Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-05-21
Public Health Nursing and Home
Hygiene instruction Part OF
Peace Time Program.
SPEAKS AT CHAUTkUQUA.
"Nurse the Most Needed Woman in the
World" Says Miss Jane A. Delano,
Director of the Department of Nurs-
ing Of the American Red Cross.

the object of a national program un-
dertaken by the American Red Cross
as part Of it's peace time plan. From
coast to coast and from lakes to gulf
the Red Cross is spreading the gospel
of 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 of the family in every home.
Through the Chautauqua an official
representative Of the Red Cross De-
partment 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 is 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 Selective Service Law. Records
show that throughout the United
States one-third Of the young men ex-.
q L = - , ny q
amined for military service were dis
qualified from bearing arms for ns tnelr
country through minor physical de-
fects, large proportion Of which
miSht nave peeh dFolueus py.. coliillul, 1ie.el
sorry school examination and proper
medical and nursing care.
Urgent Need Of Nurses.
s-urtber nroof of rho oanaaaraI 1,reent
mood of women trainef, IN mrs was
acpnnl;ads Nv tha enidenifcssj5 ss,f tSna,niss,a
inf,uenza that /. have cause,l s. terrific
:,oss of5 lifa asInd snffer;na ,t,,ro, nl,out
tha counfrv D: :eT5unrdre5s of fhoilsa,it,s
of persons died; and Id many: comnu-
mites the plague spread = " out any. a.
adequate means g OF q checking a 1t because;
OF the 1mposslblllty OF obtaining Ayon., arl.,
en- capable OF caring trlI for the victims
5 Reports SHOW ffat 4 many persons sons . aes
5fually died without attention beeai..st3s
: the the oEerWorked5 doctors could BOT
ean con id Rotrse9e 3
foudd VINO knew What, TO 90, appa
sneighpors5 tgs a9,o reared 10 go near the heip-
less pauents. .
Inc uselessness ana danger OF sueh
waste OF human power is only too
apparent, for the health and strength
OF nation can only be measured py
the heaith ana strenstn OF us people:
hecosh'zihss Tue hact 'hat the cru1 ol
tne Nnoie si.ua'ioii iles III siHins every
soiniiuli's .ne neans ~ o!iiuii's up
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a. a. .ss. Ciosa' nl eo-ope' aloN "ien "a
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fnases OF Tuo"e healtn nursing.
Public health nursing includes many
phases, sueh as bedside nursing, in
which the nurse : isits the patients
and gives them hourly care as neces.
sary; school nursing; care of expect
ant mothers, babies and small chill
dren; work in factories and industrial
centers; rural nursing, and instruc-
ton in Red Cross courses, home hygi-
euC, uOluS ulSlSllcS, care OIL the SICK,
and various other forms of commu-
nifty service.
TO all American women the Red
Cross sends this message:
IF you are interested in nursing
as profession, enter one of the train
ing schools for nurses, many of which
offer scholarships, and specialize in
public health work. If YOU are al
ready a graduate Nurse and anxious
to- enter this field. the Red Cross has
scholarships and loan funds which
will eouip 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 so that
they will be able to maintain to the