The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-22
RED CROSS NURSE
IS COMING HERE
Public Health Nursing and Home
Hygiene instruction Part of
Peace Time Program.
SPEAKS AT CHAUTAUQUA.
"Nurse the Most Needed Woman In tho
World" Says Miss Jane A. DeIane,
Director Of tho Department Of Nurs.
Ing Of tho American Red Gross.


10 place the public health ON a
higher plane than II has ever been Is
the object OF national program un-
dertaken by the American Red Cross
as part OF Its peace time plan. From
coast to coast and from lakes to gulf
the Red Cross is spreading the gospel
or good health and of the proper care
OF the sick by fostering the study and
practice Of nursing, both by organized
public health activities and by mem.
bers or the family In every home.
through the Chautauqua an official
representative OF the Red Cross De-
pnrtmcnt OF Nursing will soon tell the
people OF this community the story of
what Is being done and will ask their
cooperation.
One Of the great lessons Of the world
war IL found In the unnecessarily low
standards Of physical health revealed.
This was brought out most forcibly In
the great number Of reflections OF
young men called to the colors under
the Selectlve Service Law. Records
SHOW that throughout the United
States one-third Of the young men ex.
amlned for military service were dis.
qualified from bearing arms for their
country through minor physical de.
reefs, q large proportion OF which
might have been avoided by compul.
sorry school examination and proper
medical and nursing care.
Urgent Need Of Nurses.
further proof of the general urgent
need or women trained In nursing was
supplied by the epidemlcs Of Spanish
Influenza that have caused terrific
loss Of life and suffering throuyhou,
the country. Hundreds OF thousands
OF persons died, and In many commu.
mites the plague spread without any
adequate means Of checking 1t because
OF the impOssibility Of Obtaining won.
en- capable Of caring for the victims.
Reports show that many persons nc
tually died without attention because
the overworked doctors could no,
reach them all. nurses could not be
found who knew what to do, and
neighbors feared to go near the help.
less patients.
The uselessness and danger Of such
q waste OF human power" liz only too
apparent, for the health and strength
or nation can only be measured by
the health and strength Of It's people
Recognizing the fact that the crux of
the whole situation lies In giving every
community the means Of building up
Its own nursing strength, the Amerl.
can Red Cross, In cooperation with
the various Chautauquas, Is sending
broadcast the message that none can
AFFORD to ignore.
Phases Of Public Health NursIno.
Public health nursing Includes rnnny
phases, such as bedside nursing. In
winch the nurse isits the patients
and gives them hourly care as neces.
snry; school nursing: care OF expect.
ant mothers, babies and small chill
drcn; work In factories and industri
centers; rural nursing, and instruc.
tlon In Red Cross courses, home hy"I.
enc, home dietetics, care OF the sick.
and various other forms of cOmmu
nifty service.
TO all American women the Red
Cross sends this message:
"1f you are Interested In nursln.
as a profession, enter one OF the train
Ing schools for nurses. many OF which
oner schOla arships. and specialize IN
public health work. II you are al
ready a graduate nurse and anxious
10 enter this held. the Red Cross has
scholarships and loan funds which
VIII equip you for this work. Wives
and mothers are urged to take the Red
Cross Course OF Instruction In Home,
Hygiene and Care Of the Sick 30 that
they Will be able to maintain to the
highest degree the health and to nurse
members Of their household In time OF
minor Illnesses"
Throughout the length and breadth
or the land the American Red Cross
spreading the gospel OF good health IL
sounding call to American women TO
adopt the study OF nursing. either TO
join profession which Is daily be-
coming more highly valued or to III
themselves for nursing Ia the home.
The Red Cross lecturer soon io 40.
pear her Will help her hearers vis,nl.
iZe the remarkable history Of nursing
service at home and abroad and will
expound the ideals Of health conaerva.
tion so often neglected In many com
munities. Supplementing the sen l.
mental Side Of nursing, the mother
touch. the lecturer Will give a demon
strntiOn OF efficiency In the sick room
Modern methods OF sanitation and sci
"ntiiic handling OF the individual sick
and Of cpidemics will also be outlined
to her audience.