The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-17

falls into this line and learning.
In seasons of epidemic the Wis
iting nurse, who has given her
time to contagious diseases,
plays an active part. Many
nurses give all their time to the
care of tubercular patients, in
structing the members of the
family in intelligent care of the
sufferer, and the method that
should be used to effectively
prevent the spread of the dis
ease. Insurance companies Oft
en- employ nurses to visit the
homes and care for the sick in
the members of the family of
their customers
The salaries paiG to the visit
ing nurse are Gin a majority of
cases) put on a charitable and
not g professional basis. Her
salary depends upon the condi-
ton Of TIE place where her work
takes her, her skill and KIN wi
edge in certain lines and by
whom she is employed. If she
is working in a crowded tene-
ment district where there is
much contagion, her salary is
more than it would be in the
small town. A tuberculosis
nurse and a contagious disease
nurse is paid more than the Or
binary nurse. Sometimes she
is employed by the city, some
times by woman's clubs and by
charitable organizations and
here her salary will vary. The
salary paid is from SIS to $l25
per month without maintenance
Philanthrophic societies, spec
ializing in child welfare, mental
hygiene and Red Cross tubercu-
losis work often secure the. serv-
ices of nurses as secretaries.
The salaries are from 500 to
5000 per month. The nurse
runs a great risk to her health
and should be able to save for a
rainy day, also there should be
a margin left for amusements,
which are ESSENTIAL to every
workers life but especially nee
essary for the visiting nurse,
whose work carries her always
among the unfortunate.
To one who is interested in
the cause of humanity this vo-
cation gives much satisfaction
in caring for and relieving the
sufferings of the poor. Disease
has been lessened in the dis
tricts of the poor and thereby
the health of the whole popula-
ton has been made safer, for
exposure to disease is not so
great. Health and character
are improved by the visits of
the nurse. To those who are un-
able to hire a nurse in time of
sickness, her daily visits mean
so much. She shows the fam
lily the proper care of the pa
tient besides doing much herself
to restore the patient to health.
The unsanitary conditions of
the homes and unsightly yards
of fifth and rubbish have been
cleaned and made sanitary by
the nurse either seeing to it
that the homes are cleaned by
the family or reporting condi-
tons to the board of health of
the city.
The same training is neces-
sary for the visiting nurse as
for the trained nurse, but. the
preparation to undertake such
Z task is more than the train
ing schools and experience in
private nursing can give. It is
not uncommon to hear a nurse
who has not the slightest knowl-
edge of visiting nursing say, 81
am tired of private nursing and
would like to do visiting nurs-
ing. Do you know of any soci-
ETY. that wants a nurse?" 1t
would be just as easy for 2 gen.
eral medical practitioner to be-
come an occulist or an aurist
without any special training.
The training schools send their
nurses for few months during
their course with a visiting
nurse in established societies. A
department on Visiting Nursing
is established in schools of phil
anthrophy. The training schools
are connected with all hospitals
and care should be taken to