From Winston-Salem Journal
A field of employment for young women that offers substantial rewards and at the same time a splendid opportunity for wide and needed service is nursing in small towns and communities more remote form great centers of population. This theme was elaborated by the Rev. W.H. Whiteside, superintendent of the Baptist Hospital of South Carolina located at Columbia, in his address before the American College of Surgeons, North and South Carolina Section, here Monday night.
Nurses get their training at hospitals. Hospitals are usually located in the larger towns and cities. It is quite natural for graduate nurses to work in the community in which their mother hospital is located. Sometimes, as Mr. Whiteside said, there are more graduate nurses in a city than the demand justifies. But, on the other hand, there are many smaller towns and communities where (there) are not by any means enough nurses.
Mr. Whiteside was pleading for more nurses in those districts. Health is the foundation of al success and progress. The doctor and the nurse who devote their time to helping stamp out disease and in caring for those who have been stricken by it are doing Christian work of the highest merit. The nurse who goes to the more remote regions and unselfishly and skillfully nurses back to health the suffering and teaches the principles of keeping well is a creator. She will be amply supported, for her service has its rewards.
The Lawrence Hospital, Winston-Salem, N.C., is increasing its staff of Pupil Nurses and at the present time will admit young women desiring to take up the profession of nursing. Information may be obtained by writing or calling to see the Superintendent.
From page 2 of the Danbury Reporter, Wednesday, March 5, 1924
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