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Show j HEALTH NURSES . REPORT RECORD ASSISTANCE YEAR i: I: Even as you read this, 21,001 public health nurses thruout th United States are at work in al battle areas of health. In crowd ed city, suburban town, remote 'mountainside, they are helping to conquer sickness and win bet j ter health for every man, woman i and child. I That was the opening paragraph para-graph of the 1946 report of the Beaver County Health Nurses, Mrs. Lucy Willams, Mrs. Verda Heffner, and Mrs. June H. Kes-ler. Kes-ler. The report eontinues: "Learn by doing" underlies all the public health nurse's teachings. teach-ings. The nurse demonstrates the proper technique in the sick room or where there is communicable com-municable disease and the mother, moth-er, by doing the work, is able to carry on after the nurse leaves. During 1946 the communicable communic-able disease was exceptionally low in Beaver County. Nurses made two visits to scarlet fever cases. Two active cases of tuberculosis tu-berculosis were found and put under treatment. Nurses made 22 visits in the control of tuberculosis tuber-culosis and gave 6 public lectures lec-tures and talks. Pre-Nalal Care A new baby can bring joy or jealousy to a family group. Much depends upon older children chil-dren having a part in the preparation prep-aration for baby's coming and his care once he has arrived. The public health nurse helps mothers understand this important import-ant principle of family relationships relation-ships while she shows them practical techniques. 307 home visits were made to expectant mothers. Four were given nursing care at delivery and 262 were given assistance after the baby came. This assistance as-sistance was actual nursing care of mother and child after returning re-turning from the hospital and demonstrations of care to some (Continued on Page Four) interest of better public health. I Other Services Nine pre-school dental confer-i' ences were held. At these clin-' icS the children from two. to sixl years are, ''examined free of charge and the dental correc-i lions are -made 'free of charge. i' 2flt children were examined and given corrections. v ! Thirty-two child health con-! ferpnees were .held .in Beayer,! Minersville and Milford. Seven-' ty-two infants,, 134, chUden from! one to two years of age, and ' 379 children- from two to six are registered in these confer-" confer-" en'ces. ' " " A total of 65 smallpox vaccinations vacci-nations wereigiven, 201 .whoop, ihg cough and: diphtheria, "',43 diphtheria, 160 D.P.T (whooping cough and tetanias), : . Here's More About HEALTH NURSES : (Continued from Page One) member of the family who could take over after the nurse left. Infant and Pre-School -During childhood many physical phys-ical defects can be prevented or corrected. If neglected, chances 'are (hey will bring serious consequences con-sequences later in life. 564 visits, were made in behalf be-half of children under one year of age. r These visits were concerned con-cerned with proper diet and growth, nursing care during illness, ill-ness, corrections of such defects as1 are apparent, weighing them until1 they were old enough to be registered in the conferences, and advice and help in the prep- aratibn of formulas. .".533 calls were made in the 'interest . of children from one to six years. .These visits were to Help secure correction of defects found by the family physician. .'-In 'the schools the nurses made 2540 inspections of students for communicable disease and eye defects. Doctors did physical examinations of 267 students, other than the boys in physical education. Nurses made 880 visits to homes and by contact-! contact-! ing parents in the interests of better students' health and seeking seek-ing corrections of the defects that were found. Hearing of 692 students was examined, and 106 with defects were rechecked by the audiophone. ..437 students stu-dents were examined free of charge by the local dentists. 148 were given immunization for typhoid fever, 1.74 for smallpox, and the nurses' gave. 85 talks and demonstrations for 2516 students on "almost every phase of health and prevention of disease. 1 The public health nurse cooperates coop-erates with hospitals by following follow-ing !up patients who need 'further care and instruction in carrying out the physician's orders at home. This service is especially vital where shortage of hospital personnel is still critical.. j 546 visits were made to give nursing care to patients ill with i other than communicable disease, dis-ease, involving, giving beij baths, i enemas, hypos, hot packs,' chang- j ing of dressings on wounds, setting set-ting up oxygen units, giving infra red. and ultra violet ray lamp treatments, and Wher care. Crippled. Children - . . , !' Eight children with crippling defects were admitted to -the service. 149 home visits were made. One crippled children's clinic was. held in Beaver, in August, 1946. Twenty -two office' of-fice' visits were made, and the nurses made 195 visits in the |