| Show red cross nurse reserve at peak disaster service home nursing health education keep thousands busy washington the red cross reserve ot of registered nurses qualified for or im mediate duty Is stronger than ever before miss mary beard director of the american red cross nursing ser vices announced we now have a first reserve of 15 unmarried nurses under 40 3 ears ot of age available for duty with the army navy or government nursing services and subject to call by the red cross lor for disaster work she said this Is more than any previous first arst reserve registration miss beard pointed out that the in crease has been gradual and that only registered nurses meeting rigid require trenta ot of training and physical fitness are enrolled all classes of nurse reservists including nurses now em aloyed by the red cross bring the reserve corps total to 44 during the world war of 1914 18 the american red cross mustered nearly 20 nurses tor for duty with army navy and red cross hospitals at home and overseas maintenance of the nurses reserve Is provided by our charter and Is in line with red cross pol cles of tion and preparedness but the peace time work of our nurses Is equally im miss beard said the director explained that more than 2 nurses chiefly home hygiene and care of 0 the sick instructors were regularly engaged in Ti visiting the eick sick aiding physicians in examining school children conducting inoculation programs to stamp out contagious illness launching trial nursing services in out of the way communities and carrying on important health education work to quality qualify family groups to care for sickness at home all nurses who are needed for red cross nursing activities are drawn from the red cross cros reserve of qualified nurses miss beard said last year red cross public health nurses made more than one million visits on behalf of the sick and gave skilled care to persons last year in schools and clinics nurses cooperated with physicians in III examining children and aided in the task of correcting detects defects children examined were enrolled for the most part in rural schools where this type oc of preventive service is rare there are red cross nurses en in this work in communities in the field of health education red cross nurses have instructed more than 1000 1 family members since 1914 in how to care tor for the sick at home and have set new standards ot of hygiene for the family last year the nursing service held 4 classes in home hygiene and care of the sick and awarded certificates to 61 person persons who passed examinations on the subjects taught because the nucleus ot of all red cross nursing activity Is our nurses reserve it Is a source of great satis satisfaction fao that each month tho the list of applicants cants increases miss beard said this service to the public Is supported by the men and women who loin join as an members embers of the red cross through their local chapters during the no roll call november 11 to SO |
