How to become a nurse and how to succeed / compiled by Honnor Morten.

  • Morten, Honnor, 1861-1913.
Date:
[1895]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: How to become a nurse and how to succeed / compiled by Honnor Morten. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    Durham County Hospital. Age, 22 to 25. ^^^ges, jf\o and £12. Lectures given, and certificate at the end ot 2 V^ars Hours on duty, 12. Holidays, 2 weeks the first year, 3 weeks subsequently. Indoor uniform supplied. Three applica- tions accepted, and a large number refused yearly. Matron, Miss Elizabeth Haythorne. Beds, 70. Eastbourne — Princess Alice Memorial Hospital. Age, 22. No salary first year; ;^io second year. No lectures, but certificate given at the end of 2 years. Hours on duty, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., with 2 hours off, and half a day monthly. Holidays, 3 weeks. Separate bedrooms. Two applications accepted, and about 50 refused yearly. Matron, Mrs. Cameron. Beds, 39. Exeter Hospital. Age, 22 to 35. Wages, £10, after passing examination. Lectures and certificate given. Hours on duty, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., with 2 hours off, and 6 hours every third Sunday. Holidays, 3 weeks, and x day monthly. Special pro- bationers pay 10 guineas for i year. Matron, Mrs. Brothers. Beds, 218. Gateshead Children's Hospital. Age, 20 to 23. No salary during the first year of traming, then £10. Certificate given. Hours on duty, 8. Holidays, 2 weeks, and Saturday to Monday once a month. Uniform supplied. About 3 applica- tions accepted, and 26 refused yearly. The nurses have a month on night duty, and 2 months on day duty alternately. Matron, Miss Dunster. Beds, 21. There is an out-patient department. Gloucester Free Hospital for Children. Age, 20 to 35. Wages, ;^8, £10, £12. Lectures given. Holidays, 3 weeks. Separate bedrooms. Two paying pupils taken for £x a w^eek. Nursed by a religious community; no outsiders need apply. Beds, 26. Gloucester Infirmary. Age, 20 to 35. Wages, £1^ during the 18 months of training; £2 yearly advance afterwards up tO;^3o ; no washing allowed, but uniform supplied. Lectures, classes, and certificate given. Hours on duty, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., with 2 hours off. Holidays, 2 weeks. Probationers are all entered on the Royal National Pension Fund, premiums being paid out of their salary. Private nurses supplied. Matron, Miss Yeats. Beds, 150. Gravesend Hospital. Age, 20 to 35. Wages, ;^io, ^16, ;^i8. Lectures and certificate given. Hours on duty, 7 a.m. to