Show ani to be ale arad rosair rosi N ir this article tells what are the requirements and describes the work some Ane american Imen rican can momen in field service have done in europe by JANE A DELANO chairman national I 1 comal committee tea rod red cross abrain nursing service d 3 nd work of the red led cross K divided div tied roughly into two no 1 B i eneree first peace BC ac af ln cases of n inn 3 3 times lence famine mine fire fare and flood and second la in time of war relict and care far or the he sick rick and wounded needed and ad to d pendent farm it lies of sold pra le an appeal at this time to the american america woman or ir eair child perhaps isrl pS rl by other organized or d x war rr effort eithur governmental mammer or private br to those who she may have fol felt the pull imil 0 or ihl in appeal or who eh mav deal be in con a atlon t ion of re es saying yam the difficult rolo role of the red hed cross nurse the alon no what enthat does a woman need to know knew to be eligible as a a red re d cross crola nurse must often have occurred A gin glance ce at some bome of the mos most I 1 it im orient prerequisites to alrice as I a red cross nurse nure a will amle pro e at once that more thin rise 80 00 per cent ot of those these atho be aspire to go to the front as red cross nurses comes mut must be eliminated at the start through lack ot of esperi experience once necessary I 1 to fit them for the work or th the a red cc croas nurse must auit have been graduated train a nurses school giving at least two years general hospital I 1 training g in an ft institution caring for far both sexes sc and ad maintaining a dally daily average stage of ct at least 50 patients so some of the due qualifications she must be not net only ot if voting age but must have added four fear additional years fears of bisci it meet atlon ion and arrived acri d at tile the mature age of twenty fhe yet site she must not fuels bae passed her ber fortieth birthday if f ll 11 her state atto law so requires she must be have e been registered as a nursie nume under the law if your potential nurse has satisfied all of the requirements already named she must be in addition a member of an organization ahm affiliated with mith the american nurses ind ob tain fain the endorsement indorsement Indor merd of its exec executive uthe committee or two of it its offic officers she must at lise have the endorsement indorsement Indor of the so BU of the nurses school where hem her diploma was mas acquired tile the fur further I 1 her ampro approval I of the local commit tee on red cross nursing service and finally y must pass the S exacting ties ph physical 1 1 amm examination required by th the red cross before assignment to active at enty A woman needs to know mani thin things and have falde experience to be eligible ll gible as a red cross crosa nurse the work which must be done in the case of the wounded ended in hospitals not only demands demanda skill and training in the teh tech aqua of nursing but also a cons titu ron accustomed to bear the strain of physical effort and a nervous system which will 1111 withstand shucks shocks of what ever intensity the stipulations made by the red cross clogs to be satisfied by it its nursing candidates a can be slid to 4 S be most appropriate to I ire injure re nursing miring material capable of proving equal to wartime emergencies NI nurses ses aids may be needed A limited number of nurses are aids adds may mav be used at the f root front who he in lach it 1 the l le vide do prof prot silona B I 1 tr lining doing required of the notes though the greater aue of red cross work mark must be done ut at home hem the experience of deepest human interest t will mill always 1 ye be met in ili tile the paths atlis tied by the red cross croc nurse in the actual care of the R wounded ded soldier th the professional red cross nurse who she ts is to so fortunate as to leach tile the root will mill meet with mith experiences to aih the bur supporting putting armies of women woman behind via the lines are strangers the last request of the goldir b is often In trusted for far fulfilment fulfillment to the red bed cross nurse and his last message menage to her hands bonds tor for delivery american red cross nurses bae scaled 1 in car ing for wounded of oil all lot Eui europen open armies since september wa but ill tile sending of the pershing expedition to the western kettern battle front american boys mill bleed suffer and die and the american rod red cross nure will share their sorrows service as a rod red cross nurse a while founded upon the principle of ministering to others Is ie not without its own OD inherent hazards to th those engaged as a witnessed by the ret recent re t ill ingalla in celent in which the