Original

vcai"CHAPTER XXXTRAINING OF MEN AND WOMEN NURSES IN CHINABe innin sAlice Clark^ or man s the training of men and>women nurses has been going on in differentparts of China. In earlier years most of the superintendentsof hospital nursing staffs were the busy doctor, or his equallybusy wife. We who are building on their foundations,would not forget the work that has gone before. Excellentprinciples and ideals have been laid down in the hearts ofthose men and women whom we may claim as first fruits ofthe nursing profession, and much of the rough pioneeringworkdon<. has made the way easier for us who follow.Difficulties still abound and are likely to do so for many aday; yet we, remembering these, go on; going on" and, aswe were urged by one who knows, we endeavour to "Besteady, keep cool and pray/There areTrainingmany different aspects to theSchools work of training men and women nurses.There are the more definitely establishedtraining schools in ports such as Hongkong, Fooehow,Shanghai, Anking, Changsha, Peking, etc., and there are thetraining schools in the less westernized towns; but we areendeavouring to come into harmony with the NursesAssociation of China which recommends a syllabus of training and which, according to conference opinions, will beworkable for all in the fairly near future.The Nurses Association of China formedNursesAssociation some years ago chiefly by nurses in the morecentral part of China, now links up North,South, East and "West,as far as training of nurses goes.The membership includes many nationalities, and manydifferent training schools are represented. Judging fromour last conference (Peking, 1915) we are working in happyunion and are making good progress in supplying one of