Special Summer Course for Graduate Nurses

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 6, 1916

Special Summer Course for Graduate Nurses

The Washington Sanitarium is offering a four months’ postgraduate course for graduate nurses of our recognized training schools, beginning May 15, and extending to October 15.

The Washington Sanitarium has unexcelled opportunities for giving such a course, owing to the large amount of surgery coming to the institution, and also to the hospital which is operated in the city of Washington.

The hospital in Washington, where most of the work of this course is given, has a daily average of twenty-five patients in the dispensary clinic. It is also averaging from three to five obstetrical cases a week, and its ward beds are for the most part occupied by surgical cases. Aside from the practical work in these special lines, including training in the care of infectious and contagious diseases, the theoretical work offered comprises the following subjects:—

Advanced work in hydrotherapy and massage; a special course in operating-room drill and surgical technique; twenty hours devoted to dietetics and hygienic cookery (this will be given by Dr. Lauretta Kress); advanced course in obstetrics and midwifery, in which the nurses will do actual work in caring for maternity cases, etc.

An entrance fee of $25 is required, which covers the tuition charge. Expenses of room and board will be met by the hospital in return for service rendered. A certificate will be issued to those satisfactorily completing this course. The course is confined to lady nurses, and the number taken will be limited.

Those desiring to avail themselves of this opportunity to perfect themselves in general or special nursing, should apply at once, addressing the Medical Superintendent, Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park, D. C.