The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-05-30
RED CROSS NURSE !.
At C%HAuIAuQUA
Mi6S STELLA FULLER, OFFICIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF TIE RED
CROSS DEPARTMENT OF NURS-
ING, WILL SPEAK ON PUBLIC
HEALTH NURsiNG PROGRAM.

Have you strong hands. firm cool
| fingers which a rub away a head
ache, or the pain Of stiff c~Ongested
muscles? Can you turn a crippled boy
In he'd. or tuck q pillow under his tired
| knees 10 deftly that his pain is less.
| ened, and he can sleep? Can you
baths a patient in bed, and then run
him with alcohol to reduce his fever?
For il you have these faculties. or
sven the desire to develop hem. the
Red Cross Department Of Nursing Is
| calling for your services now.
Through the Red Cross nurse who will
speak on the Redpath Chautauqua in
Grenada. Miss. on May 81, ZONES q
message from National Red Cross
Headquarters.
The need for organised public
health nursing In all parts Of the
United States is very urgent. This
fact was conclusively proven by the
influenza epidemic which swept with
such terrific loss of life over the coun-
try. It has also been brought out by
the great numbers Of reflections in the
army draft. Six hundred thousand
men in the United States were unable
to serve their country in its hour Of
need because OF minor physical dis
qualifications which might have been
remedied had compulsory school ex
animation and medical and nursing
attention been a recognized policy Of
Tho rnt;nu np> yoor . aUn
School nursing is but a Of the
many phases OF a public health nurses
actiyities. Sha also does beside
nursing. visiting her patients usually
n an automobile and giving them
hourly nursing care. This service is
where the attention Of graduate nurses
is almost impossible TO secure She
conducts classes in Home Hygiene
and Care OF the Sick. and in Home
Dietitics. giving her classes instruc-
ton in elementary nursing procedure
and in proper selection and prepare
ton OF foOd-what every wife and
mother should know, and what very
few rightly understand. She watches
ever expectant mothers, teaching
them how to care for themselves aud
the little newcomer" SO that when
he arrives he will have more than a
possible five chances out OF sever to
live. And in every way possible she
directs the attention aud the energy
OK her community into furtherins
neighborhoOd health.
The Department Of Nursing at Ma
tionaI Red Cross Headquarters
through its representative on the Red
path C~hautauaua, Miss Fuller. is urg-
ing every IN and girl in the
United States t join In this crusade
Tor higher community health. II you
srs interested in nursing as a prOfes.
sion. enter one Of the training schools
for nurses, many of which offer schol-
arships. and specialize in public
health work. If you are already .,
graduate nurse. and anxious to enter
available at National Headquarters N
Public Health Scholarship and loan
funds which will equip you for this
work. But Il you are just an ordinary
wife and mother. anxious above all
else to further the health and happi-
aess OF your family. take the Red
Cross Course OF instruction, 80 thai
you will nave knowledge OF what you
can do TO bring about "a healthier, |
happier America Of Today and TomOr. i
row"
Whatever your chosen field may be.
hear the message from Red Cross Ma
tionai Headquarters. relating to all
these phases Of nursing which Miss
FULLER will deliver during tho. Chauta"
qua
Miss Fuile~ will anpcar II Red
path Chautaaqua, tbs city tomor-I
row (S2+rrday.)