Show NURSING SERVICE IS RAPIDLY ta NG this american red cross work flourishing in small towns throughout country store than graduate nut noises sea have been enrolled in tile the american red cross to late date and its department of nursing Is dally daily increasing this enrollment roll ment the department of nursing tins has been authorized to maintain an adequate reserve of nurses for the army and navy it will continue to supply the needs of the united states public health service to nelch it has assigned more than 1000 nurses in tile the last bear it mill ill assist in establishing proper nursing service in foreign countries where the american red cross has haa organizer organized ga nizer hospitals dispensaries dispensa ries and schools for nurses courses in ID borne hygiene and care of the sick have been started for or thousands of women who have never received any education in this direction rural nursing which was in its infancy a short white while ago has been put ahead at least a decade through tile the work of the department of nursing and local red cross chapters public health nursing has been extended to many rural communities and now flourishes actively in hundreds of small towns and counties nearly a thousand efficient nurses have hare already been assigned to this kind of work the department of nursing Is uniting with other organizations in a years campaign in recruiting nurses for training schools in educating the general as to standards of nursing education and in showing communities their responsibility toward schools of nursing it will endeavor to meet nil all these needs as well as to continue the on enrollment roll ment of dietitians who will be I 1 diliz e d as 11 a instructors in home dietetics in developing nutritional clinics and in supplying dietitians for the united states public health service and the civilian hospitals the nursing ser service tice will continue to offer to women and young girls the opportunity of securing instruction in home hygiene and care of the sick in every community in the country this instruction has haa not only laid tile the foundation for public health but in some places has given impetus to the establishment lish ment of f hospitals and community i houses As a community profit 1 by the work of tile the nurse says miss clara D noyes director of the department of nursing it Is logical that the community should be aroused to its responsibility lity the american red cross stands ready to help helix in a general campaign of recruiting sort and must have the support sympathy and understanding of the medical profession as well ns As the intelligent operation cooperation co of the people at large |