Lutheran Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Lift Up 'Your Eyes M service, and in the foreign mission Helds, young women are seeking admission to our school. Our Training School has built up a curriculum with high standards that can compare favorably with those of secular institutions. ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS Classes are enrolled in February and September of each year. Candi- dates for admission to the School of Nursing must be graduates from an accredited high school or its equivalentg 18 to 32 'years of ageg of good moral character, with Christian trainingg and in good physical condition. Nursing is an art, and, if it is to he made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard preparation, as any painters or sculptors work, for what is having to do with dead canvas or cold marble com- pared with having to do with the living body-the temple of God's spirit? A nurse is limited only by her own limitationsg for according to her ability will be her opportunity, ' For full and detailed information regarding the nurses training write to the Director of the School of Nursing. The Nightingale Pledge I solemnly pledge myself before Goal cmd in the presence of this assembly: To pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or administer knowingly any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in conidence all personal matters committed to my keep' ing, and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my profession. ' Witlm loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. Page Twentyftwo