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Show , I YOUR HEALTH ! BY OR. R H. BISHOP. i M.LLS UN BLUE 'ne of the greatest factors In mak Ing the healthiest year In the history of our country was "the angel, clad In blue." the public health nurse That 1921 attained a death rate. Of 8.54 per i lives, 13.7 per cent lower than 1920. gives an idea of her work A public health nurse Is a trained nurse who has had special Instruction Instruc-tion in public heallh work and who Spends, all her time, not In the caro of the sick, as does the trained nurre, but in the prevention pf sickness sick-ness You employ a trained nurse when someone is very' 111. The puo-lic puo-lic health nurse Is employed by the state, county, city, town or village or sometimes by private organizations i such as the Red Cross, the local tuber-! culo-is society, and by large stores andj fact orles. The public health nurse teaches, mothers how to keep babies well I She visits homes where there is contagious con-tagious disease and Instructs the family how to prevent it from spreading She assists the school medical Inspector and afterwards vl.-its the homes and urges parents' to follow the instructions of the doe-' tor. The work of the public health nurse has proved to be one of the most effective measures of protect-' lnv; the health of a community and is' a n important factor In the prevention and control of communicable disease. I in . HUBS she visits and instructs the In-dividual In-dividual in the home. oo |