A Conference Attended by Nurses From All Parts of the Country week, nurses from far and near a ved in the conforen: sce of the Nurses' Association of China. "A. week of conference has been pitals, of lectures by medical authorities and numa: {to stimulate progress in this praiseworthy profess The N.A.C, as it is generally called, was organized in 1909 by a group of nine foreign nurses during their summer holiday in Kuling. that time, there were no schools of nursing in China' and no properly trained Chinese nurses, 'The reports read at the present conference show that there is now, from the small beginning in 1909,' membership in the Association of 1408, of whom. Jess than one third are foreigners, and 126 schools of nursing registered lurider the association, of which 107 are active at the present time.
'The Association conduct yearly examinations and' all" nurses who qualify receive the recognized diploma of the Association. Already, there have been 1,509 of these dipltmas awarded, and the standard maintained is a high one. That the Association is a valuable educational medium pressed a visitor to the conference, the work which has been done in these directions being shown in reports of the Educational and Trans Intion Committee.
The translated handbooks and textbooks on nursing are used and appreciated all over the country.
At a reception held on Wednesday afternoon in the Moore Memoria Church, speeches of welcome were given by Miss Taylor, president of the Shanghai Branch of the Assocciation, and by Dr. C. W. Lov. secretary of the National Medical Association of China. Miss Lillian Wu, Two guests, Mme. Drufu and Miss Edith Pye brought greetings to the Conference from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
On the day following, messages and greetings were received from the China Medical Association through its secretary, Dr. J. B, Maxwell, and from the Nursing Associations of England, Canada, Belgium, the United States and several -other countries. One message in particular aroused much enthusiasm.
was from Miss Annie Strong, 86 years old, of Scotland, and the only nurse now living who was associated with Florence Night-ingle in the Crim At an evening session, Miss Cora Simpson, one of the general secretaries, gave an interesting account of her travels around the world in the interests of the N.A.C.
On completion of the business session on Friday morning a tour was made by the visiting delegates to the registered hospitals of Shanghal-{One party visited the Margaret Williamson, the Red Cross and the Country Hospital, while the other section went to St. Luke's, St. Elizabeth's and the Lester" Hospital. Upon return from these trips the delegates were entertained by officers of the National Medical Association at a much enjoyed tea.
At the evening session on Friday student nurses from the various Shanghai Schools gave some very interesting demonstrations of pro-paring diets for patients, dressing and care of babies, and similar professional activities, The conference was cfosod on Tuesday
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