OCR Text |
Show Red Cross Nursing Program Plays Important Roll i The Iron County Red Cross Chapter Chap-ter would like to bring to your attention at-tention the importance of our present pres-ent chapter Nursing Program in national defense. There can be nj more important factor in defense of a nation than the health of the individual family and the intelligent care of the sick in the home. Defense De-fense against illness Is fundamental in all other defense measures and health, like charity, begins at home. More than 300 classes have already been organized In the Pacific branch md approximately 5.000 certificates have been issued. This service helps families to keep well; it teachts them to better care for the sIck ones in their homes. It is definitely i part of the defense of our community. com-munity. THE PURPOSE of this course Is to strengthen the resourcefulneoS of the indlvidaul homemaker and to help her take better care of her own home and family under normal conditions con-ditions as well as in illness. The public should not be led to believe that the Red Cross if offering the course in home nursing to prepare women for service outside of their own home or that it Is expected to Tgiment them and call them into action for Red Cross emergency service. serv-ice. Every individual woman will "je of greater value to her country and better prepared to meet any demand that may be made upon her for having had the Red Cros home nursing course because she will have learned to protect herself her-self and her home against the ravages of disease and disorganization. Those interested in this part of ner, (583-J) chairman of Red Cross national defense call Mrs. Ina Oard-nursing, Oard-nursing, or - contact Mrs. Jeanne Kralgness, public health nurse. |