European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday september 2,1989 civilian nurses needed at Usa eur hospitals by Janet d Agostino medical writer . Army hospitals in Europe Are looking for a few Good civilian nurses to work alongside their military Peers. The nurses Are needed to ease a civilian nursing shortage particularly in the specially areas said co Gail Cray a nursing consultant for the 7th medical id in West Germany. Most army hospitals have an Comdr most equal ratio of army nurses and civilian nurses. The . Air Force in Europe does not have a Short age of civilian nurses. Civilian registered nurses can be hired from the United states to work in army hospitals in Europe but Many positions arc filled by family members of Active duty personnel or department of defense civil Ian personnel living in Europe Croy said. Therefore army hospitals have an ongoing need for registered nurses because of the frequent rotation of Mili tary personnel and their families especially during the summer. We re hiring two or three nurses every week but two or three More nurses Are always leaving said Stephen Enstrom. A personnel starring specialist in  who hires nurses for the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. Nurse Patricia hand who was hired for a general surgical Ward at Lan Stuhl in june believes there arc civilian nurses living in Europe who want to work. I Don t think they know there Are positions out there said hand whose husband is in the air Force. Hand was employed As a nurse in inc United slates and wanted to continue her nursing career while in Europe. Some civilian nurses May be hesitant to work in a military Hospital because it is unfamiliar said pal Rodon a psychiatric nurse hired at the Lan Stuhl Hospital in july. Rodon had stopped working for a period of years to raise her children and Only recently resumed to nursing. Army hospitals usually have full time and part time openings for registered nurses in most clinical areas Croy said. Red Cross offices also need registered nurses who Don t want to work on a regular basis but Are willing to Volunteer for programs within the hospitals. The salary Range for civilian nurses is $23,846 tos31,000, depending on prior employment with the fed eral government ens rom said. Nurses hired from the United states would receive a housing allowance i addition to their salary. We re looking for Good professional nurses said it. Col. Mary Dickey a registered nurse and nurse methods analyst at the Lan Stuhl Hospital. The need remains great especially in critical areas such As intensive care  the shortage in the specially areas of intensive care neonatal intensive care ichor and delivery and psychiatric nursing isl acts similar nursing shortages inthe United states. Overall army medical facilities arc staffed with 94 percent of the civilian nurses they Are authorized bul the six percent docs not represent the actual need. A shortage of Only one or two nurses in a specially area can be crucial because those positions cannot be temporarily filled with a nurse who docs not have the appropriate skills. There arc 552 civilian registered nurses employed in army medical treatment facilities in Europe. To help Blunt a shortage of military nurses inc three services raised inc maximum age limits for nursing recruits. The army has increased its oldest maximum age to 52 a years and the air Force allows nursing recruits up to age 48. The Navy accepts recruits up to age 40 and on a Casc by Casc basis beyond that age. Previously All services limited recruits to age 35. The nursing shortage in inc United states is caused by a variety of factors including More Job opportunities for women said col. Dolores Green chief of the department of nursing at the Lan Stuhl Hospital. For example nurses can go into Industry and insurance using their health backgrounds. The demand for nurses also increases As medical technology improves. Acutely ill patients now live longer and require More skilled nursing care while inthe Hospital Croy said. In Europe staffing of patient care units is varied to compensate for the fluctuating nursing shortage. Cro said. For example the Lan Stuhl Hospital has temporarily combined the medical and surgical intensive care units that arc ordinarily two separate units Dickey said. Army hospitals sometimes Cope with a shortage of nurses and doctors by offering family members the option of seeking health care in Host nation hospitals through the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services. Many pregnant family members routinely have i hair babies delivered in German hospitals because of a Lack of army obstetricians and gynaecologists. To help draw More nurses to the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center a nurse information Day will beheld on sept. 8 from 8 . To noon in the Hospital Chapel. Civilian nurses who Are family members of service numbers or department of defense civilians can apply for nursing positions at the nearest it Alftan personnel office. Ctr loan nurses not associated with the government must apply through the civilian recruitment Canter in Heidelberg clergy demands that s. Korea fulfil promises of reforms Seoul South Korea a More than 1,800 of inc nation s leading clergymen Friday accused the govern ment of human rights abuses and demanded it make Goodon promises of democratization and other Reform. The korean National Council of churches said the government of president Roh Tae woo was More undemocratic than that of his dictatorial predecessor an was causing people s lives to collapse with the sup pression of human  also Friday hundreds of students in Seoul fought Wilh riot police and Radical youths attacked a police station and an army officer s quarters in two Provin Cial cities. No arrests or injuries were reported. Authorities said student protesters had received$30,000 from a South korean group in Japan allegedly