Show nurse employed for schools at nephi city the last issue of the times news ot of nephi announces the employment of a nurse tor for the schools on the east side of juab county many of 0 the school districts of the state are now paying much attention to health education and in most im educational centers trained nurses haye been added to the teach ing staffs staff a the work of these nurses takes them to the homes of pupils particularly to homes where there Is sickness where in a careful and in manner she tries to assist parents under the new plan the small children are weighed and measured tor for the purpose of check ing up on those who are under weight examination of pupils tor for physician physic ial defects is always in the hands of a physician and is not per formed by the trained nurse there are two important causes for a child being underweight family character estice and malnutrition malnutrition school nursing had its beginning in england in 1894 and has spread rapidly all over the world today thousands of nurses are employed I 1 by the schools to work in compera tion with the homes and social organizations to conserve the health of the people particularly the young it is not with and thought of in bading the rights of the home or in the spirit ot of dictation whatsoever but in a spirit of service and coop aeration that the position of 0 the school nurse has been created in pro gresslee gress gres lve sive school systems |