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Show EVERY NURSE IN OGDEN AND WEBER ! COUNTY TO SE CALLED ON TO HELP DURING THIS EMERGENCY I Under tho direction of Apostle D. O. McKay, Ogden commenced the task of -doing its part in the nation-wide survey sur-vey of nurses this morning when a meeting of the bishops of tho Church of Latter-day Saints from every ward in the city was held on tho lawn of the Wober normal college and the plan of. canvass was fully explained Tjy the apostle. The bishops will work In conjunction conjunc-tion with the chairmen of the local Red Cross units and make an exhaustive exhaus-tive canvass of the whole city. Wherever Wher-ever there is found any person of nursing experience who is not now in activo service a questionnaire will be filled out, giving In full detail the namo.-age, place of training, actual experience and other Important do-tails. do-tails. It Is not generally known how ur gent the call for nurses is., Tho estimated esti-mated total number of nurses in tho United States is placed at between 80,000 and 100,000. The total needed from the beginning of the U. S. participation parti-cipation in the war, April. 1917 to January Jan-uary 1, 1919, is 27,000. The total actually ac-tually secured and assigned to duty by the American Red Cross up to August 1, 1918, is 13,360. Between now and January 1, 1919, there are needed 13,.-640 13,.-640 and out of that number the surgeon general wants by October, 8000. Nursery Resources. By this survey It is expected that tho American Red Cross will come Into possession of an accurate mass of 'information 'in-formation as to the actual nursing resources re-sources of tho country and be able thereby to proceed in the work ot assignment as-signment so as to meet the needs of the military situation as they arise as well as meeting the local demands. Chairman of Red Cross units will at once get into touch with the bishop of their respective wards and offer themselves them-selves and their helpers so that Ogden may make a 100 per cent roport in the shortest possible time. Below is given the list of Instructions Instruc-tions to those who make tho survoy. Instructions to Surveyors. HvAb 1. First of all familiarize yourself HHHv with tho importance of tho survey and H with tho Items of tho questionnaire in hHH order to bo sure you understand them HHH thoroughly before beginning work. 2. Make sure that every woman in H the territory assigned to you either does or does not come within one of the seven classes called for on the HHH questionnaire. This includes women H who havo been or are now in one of , HHH these classes: ; a. Graduato nurses H b. Pupil nurses HHH c. Ungraded nurses HHH d. Trained attendants HHH e. Practical nurses HHJ L Midwives H g. Women who havo taken Red Crosa courses. HH I 3. All canvassing should bo done in person and not by mall. HHfl 4. Every woman coming within ono ' of these classes is expected to fill out HHH a questionnaire; upon her failure to do ' so, ascertain her reasons and report ; HHJ same to the executive secretary of the ' survey in your chapter. HHJ 5. By reading the questionnaire it ' will be seen that section "A" consists ' HHJ of general questions to be answered by j each nurse regardless of her classlfica- ! tion, and that she is also to answer ; one of the other seven sections ac- I cording to her professional classlfica- ; 6. The nurses should be Impressed i with the fact that this questionnaire does not in itself constitute enrollment but merely furnishes information. n Hl 7. Encourage graduate nurses to fill I out the application for enrollment I found at the bottom of the last page ! of the questionnaire, but do not re- '. IH quire them to do so. j iH 8. Special information about any i nurse, in addition to tle specific facts I IH called for by the questionnaire, may be jj IH written on a separate sheet and at- I jH tached to the questionnaire. 9. The surveyor should place his or B her name in the upper right hand cor- I VM ner of each, questionnaire turned in. IH |