controlled by a pro North korean organization. The Church Council which represents leading protestant clergy in a nation where one fourth of the population is Christian has been a political Force for years. But Friday s message was its first major political stand since Roh came to Power. In a statement issued following an All night prayer meeting at a downtown anglican Church the Council said More than 800 people were arrested As political prisoners in recent months. Movements for Independence democratization and unification have been denounced As leftist and pro communist said the statement. It said there had been violence torture and surveillance threatening the people s rights to survival and causing the people to tremble in a sense of  dissidents Radical students roman Catholic clergy and some politicians have accused the government of stalling on democratic reforms Roh promised before he took office in february 1988. At Seoul s Joo Ngang University witnesses said 1,000 Radical slide nos dallied police with rocks and firebombs to demand the government disband the nation s intelligence apparatus the Agency for National Security planning. About 500 slide nos demanding the release of a Radi Cal student jailed for an illegal trip to North Korea hurled firebombs at riot police in front of Korea University in Seoul. Overthrow Roh Tae woo students yelled. Riot police in combat fatigues drove them Back with teargas. At Kyon Ghec University in Seoul 400 students fought with riot police. The Agency for National Security planning for Merly the korean Central intelligence Agency announced Friday Hal the Radical National Council of student representatives received $30,000 for Ami stale activities from a pro communist South korean student Alliance in Japan. The student group sent 20-year-old Imsu Kyong to a youth festival in North Korea in Defiance of a South korean government ban on unauthorized travel to the communist North. She was jailed upon her return on charges of violating National Security Laws. The South korean Security Agency claimed thai i regroup in Japan the korean student Alliance is under control of the pro North korean Cho Soren Organiza Tion also in Japan the Agency said the Alliance delivered inc Money in August 1988 to the student Council s chairman. Of y9ng-Shik, who also ii jailed on charges of National Security violations. Military Roundup 6 nato nations to join exercise in Northeast Italy Naples. Italy is nato troops from six countries this month will demonstrate their ability to deploy quickly during a Field and command Post exercise dubbed Armada Exchange. About 2.500 troops from the United states West Germany Belgium Britain and Luxembourg will join 1,500 italian soldiers in northeastern Italy As the Allied come Europe Mobile Force. They arc being alerted through thursday of a need to defend the Gorizia  a narrow area Between the sea and the Foothills of the Alps near Italy s Border with Yugoslavia. The exercise emphasizes the area because historically invading forces come through there said air Force Cap. Jerry Todd a spokesman for Allied forces Southern Europe. The warning and Alert phase of the exercise from Friday to thursday is primarily administrative said Ace spokesman Mai. Bob Brannigan of the British army. Ace which has no permanently assigned forces will ask participating countries to mobilize their troops. Moving the troops to Italy during the deploy ment and deterrence phase from sept. 8 to 16 will involve 149 transport aircraft two Road convoys six trains and a transport  is the Mobile Force s primary mis Sion. This phase is sort of Flag waving Brannigan said. The troops do a lot of overt patrolling with All the vehicles and men in High profile. It s a Way of saying to potential aggressors that nato is Here and All of nato is behind  while nato s Mobile forces Are intended As deterrent forces the troops arc prepared to fight alongside Host country soldiers he said. The combat operations phase of the exercise from sept 17 to 22, will emphasize Cross training because northeastern Italy is quite a Good tourist area Brannigan said. Troops conducting a full scale combat exercise Complete with guns making would probably bring More than one vacation to a abrupt end. Aviation squadrons from West Germany Bel Gium and Italy also will participate in the exercise.  of Squadron training in w. Germany Ramstein a West Germany the 70thtac fighter so from Moody fab ga., is Back in West Germany temporarily to take part in exercise crested  24 f-16 aircraft belonging to the Squadron and about 480 support personnel Are participating in the 21 St annual crested Cap exercise. Several tactical fighter units were transferred from West Germany to the United Stales in 1968 during a reduction in overseas forces. They deploy from . Bases for about one month each year to train in West Germany. During the rest of the year the nato committed squadrons must train in the United states. Until this year the deployments coincided with the annual return of forces to Germany exercise. However there is no refer Ger scheduled in 1989. The 70th tac fighter so will return to the United states on sept. 25.ramstcin officials said the planes will not carry live munitions during the training. World Brief life begins at 133 in Iran As Man plans 4th marriage Nicosia Cyprus a the official islamic re Public news Agency reported thursday that a 133 year old iranian Farmer was planning to get married for the fourth Lime. The Agency monitored in Nicosia said  has six sons and 65 grandsons and great grandsons from his previous marriages. His eldest son died at the age of 85 and the youngest one is 50 years old Irna reported. It said the old Man is a Farmer in Complete health and lives in a Small Village near the Central iranian City of Arak. Varmezyar has been living alone since the death of his third wife 40 years ago according to Irna a Brief report