTAUQUA L: 99 What is the average earning cy' a Cnautauqua nurse ? - Reports made to the school by 4,000 practicing Chautauqua nurses show that 75 per cent. of our graduates earn 815, 318, 820, and'825 a week. The remaining Q5 per cent., the most of whom are beginners, earn S10 and S12 a week. The rate is determined by the Aprohciency- of the individual and the fee which prevails in her locality. ' H ow do your students get their first ca-ses ? ' Mrs. Ellen C. Gallup, a Chautauqua nurse of Colorado Springs, Colo., Writes, ' 'T here are always charity cases where a studenttnurse may practice under a physician 's supervision, and simple cases which do not demand the highest professional knowledge. There are also serious cases in need of a nurse where limited means prevent the em loyment of a 33 or S4 a day nurse. To such cases the earnest, faithfjul nurse is most gladly welcomed, and for the sake of experience, she can well afford to do service for smaller wages than the experienced graduate. pH ow do you aid your nurses to secure engagements ? When the student is suflicientl advanced we write such physicians as she wishes in her behalf, asking their interest in seeming suitable cases for beginning her work. The following is from a letter recently received: ' 'I am very busy, and am glad to tell you that I have the hearty support of the physicians to whom you wrote. ' ' . I s a woman in rniddle life too old to rnalce a success cy' the course ? The age of thirty-five per cent. of our graduates is between 35 and' 60 years. Of the total number of graduates at this Writing, 302 were more than 50 years old when they enrolled, while 21 had passed their 60th birthday. Of the enrollments received during the two months pgeceding the publication of this year book, fourteen were from students tween 50 and 60. t fp' What education is- needed to study-the course?' ' In so far, as their mastery is concerned, these lectures are within reach of the woman not accustomed to serious study. The experience of a large number of students Whose educational opportunities have been limlted enables us to say that an intelligent woman whocan read, write, and comprehend -the English language can successfully complete the course. It IS not a quesitlon. of a knowledge of arithmetic, or geography, or history, but ofodetermlnatlon and common sense. As the student who fears .her educatlonal quallfications insufficient has the opportunity of decldlng the ctlestlon without expense if she is unsuccessful at the end of two 1I10I1tlfS, t e question of education should not stand in the way of at ICEPSQ. 3 tflal- Speulllti and penmanship are not considered in deter- mining percentages a though mlsspelled words are corrected for the benefit o the student. I