Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-01-16
PLAN OF COOPERATIVE
NURSING

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The County Red Cross Chap
tiers in this state are being auth
orized to expend funds for pub
lie health nursing. If such b.
the desire of their executiv,
committees and where there arr
whole time health department.
lit is highly desirable for the
Red Cross chapter, if they have
the funds in their treasury, tt
vote the expenditure of the bud
get. which includes salary. car
and upkeep Of the car of a pub.
lie health nurse. The chapters
are instructed to appoint a Nurs.
! ing Activities Committee and
through this nursing committee
to finance the county nurse.
either wholly from chapter funds
or from q budget coming partly
from chapter funds. partly from
county funds. private subscrip-
ton or any other supplementary
item they may secure. The nurse
thus employed is to be detailed
for work in the county under the
direction of the County Health
Officer and her work is to be in
conjunction with the State Bu-
reau of Infant Hygiene.
The work recommended by the
State for the nurse to effect,
where she is working under full
time health department, in
cludes intensive infant welfare
work which consist of the re-
porting of prenatal cases Ito
whome advisory letters and
other literature will be sent also
group and individual instruction
to prenatal cases and instruction
in baby feeding and care of the
mother: classes for instruction
Of mid.wives, etc.
The T. B. unit includes quite
an extensive plan of health edu-
cational work which consists of
the showing of 7. B. films at
schools and public gatherings,
in the homes of
the care Of 7. B. patients, get
ting in touch with every reported
case of T. B. in the county, get
ting up groups of suspected
cases of I. B. and persons who
have been in close contract with |
active T. B.. etc. for examina-
tion by a specialist from the
State Sanitorium. Her work |
will cooperate with the County |
Medical Profession. The work
also includes work in the Bureau
Of Physical Inspection of School
Children and the tonsil and ade.
mold clinical work.
This cooperative plan makes a
closer coordination of work and
workers and gives the Red Cross
Chapter an opportunity to make
q very valuables contribution to
the general welfare of the coun-
by in a most practical way and
admits of professional work being
directed by a physician, viz. the
Health Officer.
The reports of the nurses
work is made by her in duplicate
me copy of which is sent to the
County Nursing Activities
Committee. the other copy is
'ent, through the State Bureau
If Infant Hygiene. to the Red
Cross Divisional Headquarters
It Atlanta.
There are nine counties with
nurses working on the eo-opera-
i've plan at present. These are
making a very valuable contribu-
ion to their county and the Red
Cross as a national organization
highly endorses this work as it
feels that the most valuable con-
,rieution their chapters can
make is to endorse and give
financial help for their county
public nursing.
Efforts will be made in the
,ear future to get the Red Cross
Chapters in Halifax County or
yanized and the plan will be pre-
,ented to them for consideration,
There is a vast field for this
work in Halifax County. 1t gives
Is a chance to relieve some of
he sufferings OF onr own people
md at the same time aid in the