Show red cross nurse kurse reserve at peca peak k disaster service home nursing health education keep thousands busy washington the red cross reserve servo re ot of registered nurses qualified tor for im mediate duty is stronger than ever before miss mary beard director of the american red lied cross nursing services announced we now have a first reserve of 16 unmarried nurses under 40 years ot of age available tor for duty with the army navy or government nursing services arid and subject to call iby by the red cross tor for disaster work she said this ahls Is more than any previous first reserve registration miss beard pointed out that the increase hasteen has been gradual and that only registered nurses meeting rigid requirements of training and physical fitness are enrolled all classes ot of nurse re reservists ts including nurses now em p aloyed I 1 ay ed by the red cross across bilag we thle reserve corps total to during the world war ot of 1914 18 the american red cross mustered nearly nurses tor for duty with army navy and red cross hospitals at home and overseas maintenance ot of the nurses reserve Is provided iby our charter and is in line with red cross policies ot of prevention and preparedness tut but the peacetime work ot of our nurses is equally important in p por octant tant 1 miss beard said the director explained that more than 2000 nurses chiefly home hygiene and care of the sick instructors were regularly engaged in la visiting the sick idding aiding physicians in examining school children conducting inoculation programs to stamp out contagious II illness Iness launching trial nursing services in ia out of the way communities and carrying on important health education work to quality family groups to care tor for sickness at home all nurses who are needed for red cross nursing activities are drawn from the red cross reserve of qualified nurses miss beard said last year red cross public health nurses made more than one million visits on ot of the sick and gave gava skilled care to persons last year in schools and clinics nurs nurses es cooperated with physicians in examining children and aided in the task ot of correcting detects defects children examined were enrolled tor for t the 0 most part in rural schools where this type of preventive service Is rare there are red cross nurses engaged in this work in communities in the field of health education red cross nurses have instructed more than 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 classes in home hygiene and care ot of the sick eick and awarded certificates to persons who passed examinations on the subjects taught because the nucleus ot kyt all red cross nursing activity is our nurses reserve it Is a source of great satisfaction that each month the list of 0 applicants cants increases miss beard said this service to the public Is sup 1 ported by the men and women who join as members of tha red cross through their local chapters during the roll call november 11 tr to SO 30 |