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Show Public Health Nurses NursesCarry NursesCarry Carry on Big BigProgram BigProgram Program in County CountyBy By Miss Ml Nxrl Naomi * ZnnJrJ Zundel Dr Milton MHton J Rosenau Emeritus EmeritusProfessor EmeritusProfessor Professor of Public Health at Har Harvard Harvxrri vard Unhoersl University definel5j deflne ( Public PublicHealth PublicHealth Health as the clence science and art artof artof of preventint preventing disease proloniintlife prolongingHfe prolonging Hfe and promoting ; physical and andmental andmental mental efficiency throueh through organ organIzed orf.nIzed orfnIzed . Ized community effort Adopting Adoptingthis Adoptincthis this as a * their aim the Utah Stat state stateBoard StatBoard Board of Health the Ulntah Coun County Oounty ty Board of Education and the theI theBoard theBoard I Board of County Commls.slonera Commlsslonera Commissioneremploy . * I Iemploy employ two public health nurge nurses nurgeto 1 1to to assist In promotln promoting ( our county countyhealth s I Ihealth health These nurses are gradu graduI graduate ( raduate I ate registered nurses with special specialpubl1c specialpublic publ1c health Instruction They are areunder areunder under the direct supervision of the themedical themedical medical director the supervising supervisingnurse supervisingnurse nurse and the district sanitarian sanitarianof of public publ1c health district Number Numberfour Numberfour four Throuth Through these the"e thee " people they theyare theyare are supervised and assisted by the theUtah theUtah Utah Sta State te Board of Health The Thenurses Thenurses nurses also cooperate with and andwork andwork work under the supervision of the thephysicians thephysicians physicians and dentists of the coun county county countyThe ty . counI I The nurse Is essentially es"entlally esentlally " a teach teachf'r teacher f'r fr ' She sho lid not be retarded regarded as asa asa a quarantine officer nor does she shediagnOse shediagnose diagnOse or prescrl prescribe ! > She assists assiststhe assistthe * the family physician In teac teae lIng lintthe expectant n mother her how w wC to carefor ar : herh I : herself : : before h her C child l lar Is | bom born under the physicians physician s super I * vision she helps the mother pre prepare propare pare for tor delivery del1very and helps her ar arranee I Irange range care for herflf her8f'If her8fIf ' and the ne'o\ ne'o neo ne'oborn ne ' \ i born babe durlni during the lyint lying in pe perlod period rlod ne'oI I rlodSimilarly \ Similarly the nurse teaches parnts par - nts the essentials of Kood good Infant Infantnd Infantind nd pre school hyelene hygiene Her emhasls cm em cmhasls > hasls Is placed on keeping : the thehlld thehlld hlld well happy and helpint helping him himdjust himidjust djust to his environment She Sheeaches Shecaches eaches the value of regular medl medlal medlal al supervision proper diet rest restmunlzatlon resttnmunlzatlon munlzatlon birth rctlstratlon registration rctlstratlonnd registrationnd nd mental hyrlene hygiene In the young younglId younihlld lId This Thl she does doe either In the theorne theomc orne In mothers classes or in inI Inie I ' child health or dental confer conferces conferice cesParent'I Parents Parent'I ParentI ces . ' teachers and chHdrenassisted children chHdren assisted by the nurse In chHdrenI main mainIning mainInlni I Ining a high hl h defne degree of physical Bhyticxlid physicald d men mental tal efficiency ert1c1ency In the school schoolhool cchoolhool : hool Inspections lnspectlons we are mad made schoolI to ed edte e < late I te the child In control of eam- eam eamcable corn-imlcable corn imlcable - cable disease and correct1onph8lcal correction correct1on correctionphysical physical ph8lcal } ' defect defecta * The nursetisulta nune nuneI nuneult.s I ult.s ults . with the teacher with withi 1 parent parents * with the Individual chUd chUdon childon on health problems vital to each eachof eachof of them personally She helps helpsto helpsto to secure early correction of re remedial remedial medial defects and helps teach the thevalue thevalue value of cood good health habits She Shecooperates Shecooperates cooperates with the P T A and andother andother other proup groups * to secure food good envl envlronment envlronment ronment for the chool school child chUd and andassists andassists assists them In lrI can-ylni can ylni carrying - on health healthI healthproject I projects * Cooperatlni Cooperating with local and state stateagencle3 statearencles agencle3 such uch as the De Departmentof artment artmentof of public ub1ic Welfare and the Crlp CrlpI Crlppled Ctippled I pled Children Service the public publichealth publichealth health nurse helps to secure ade adequate adequate quate care for the handicapped handicappedchild handicappedchild child and aids In his social adjust adjustment adjustment ment and rehabilitation rehab1l1tation rehabilitationBy rehab1l1tationBy By teaching parentschUdren parents chUdren chUdrenteachers childrenteachers teachers and others the early earlysigns earlysigns signs and symptom symptoms * of the commu communlcable communicable nlcable diseases dLsea"es dLseaes " the nurse aids the thecommunity thecommunity community and the local health healthofficer healthofficer officer In the control of contagion contagionTo contaclonTo To parenUi parents and children alike al1ke she sheemphasizes sheemphasizes emphasizes the n need d for early medl medlcal I cal diagnosis and care of these dls dlst'ases diseases t'ases tases ' and under undE'r ' the direction of ofthe ofthe the family famUy physician teaches prop proper proper er Isolation Lsolatlon disinfection dLslnfection and oth other other er control measuresThe measures measuresThe The nurse also " c-irrles c irrles C"lrrles Clrrles - on a pn pr pniram " iram gram of adult hyttene hygiene : to teach teachood I ' good ood mental and physical health healthhabits healthhabits teach'I 'I I habits to adults to and emphasizeagain emphasize emphasizerain again rain the need for early emphasizeI dlagno dlagnosls diarnosis I sls and treatment of all Illness 1l1ness by byI bya bya a doctor She teaches under med medIcal medleal I Ical supervision supervLslon bedside care in inthe Inthe the homeIn home inI I I . In addition to these services the thepubLic thepublic pubLic health nurse participates In Inheal Inhealth heal th prorram program planning of the theschool theschool school the community the county countyand countyand and ' itate 'Itate She . assists .sslsts sslsts with first firstaid firstaid aid classes assists the district san sanitarian * anItarlan itarian and to better herself her elf and andbnprove andImprove bnprove her service to her commu communlty community nlty she participates In staff taff con conferences conferences ferences is I * active In her nursing nursingorganizations nurslnrorranliiatlon organizations * and attends confer conferences conferences ences of all related rroups groups groupsThese rroupsThese These services of the public publichealth publichealth health nuraes nurses of Ulntah county are areavailable areavailable available to all families fam1lles In the thecounty thecounty county rerardlea rega.rdless regardless . * of financial nnanc1al stat- stat status tat-us tat us - - us . . to all schOla chcci ( , * and all groups groupslrIterested n-oupInterested n oupInterested - * lrIterested In proiotlnr promoting public publichealth publichealth health . . Your problem problems * are their theirproblems theirproblem problems * and they are earer ager to as- as - asldat a adst dst ldat ereryone everyone to . "prevent prevent " " cSIIteue cSIIteueprolong tot asI ffprolonc I prolong life Ute and promote phya1ca1 phya1ca1and pliylcaland and mental efficiency " |
