The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-24
VISITING NURSE TO WORK AMONG THE
 LOCAL NATIVES
HOSPITAL ANNEX FOR CARE
 OF SICK NATIVES

St. Johns Mission, wnlcn mcluueS the Church, Hospital and Indian school maintained by the Episcopal Church. Is about to extend its work by installing Visiting Nurse to CO., operate with the doctors in the care of sick Natives, and to equipp what will practically be a native ward or Hospital Annex"
 Mrs. Adella O. Cook, at present one of the nurses at the Arthur Yates Memorial Hospital. has been appointed to take up the visiting nursing and will have charge of the Hospital Annex" Mrs. Cook is a trained nurse, and ever since her arrival in ketchikan last sum- nler had deep interest in the well fare of the Natives and from the beginning has been anxious to nurse among them and to help in the care of the sick. Living rooms for Ter. kitchen, bathroom and two rooUs ic.- tne sick are to be built on the 'e~und floor of the Indian scnool as S~Cn as funds can be raised This Annex will be reached by sep aratc stairway from the oursiIe of
 re fIilGing. and will be entirely shut off from the school room.
 The general plans for the Church's cc-ope. as4on in the care u the si k NaslNe res pie were maic out by lo- cal mission workers and in eonsulta- tion with hte doctors ,I Aetcs lan. s,l of whom have giT n t their ap- rrnval. The plan IS the outgrowth of Bishop Rowe's instructions to the Rev. Mir. Kelley at the time of his appointment to ,he charge of the tiI1ch work in hetchikaa, viz, that he study the problem of the care of the sick Natives, and the possibility of establishia; a Native xsrd in connection with the Hospi- .al Ire natives will now have the double advantage Of hospital care and a trained nurse to help them in their homes. Mir. Kelley has been in constant communication with the Bishop, and has received from him the approval of the plan.
 The matter was laid before the Natives at a special meeting in the church last night. NIT. Kelley out lining the plans. and Dr. B. L. Myers explaining it from a doctors point of view. Dr. Beatrice Dickenson also spoke a few words Of cordial approval of the idea, and Mrs. Cook spoke breifly of her hopes in the work.
 Mrs. Cook will make 9 large num- Der of house to house visits, inquir- ing for the sick, giving instruction in sanitation, and doing many of the friendly acts which only a wo- man can think of in the home. She will visit special cases of illness brought to her attention by the school teacher, the minister, the friends or family of the sick person. If she discovers cases of illness she will urge the family to secure doc tor immediately, choice of doctor to be made by the family, not by the nurse. Most important of all, Mrs. Cook will visit cases at the request of the doctor already in charge, and under the directions of the doctor give the patient such help as may be needed She will only give treatments under the care of the doctor.
 When the doctor and nurse feel that the patients can be better car ed f5f in the Annex than in their homes, they may be removed to the rooms over the school, where every provision will be made for their comfort Ordinarily a member of the family or friend will assist the nurse in the care of the sick at the rooms over the school This will be Of double value, enabling Mrs. Cook to give instruction in the pro per care of the patient, and allowing her time to make her visits.
 With the hope of making the work self-supporting, a small charge will be made for Mrs. Cooks services, and for the care of the patients in the Hospital Annex" The Mis- sion will, however. welcome any gifts of money or supplies which will enable it to do such special charity work as the visiting nurse may find necessary.