The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-29
5fow The Red Cross Works In Your
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BY a Red Gross Nurse

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The county public health nurse has
superseded the amateur home physi-
clan. according to Miss Eva Anderson,
Director OF the Department of Nurs-
ing of the Northern Division Of the
Red Cross. "
"The county nurse will avert many
disasters brought about by mothers
who have been forced TO doctor their
families through inability TO get medi-
cal attention or through ignorance
said Miss Anderson when you con-
slider that a, physician has college, pro-
fessional training and ~internship. COW
ering a period of at least ten years be-
fore he is considered competent to
cure even minor ailments, in commun-
tiles where mothers combat cronp,
ccnvulsions and collie unadvised, the
need OF a health specialist is apparent.
"The county nurse, working in CO..
operation with local physicians, test
ing school children, visiting homes on
request, giving maternity advice and
are, fighting tuberculosis and estabr
fishing infant and child welfare clinics
will give the community the benefit
OF trained service" 49, a.I
Statistics compiled by the Red
Cross emphasize the need OF the pub
lie health nurse who can go into the
homes of people in towns and rural
districts and raise health standards.
One out OF every five babies dies be-
fore its first birthday. Contagious dis
ease kills 300, 900 children each year
and Injuries countless others, One out
os every ten adults dies OF tuberculo-
sis. The public health nurse, trained
in the modern health practices saves
lives, increases health efficiency and
gives boys and girls a vigorous start
in life. & -. .a.ll
The influenza epidemic caught many
communities u%nprepared to fight 1t.
Other centers had county nurses who
administered medicine, prevented subj
sequent complications like pneumonia,
gave baths, examined other members
of the family to, whom they gave pref
yentive advice and even scrubbed
floors. until the stricken home was in
an 0o~c.ia.. condition Uhap fha tlll
ness Of the, bread winner OF the FAM
lily Imade 1t necessary to tide the FAM
lily over the crisis in other ways, she
quietly brought these cases. to the at
tention Of the Home Service. Commit
tee of the Red Gross. . She went intp
the outlying districts by sleigh, ski OF
snowshoe when the drifts were toe
deep for automobiles. One Minnesota
nurse reported that she rolled oves
and over. across a sweep Of prairie I'd
answer an emergency call when every
other mean of transportation failed.
The county nurse is the baby's
friend. Ignorance. the greatest factor
in the big baby death rate is. combat
ted by practical instruction to moth
ers. She is the children's champion.
Defects which hinder development.
lower the vitality and pave the way
for serious ailments, are. corrected.
She calls the attention of the parents
to her findings 81 that the family ply
stefan can correct the unsupported
fauii Sine searches OUT incipient tub
erculosis and helps the patient to ar
rest its progress, ia ,b ,o,.
Health Insurance is the County
Nurses business. 1t is the right Of
every individual, rich and poor. alike.
The Northern Division Of the Red
Cross, is prepared to help every coun-
" procure a. trained worker who will
aid mothers. babies. children, young
people and e fathers in maintain
ing the health standard that is their
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