Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-16
|.v. N. A. NEEDS AUTOS
FOR OUTLYING DISTRICTS
Association Also Wants Hour.
ly Nurse to Care for
Minor Ills.
WOULD VISIT RICH AND poor,
Hoped improvements Can lie Put In
nv Result of "Merry whirl," aIuxi-
chi Extravaganza, Which Will lie
at Academy Next Month.

Several automobiles to facilitate
the work In outlying districts ana
an hourly nurse TO care for patients
with minor ills. yet who are depend
ant. are among the pressing needs
Of the Instructive Visiting Nurses
Association. the demands on which
arc growing rapidly both is the city
expands and as their tremendous use
fulncss becomes more thoroughly
known to all types of citizens Be
cause several Of tho nurses have to
take long walks between the homes
OF suburban patients and are de-
pendant on street care operated at
long Intervals. much time und
strength is wasted every day
abe !nyoductlon Of an hourly
1urtc woNsf he Il new feature, but
ono for wh"eh there In decided
reed. Her duties would not take
hcr solely among the INDECENT mem
bers of The community or even
among citizens OF very moderate
means. but would carry her to
the homes Of the wealthy and we'll
TODD. oftcn, II Is said n person may
have II bad burn or n spraincd ankle
which ncccssitatcs treatment. but do
not require the full time services OF
nurse. The hourly nurse would
visit these patients by appointment
and care Cor their needs. fiat fee
OF about 81 an hour being charged
for her s"rviccs. This feature II is
pointed out. would be OF great as
sisiancc 10 persons III in hotels and
f"r women who have no other women
IN their homes TO care for them.
MERRY whiri'' Ia Swell Funds.
!; !a hoped that these improve
'nruts can be put In as result OF
f'r!'inn NIGHTS musical extrava
shuza 10 be produced at the Academy
g. N"g'- FOR fiv" nights. beginning
November 20. Miss Lila Stewart VIII
ariivc here Ociobor - 10 train the
y, whirh viii consist Of more than
zoo local men and women. in addi
ton Ia dozens Of others who Will
,-sist IN many ways. The same en-
i"rtiinmcnt was given in Norfolk last
winter when $1,000 was cleared. and
4 is thought that much more viii DO
accomplished here. Mrs. e. OF. Co
Warlin In general chairman.
Ms. Jane. !. Hickey is president
~ tho l. V. =. s. and at the last
rn' citing Of tho board II WAS reported
tha; l7.32l visits had been made ty
the thirteen nurses between the last
l,nrt az June and the first Of October.
ana tina, 1868 new patients had been
entered on the books. Three hundred
and ciEhty-ninc now babies also are
registered. !or the visiting nurses
always have n hand in starting many
future citizens OF Richmond on the
right road TO health. happiness and
wcll-being. II Is hoped TINT II Will
not he long before 4 full-time ma
,iernity nurse can lie employed. and
also tubcrcular nurse, and one TO
care solely for contagious diseases.
Nurscs Highly Trimmed.
Two OF the nurses already en-
ployci are colored. and like their
white colleagues, are thoroughly
competent ana highly trained for
only graduates from accredited
schools ana registered by the State
Board OF Examiners are employed by
the association, which is conducted
according 10 ;hc highest professional
standards These colorcd women rem
Der tremendous assistance to their
rae. and none %! the nurses is more
welcome Ia the homes OF their pa
rf.,,ts