Evening star., 1921-04-20
NURSESPROV|DED.
FORDEPARTMENT
Agriculture Welfare Associa.
tion in Arrangement With
Local Society.

1
! Arrangement has been made by the
department of Agriculture with the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
whereby nursing care by graduate
the employees of the department here
who may become i'll.
Announcement of the service was
| made following meeting of Mrs.
| Whitman Cross. president of the
| Nurse Society, with Alex McC. Ashley,
! president of the welfare association
| of the Department of Agriculture.
and other officials. The nursing serv
ice will be free of charge to those
'unahle to pay:
Notes Cases of Illness.
| The Welfare Association is repre-
| Sented by a committee in each bureau
of the Department of Agriculture.
| These committees note the absence of
all employees due to sickness, and re-
! port to the Welfare Association. If
! the committee report indicates the
need OF a trained nurse. the Welfare
Association reports the case to the IN
structive Visiting Nurse Society, one
| of whose nurses is at once assigned
to the case reported by the Welfare
| thorough investigation of the case.
gives the nursing care needed. and
! reports to the nursing society.
| BY tins arrangement the lnstruc-
tive Visiting Nurse Society becomes
! a connecting link between tho sick
employe of the department and the
Welfare Association of the depar:-
ment,' said Mrs. Whitman Cross, head
of the nurse society. We will make
full reports to the Welfare Associa-
ed of the condition of all patients re-
fcrred to us for care If the en-
ploEe is unable to pay for the nurS-
ing care that we give our nurses will
serve free Of charge to the patient.
Monthly Statements.
Our small fee of 60 cents for a visit
! by a graduate nurse will be paid by the
Welfare Association. to which We will
submit monthly statement. This ar
rangement already has been put into
effect and all sick employees of the De-
partment of Agriculture in Washington
are assured of proper nursing care in
time of sickness and need"
President Ashley of the Welfare Asso-
citation said THE purpose of our asso-
citation is to help the fellow in trouble.
All employees of the department who
feel able to do so contribute voluntarily
to our association. Those unable to con-
|, tribute are the ones We aid. We want
every cmploye Of the department TO
know Of the arrangement we have made
with the Instructive Visiting Nurse So
feel free TO call upon the society,"
The citizens of Georgetown should
support the nurse who, month after
month. is at work in our midst caring
for the sick and suffering of that Sec
tion. said Rev. Dr. George W. Atkinson.
jr. rector of Grace Episcopal Church. in
an appeal made last night before the
Georgetown Citizens Association on be-
half of the forthcoming campaign Of the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society for
] $4,000. Following the minister's short
! talk on motion OF r A. Bowles, the as
/ sociation unanimously indorsed the work
! Of the nursing society and voted its
/ support of the campaign, which starts
. next Sunday.
| Mr.. Atkinson was referring to that
/ member Of the graduate nursing staff
who looks after residents of Georgetown
| and who herself was prevented from at
| tending the meeting because she had
| recently undergone serious operation.
! Tells Of Nurses Work.
| "Only the dear, good Lord knows
| what would happen to the poor and
| the sick of Georgetown. and of all
/ work of the Instructive visiting
! nurses" he said. II do little nurs
| ing myself in my visits to our needy.
l carry a thermometer and frequently
am able to lend some aid. Many
| times. when ] found the need of
| graduate nurse, ] have called upon
; the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society.
| Its nurses always have been 'on
| the job I personally am acquainted
with the nurse assigned by the society
| TO work in Georgetown. Only re-
Gently she closed the eyes of a lad
| who died in my arms and whose last
| words were whispered thanks to the
| nurse who had done so much for him
! Mrs. Whitman Cross. president Of
! the society. also spoke briefly, eX-
I planning that a group Of George town
, women has been organized to aid in
| the campaign. and that it is their am
| bition to raise enough to pay. for one
| year, the salary of this particular
| nurse, who has been assigned to that
| territory for the past five years.