OCR Text |
Show - Red Cross ObservesNursing Observes ObservesNursing Nursing Anniversary 1937 Marks 25th Year Of 01 01Public OfPublio OPublic ? Publio Public Health Nursing In InRural InRural InRural Rural Areas"Prior Areas Areas"Prior . "Prior Prior 'Prlor Prlor " ' to Inauguration fnauguratlon of ot tho Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross Town Tossn To " n and Country nursingaervice nursing nursing1ervice nursingeervlce 1ervice eervlce ! in 1912 . , no national effortwas ell'ort ellort effort ell'ortwas effortwas ' was made to bring nuruing nur1)lng nur1lng nursing ) skill tothe to tothe tothe the rural sickbed . ' James L FieserTica Fieser , vice chairman in lD charge of ot domesticoperations domestic domesticoperatlons domesticoperations operatlons operations for tor the American RedCross Red RedCross RedCross Cross , said today in commenting on onthe onthe onthe the silver anniversary of or Red Cross Crosspnblic Crosspublic Crosspublic pnblic public health nursing nursingIn In a plea tor for an incre-ised incre ised Incre"sed Incresed increased " - mem membershfp membership membership bershfp bership during durlDg the coming Red Crossannual Cross Crossannual Crossannual annual Roll Call held beld from Crom Novem November Novemher Novemher ber her llth 11th to the 25th , \ Mr 1\1r 1 1r Fieser Fieserpointed Fieserpointed Fleserpointed pointed out that Red Cross rural ruralllursmg ruralnursing ruralnursing llursmg nursing rounds out 25 j years ears of at conttnuous can con cantlnuous continuous tlnuous tinuous service this thlS year "It It " isessential IBessential is isessential essential activities actlvltles such as thiswhich this thiswhich thiswhich which the American people supportthrough support supportthrough supportthrough through membership member.bip memberbip memberabip : . , , " ; " he said saidIn saidIn saidIn In 1910 Lillian Ltllian Wald , then headresident head headresident headresident resident of ot the Henry Street Settle Settle- Settlement Settlencent Settlement - - ment ncent in New Nev . York City . , proposed proposedthat proposedthat proposedthat that the American Red Cross pio pio- pioneer pioneer pioneer - - neer In the field of at rural nursing nursingPublic nursingPublic nursingPublic Public health nurses \ were ere active in innrban inurban innrban nrban urban districts but no similar pro provIsion provision provision vIsion had been made to guard tbe the thehealth tbehealth thehealth health of the rural dweller MissWald Miss MissWald MissWald Wald felt that the Red Cross wasbest wasbest was wasbest best qualified for the undertakingthrough undertaking undertakingthrough undertakingthrough through its long experience in converting converting con convertlng vertlng verting humanitarian Ideals intopractical Into intopractical 1 > practical ractlcal accomplishment . . Two jears years ears later the first Red Crossrural Crossrural Cross Crossrural rural nurse set forth torth upon herrounds her herrounds herrounds rounds in a county in Massachusetts Massachu MassachulIetts Massachuaetts lIetts setts Jacob Schiff Schill ' , member of ot the theRed theRed theBed Red Cross Board of ot Incorporators Incorporatorsand , , and Mrs Whitelaw Retd Reid each con contributed contributed contributed tributed funds to start the projectSpecial project projectSpeclal projectSpecial Speclal Special courses of training for fornurses fornurses tornurses nurses resulted In young women womenwho womenwho womenwho who thoroughly knew the mechanicsof mechanics of this new job jobBy jobBy jobBy By 1918 there ft \ sere ere 100 ruralnursing rural ruralnursmg ruralnursing nursmg nursing serviced service servlc conducted by RedCross Red RedCross RedCross Cross chapters and IS 18 months laterthe later