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Otago Witness, Issue 2403, 22 March 1900, Page 35

NO MORE NURSES WANTED.

It is understood that several young ladies have decided to proceed to South Africa, be-

lieving that they can seoure positions as nurses. .The following, written by the expert correspondent of the British Medical Journal, should be a warning to them: —

" "Set every steamer from England appears to bring ladies who seek in vain to obtain nursing employment in the hospitals. To such as are unacquainted with the methods of a military hospital and its manner of working, the nursing staff appears inadequate. Judging only by their experience (when they have any) of civil hospitals, there appear abundant openings for more women workers. The outflow of sympathy is strong, and it seems

almost oruel to point out that the resentment felt when applications are declined is highly unreasonable.

" The long and short of it is that the R.A.M.O. is not in need of more nursing power. Were there any desire to appoint extra nurses, of which there is not the slightest indication, it is possible that the claims of the many nurses who, under normal conditions, exercise their vocation at places like Kimberley and Johannesburg would be first considered. Among these are many fullytrained nurses fully qualified to do any work to which they might be get. Their lot is a hard one, for prices at Capetown are high and civil employment is not easily obtained."