lives of two a amer lean hero hem nurses were sm for the american cause the amic ion of the red cross crosa nurse be bt best expressed ps in the words of lan ion ual mal mim cola the representative rn en the british commission com recently in washington of the british red cross who defined it to be to draw a great net of mercy through an mccin a na of unspeakable Bp anble pain incidents are legion which show th the patriotism heroism and bravery of american america nurses a in 1 the red cross service erbee and thew these attributes have made th the a service what it 11 1 18 today y it 1 Is stated the that as soon as lure informs ren ron reached ch chicago i cago of the loss of the ill two a nuts nurses ab nb on n board it the mongolia ile and the serious injury of I a third a number of nurses in that ity promptly volumn ld to oil fill the plans places of ehms I 1 who he had made the major s in the service of t air country red cross bur auries 1 in still serbia murder in order that they her might hive bile better fiel liti S to in balg for the mounded elected to go to biard BIg rd on DR the austrian front taking up a position in a hospital ex posed to shell hell fire of the enemy these guises remained in tills this dangerous po ile through the clie cappele of belgrade by the austrians Aust lans rians fol followed lamed by its ita re or capture by t the leSer serbians Serb ians biaS and later by a subsequent th r recapture iture by the pr slin l and A austrian arifin armies all the time dl i erectly fly 1 in the line of tire alre that it Is impossible to anticipate and ad provide against danger is donion demon elated from the feet fact that not a I 1 nurse the number of more than sent by tile red crois to fa foreign ian but bat tle fielda elwe a september 1914 hasiot hag lost her lif life while it remained for two nurses curses peacefully seated on the deck of a ship in mid ocean to meet with a fatal accident which occurred during practice firing nurses working in belgium occupied a spot situated in the tire line of flight frequently traveled by zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins 1 in cro crossing ging the english ili channel al 1 in some rome instances windows in hospitals or mccu pled pied ill bv these red cross nurses were more broken by towns bombs rest cast by the aircraft yet not net a nurse suffered injury lury ep experience erme of T two nurses red cross cros nurses have been bee assigned to duty in ell all european countries and not I 1 a single nurse died from accident ideal since the opening ot of the european war tile the experience of if mils ills helen scott experience of illinois an and wis miss rachel tor torrance a of new york is a theme drama of thrills these two nurses ua u a were sent out on board ahe red cross ship in septet septem arm her 1914 4 ta to R louisia i where they helid to organize a red cross hospital nt it kief after about one year years 3 service in th this ell at the urgent request of the queen of Bul bulgaria geria they were wen trans cism forred to her court to nid aid the but bul guiab gave government reemt in establishing a burlog service for the duggal ion arnat 1 in it this is D work rk a nurses school was PS es in he m into which bib numa india women graduated fr from the american college at C constantinople t tl clr were mere rc ruled led for training theleta Thele tm A american muses nui cs continued their work at t be mile bona mill the he hospital service or tea there was I 1 take enlen 1 over I by the germans dur or ing ri this a time than they were mes dim aanna under color the di direct te at porteous patronage of the re bulgarian m gorilla queen after the assumption of the he rk b the germans miss hey hay and ills torrance terrance nent ment to and twit took over ever tho the relief work ork in III that rod part of the country at the request of III 1 he bulgarian queen these 1 hese I 1 nurses r e were mere recalled to the united states i am I 1 mediately after the declaration a ration on april 6 of tile the existence of a state of dar w ar by the congress of the ud united led states and leave have site already ady reported to red cross head quai tera 1 iu ton ten la in war mor expert services mut be con served and ad while it sene necessary nece to hold our enrolled enrol lid red cross nurses one for the hospital service there he 1 is still ample opportunity tor far tile the berv v ice of tile the patriotic we wonna th throughout eshmal america Ain prica to meet the needs of the present situation every woman must a bf be w m illing to perform the he duly for h I 1 h she he I 1 is his bist qualified ilda abrl the that t ev evira rv service a arvi a Y rendered to once s come country t r Is equally Import important aut nim new york herald 1111 |