laterthe laterthe the number of services s sl r\Ices r Ices rsices \ had skyrocketed sky skyrocketed skyrocketed rocketed to 2 000 as the signing of the lhe lhermfstlce Armistice -\rmfstlce rmfstlce - \ released a flood ot of of14ar ofWar 'ar ar 14ar " ' nurses nnrses for peacetime peace time dut dutj duty dutj'ReOlgaDlzntloD } Reoiganizntlon 'ReOlgaDlzntloD ReOlgaDlzntloD Reoiganization ' and consolidation consol1da consolida consol1datlOn consolidation tlOn tion cvcntinlly cventu'1lly cventu1lly eventually ' cut the number consol1daI ofpublic at of atpublic ofpublic I public heilth hC'1lth hC1lth health ' nurses serving underthe underthe under underthe the Red Cc doss ClOSS oss flag , ' ; , ' Ml 1\11 1 11 Mc \ 'Ieber Ieber Fieser Fieserstated Heberstated 'Ieberstated [ ' stated 'But But ' as a gioup glOUp their em elii emclency eliiclency cfficlency 'IeberI I clency increasedlIr increasedMr increased increasedMr \ Mr l\Ir l Ir [ ' Fieser 'leser leser f'ceser fceser ' called attention nttentlon to a astudy astudy astudy study of Red Cross public healthnursing health healthnursIng healthnursing nursIng accomplishments since the thesen theservice theservice theserviceas sen service ice \ \\as as sas \ \ as begun bzgun Statistics Statlstfcs show showthat showthat showthat that In ill 111 ' neally ncal neai ly 3 000 serv sen sere Ices w vs \ ere ereestabllshed ereestablished ereestablished establlshed established by the Red Cross ' ' he hesaid hesaid hesaid said During 'During ' the past 15 years 6 800public 800 800pubhc 800public pubhc public health heallh nurses were assignedto.chapters assignedtochapters assigned assignedlo.chapler assignedtochapterb lo.chapler lochapler tochapterb . , : . . , and a total of 18,000,000visits 18000000visits 18,000,000 18000000 18,000,000ViSitS 18,000,000visits , , ViSitS were werp made to or in behalf behalt ofpatients ot of otpatients ofpatients patients patients'Each Each 'Each ' yeai yeal yeas during the past 11more 11 , more than 440,000 440000 , rural school chi childrcn chIl chIldren ! dren have hae ha\ ha \ e been found to have physl physi physlcal physical physlcal cal defects Each year 189,000 189000 , , of ofthese ofthese ofthese these children were sere \ ere helped througb through througbtreatment throughtreatment throughtreatment treatment ' At the pi piesent esent timo time there are 666Red 666 666Red 666Red Red Cross public health nurses en engaged engaged engaged gaged in health " work "ark ark in rural com cam cammunities communftfes cornmunities munftfes munities , and last j year ear more than than1,000,000 than1000000 1,000,000 1000000 , , visits sislts \ Isits were made on behaH behalf behalfof behalfof behaHof of the sick ' , It has been our purpose from thefirst thefirst the thefirst first , , " " Mr Fieser emphasized , "todemonstrate todemonstrate "to to "todemonstrate "todemonstrate " "toI I demonstrate that ruial rUlal rural nursing waaneeded was wasneeded wasneeded needed and could be organized Inmany In Inman Inmany man many ) instances we have ha\e ha e base \ turned es estabUshed established establlshed tabUshed tablished community nursing ser sersites serMCCS sites \ Ices over tt tc tt . . local health au authorilies authorities authorities thorilies thorities Whei Whel this was done , , weturned we weturned weturned weI I turned our effort toward opening up upadditional upadditional upadditional additional virgin territory . Other OtLer Red Cross services support supported supported supported ed bj by b } Roll Call memberships are areme arelife arelife me life saving , first aid , disaster dlsaster reliefand rehet relief rehetand reliefand and the work w \ ork ark of or organized Red Crossvolunteers Cross Crosssolunteers olunteers solunteers \ CrossI I |