Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-29

| Committee. Local Committees should
| consist Of not less than six members
who are enrolled Red Cross Nurses.
| Names should be secured, when posi-
| BILE, from local organizations of nurses
affiliated with the American Nurses
Association and representing a major
/ ity Of the nurses in the community. 1t
is desirable that committees should in
clude, not only members of the Amer
lean Nurses Association but Training
School Superintendent and Public
Health Nurses as we'll. In order that
1.-THE work of committees may not be
interrupted, a complete change should
he avoided. Vacancies may be filled at
any time by State Committees.
| IS. To drop from a Local Committee
| any member having failed to attend
half of the regular meetings held dur
/ ing a calendar year.
| 10. To have general supervision over
Local Committees and to stimulate in
| terest in the Red Cross Nursing
Service.
20. To report all Local Committees
appointed, and vacancies filled, to the
Chairman Of the National Committee,
giving THE names and addresses of all
members, and indicating the Chair
man and Secretary of each Committee.
Meetings and Reports
Fl. State Committees should hold
their regular annual meetings at the
tina and place of the meeting of their
State Nurses Associations. Special
meetings may be called at any time
! II L.
submitted at the annual meeting Of the
State Nurses Association and to the
National Committee on Red Cross
Nursing Service one month previous to
the annual meeting of the American
Red Cross. held in December of each
year. Blank forms will be supplied for
this purpose upon request.
Membership in the American Red Cross
| %. State Nurses Associations or
ganized for the enrolment of Red Cross
Nurses are members of the American
Red Cross and entitled to be repre-
scented by one delegate at the Annual
Meeting Of the Red Cross held in
Washington on Wednesday preceding
the second Thursday in December.
1t is desirable that the delegate Sc
! lected should be member of the State
or a Local Committee on Red Cross
Nursing Service.
LOCAL COMMITTEES
| Local committees consist of at least
six nurses appointed by State Com.
mittees on Red Cross Nursing Service.
| Duties
! %. To make recommendation to the
National Committee as to the appoint
mcnt of headquarters, where a list of
enrolled nurses and other personnel of
the Nursing Service may be kept on
file, such headquarters to be prefer
ably Registries for Nurses or Training
| School Offices as it is important that a
place should be selected where nurses
may be secured at all times day and
night.
"a TO issue circulars Of information
and blank forms for enrolment to APP
plicants, and to decide whether appli-
cants fulfill the requirements and are
desirable.
25 To receive applications for the
enrolment Of nurses and to secure the
required credentials except from nurses
! interested in the Town and Country
Nursing Service. whose applications
should be forwarded direct to Red
Cross Headquarters. Washington, d.
c., where credentials will be secured.
Applications with credentials will then
be returned to local committees for rec
. ommendation. AS the nurse may be
waiting for an appointment. such pa
pers should be acted upon at once and
returned to Washington, the local
committee, if necessary. authorizing
. two Of it's members to investigate and
endorse the application. The demand
for qualified public health nurses is far
/ in excess of the supply. and unless the
local committee expedites procedure in
such cases the Town and Country
Nursing Service may lose these can
didates altogether.
20. To forward all other applications
with credentials to the Chairman of the
National Committee, with the endorse
ment of at least two members of the
local committee. stating whether APP
proved or disapproved.
t 81. Filing cards (Form No ~ will be
retained for all applicants recommend
ed for enrolment by the local commit
tee and filed as a card catalogue for
the use of local headquarters: filing
cards for applicants not accepted by
the local committee, if such have been
/ filed out should be forwarded to the
Chairman of the National Committee
i to be filed with the other papers of re-
/ jected applicants.
| IS. To keep the card catalogue of
nurses up to date, and to mail the nee
essary return postal cards for the veri-
fication of the addresses Of nurses on
April l and October /; to forward to
the National Committee filing cards
, No. . of all nurses whose addresses
they have not been able to secure for
a period of two years. so that their
names may be dropped from the list of
enrolled nurses; to forward to the Ma
tionaI Committee for transfer. the or
iginal No. . cards of nurses who have
permanently removed to another local
ity. together with ire present address
cS of such nurses.
90 Recommendation for the annul-
ment Of appointment of a Red Cross
Nurse, for any cause deemed sufficient,
may he made to the National Commit
tee. by two-thirds' vote OF the total
number of members Of a local COM
mittee. The nurse should he given
ample notice OF the contemplated ac-
ton. and an opportunity to appear in
her own behalf. 4 full statement con-