Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-11-11
What the School Nurse Can Do.

+ A number Of schools in the state
employ a school nurse to look after
the physical and hygienic needs Of
the children. The service that a
competent nurse can render may Of
ten be Of inestimable value to the
child. AS an illustration of what
may be done the following report of
the work of the school nurse in St.
Peter. Mimi, published in the st.
Peter Tribune, will be of interest:
She has kept record of every
Child examined, every home visited,
she has made report of every visit,
she has kept record of every com
munication to the parents urging ex-
aminations and treatments by family
physicians, dentists and opticians, of
every operation performed or other
professional attention the children
may have received.
She has compiled Disease Cen
sus" of every child of school age at
tending the schools of st. Peter. This
consists of card for every pupil on
which is recorded the age at which it
has had any infections or other dis
ease. This was recommended by DR..
A. j. Chesley, of the State Board Of
Health so that, in case any epidemic
or infectious disease should break out
In the community, it would be much
easier controlled with this data on
hand. This is one Of the first steps,
III the control Of epidemics taken by
the State Board Of Health, when ever
it has taken charge of the situation
il any of the villages and cities in
Minnesota. ss.iist
In this connection, the state. hoard
Of health sends the superintendent Of
the city schools. notices Of all cases
of infectious diseases reported to it
from every community from which
pupils attended the schools of that
city.
The following is summary of ex-
aminations, visits, ETC.:
Number of children examined. AT
Number Of eye defects discovered 50
Number of ear defects discovered 16
Number of nose and throat de-
fects discovered ...s.........=. 40
Number Of children with unclean
bodies 81
Number of cases of scabies ...... ID
Number Of cases of pediculosis !. 8
Number of cases of defective
teeth 1872
Number of pupils reported for
treatment ............. us
Number who have received treat
ment ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
Number Of cases Of apparent NAL
nutrition %
Number of homes visited ...z..... 80
Number where nurse was gladly
received ....... SO
Number where she was not glad
ly received 9
Number of homes visited more
eildH ollce 90
Total number Of visits made. to
homes 49,. S. $3.50. 139
Number of pupils with nail-bit-
ing habit IS
In addition to visiting the homes,
the school nurse has often taken
children to physicians and opticians,
at the request Of busy mothers; she
has assisted with the home treatment
in several cases both of these she will
gladly do If the parents will5only ask
her.
In brief, the above is a short state
ment Of what our school nurse has
done since she has been employed in
st. Peter; she will continue to work
along these lines, if the people of St.
Peter, realizing the value of such
work, will continue to help along the
good work.
The work has been successful, and
to that success the local physicians,
dentists and opticians have contrib
uted largely by their generous moral
and material support st. Peter Tri-
Ibune. 49, 81