The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-25

Have you strong hands, firm cos
fingers which can rub away a hez0
ache, or the pain OF stiff congesps3
muscles? Can you turn a crippled BOP
In bed, or tuck pillow under his tires
knees so deity that his pain is less
ened. and he can sleep? Can y0h-
battle a patient in bed and then ri
him with alcohol to reduce his teVEfs
For IL you have these faculties, 81
even the desire to develop them, tiss
Red Cross Department of Nursing =
calling for your services now
Through the Red Cross nurse whd ~
speak on the Redpath ChautauQI@ AZ
Columbus Miss, on June 3. comes r
message from National Red Crasst
Headquarters.
The need for organized pub2ia
health nursing in all parts Of tsF
United States is very urgent F@<A
fact was conclusiveIy proven by tot
Influenza epidemic which swept Wa
such terrific loss OF life over the cnux4
try. Ii has also been brought ont -
the great numbers of reflections ia E0E
army draft. Six hundred thouss2s
men In the United States were unsn8a
to serve their country in its hour -
need because OF minor physical dis
qualifications which might have bs'Ns-
remedled had compulsory school N
animation and medical and nuraaanf
attention been q recognized pollcs -
the nation some years ago.
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many phases OF a public health nurSsAa'
activities She also does besah@
nursing, visiting her patients usuaNasr
n an automobile and giving them
hourly nursing care This service a..
particularly valuable in rural dtst1fEEG
where the attention OF graduate nRrsnsH
is almost impossible to secure. skss
conducts classes in Home Hygt2Sh'
and Care 81 the Sick, and in HSuS
Dietitics, giving her classes iBstF1S
ton in elementary nursing proeednrs-
and in proper selection and prep&rG
ton OF food-what every wife EaAa.
mgther should know. and what very
few rightly understand She Watches
over expectant mothers, teachtza
them how to care for themselves azFs4
the little newcomer" so that w1ssE
he arrives he will have more thar ~
possible five chances out OF seven u
live. And in every way possible s1Es
directs the attention and the energy
OF her community into furthar2AHa
neigh borhood health.
The Department OF Nursing at Xa@
Hn~2A tsft9 Fsfa
through its representative on the R@ia
path Chautauqua, Miss Fuller. m was.
ing every woman and girl III taS
United States to join in this crusasts
for higher community health. II yTpr
are interested in nursing as pruf@A
sion, enter one Of the training sch19lst
for nurses, many OF which offer ac1a9
arships, and specialize in puEane
health work II YOU are already A.
graduate nurse, and anxious TO erE@y'
this field the Red Cross has 500, Blsse
available at National Headquarters IN
Public Health Scholarship and EnmE
funds which will equip you for ESsssS
work But IL you are Just an ordfnarre
wife and mother. anxious above mel5
else to further the health and napyfl
ness OF your family take tba HaEh
Cross Course of Instruction, so sfsws9
you will nave knowledge OF what ysm.
can do TO bring about "a healtkSEr
happier America OF Today and Tomnr
row
Whatever your chosen field may IA
hear the message from Red Cross n2au.
+aunal Ha.JuuarferC raIaffug~ ewr wsM1
these phases OF nursing which MsiS@
Fuller will deliver during the Chaw@w
qua.