El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-06
NeU Class In Red Cross Work;
Red Cross Systems Explained

also secretary. appointed by Wash
Ilg-on and the Chairmen OF all the To-
cal committees, who are appointed by
the state. These committees have
exactly the same responsibility TO the
professional standards in their lOcall-
ties as the national officers have over
a larger field, therefore, since the
national officers have succeeded in
having law passed prohibiting the
use Of the nurses uniform or anything
Cept that Of service under the orders
Of the national heads, il is the duty
OF every nurse 20 see that this law
is Obeyed in ner own locality, even at
the cost OF making enemies.
AS the Red Cross nurse IS the es-
seurial element in the Red Cross
nursing. she necessarily becomes the
same IN the base hospital navy de-
rachmenr OF emergency detachment
or IN a reaclluE center. teaching a
group or society Of women OF work
Ing girls the rules Of home nursing.
The Red Cross nurses have a tire
uendous responsl hllity toward pro-
IesSiOnaI standards. regardless OF
such local social and financial in
rlueuces as may be brought to bear
on the subject. Only women who viii
be loyal 20 Red Cross standards and
ideals should be recommended. Those
VINO have an idea Of the spectacular
should be eliminated The requi ire
ments Of Red Cross nurse are very
high and when you have reached
them, you have gone as high as YOU
con in the profession
Some confusion seems TO prevail
concerning the various relief OrEani-
cations spoken of as units We have
the base hospital unit. and the navy
unit The former consists Of so sur
geOns. 50 Red Cross nurses and IS
reserves. . nurses aids and o in re-
serve A navy unit is smaller with
10 doctors. 40 nurses. Il aids and %
reserve nurses The emergency de-
raChment, the smallest form of unit.
is a group Of Red Cross nurses for
each state and local committee This
is one OF the most important defach-
meurS- These emergency dcfacn-
ments secured and sent to the border
from January to April. 252 nurses.
The Red Cross nursing service also
maintains rural visiting nurses as
ISOLATION from which any small town
may secure a nurse 20 do visiting
nursing in that town.
Under the direction Of the burea 10
Of nursing three courses are being
given I'm addition TO these the first
aid department gives a course i'm r1a-
mentarT first aid In order to be a
nurses aid you must have a cartai f5-
ficate iu elementary hygiene and
home care of the sick 10 ba e7fr-fr,ra
other branches as well. viii be first
selected In order 10 give more uni
form Efficient instruction teaching
centers have been established In am Of
the large cities. Chicago has an en-
r0lment OF 1000 women. Texas has
two ceuters- one in san Antonio and
one here Tn this war. we an have
our work TO do-sOme 10 nurse. some
to conserve the food supply some to
sew. some to do social service work.
some to make surgical supplies. The
first step. however. IS 10 prepare
yourselves TO do the work YOU select.
right. These classes are for that pur-
pose. There is no organization I'm the
world that does such wonderful work
i'm peace and war as the Red Cross
and Won are all a part Of it and cx-
pecfed TO do your Dart-"
A new class fin hygiene and home
care Of the sick win begin this after
noon at o'clock Tose wishing to
Join = night class can register now
by telephoning $3.50 or 1893