New Britain herald., 1928-06-20
VISITING nurse
REPORT IS FILED
Various Departments Have
Carried on Extensive Work

of directors OF the NlSltlng Nurse
Association was held yesterday. at
the Visiting Nurse Headquarters 81
Center Street, Mrs. Ernest NJ. Smith
president, presiding.
Mrs. William F.. Parker reported
for the finance committee. showing
the Association to be in satisfac-
tory financial condition.
Mrs. Gardiner Weld reported for
the publicity committee, stating
that the annual report of the asso-
citation was well under way and
would probably be ready for dis
tribution in one or two weeks. In
the infant welfare department. Mrs.
Noah Lucas reported that 6S4 ba-
bies were carried during the month
with the total attendance of 1sS ba-
bies at the twelve conferences held.
Sixty nine new babies were admit
ted and ga were carried forward
into June.
The report of the director showed
May 1928 to have been the heaviest
month in the history Of the associ-
ton, $500 visits having been made
with a total of 451 new and read
mitted patients. Eleven deliveries
were attended in the homes, the
calls for which We're handled as
usual through the New Britain
Hospital One additional nurse re-
NAMED during the month to as
sist with the extra intake of cases.
The nursing service for the insur-
ance companies has shown a steady
increase over a year ago. and re-
cent study showed that the number
of patients 30 served by the nurses
has increased POI per cent, while
the number of visits has in like
manner increased $50 per cent over
May 1927.
Reports from the delegates to the
National Biennial Nursing Conven-
| ton, held recently in Louisville.
Kentucky. were given by Rachel c.
Colby. Director, Sara A. kcevers and
Hattie s. Recknagel members Of the
staff.
The reports in part follow:
Picture, If can, $500 nurses in
white uniforms-then mentally re-
move those uniforms and put those
same people into their best street
! clothes carrying umbrellas, and you
have part of the physical picture
! of the nurses Of Louisville, Ken
lucky, on the morning of June 4th.
Nurses swarmed the place-nurse
superintendent of hospitals. nurse
/ educators, pupil nurses, private duty
nurses, institutional nurses, indus
/ trial nurses, school nurses. child
nurses of public health organiza-
lions and eighty lay members of
/ Public Health Nursing Associations,
, of which the Nutmeg State had six.
! The three organizations which
were in convention at the same
time We're the American Nurses
Association. League of Nursing Ed
ucation and the National Organi-
cation for Public Health Nursing
/ You can see at a glance that all
! phases of nursing must have been
/ represented on the programs.
! Often our biennial convention is
compared to a three ring circus, be-
cause both convention and cir
Gus is a test of the use of all ones
| faculties of observation and alb
sorption at one time. Unlike a cir
Gus, however, at a convention one
has to watch only one ring at q
time and wish to witness several
others.
The American Nurses Association
discussed group nursing as So
luton to a decrease in cost of nurs.
ing service to the patient and an
! increase in remuneration to the
nurse. Nancy Fry from the Univer.
sity Hospital, Ann Arbour. Michigan
spoke in favor Of the system and
said that it worked out practically
in that institution. Nurse Registrie:
as discussed by Emma Collins. Re.
gistrar of the Nurses Official Re.
gistry In Brooklyn. New York
pointed to the fact that registric'
should be maintained by nurse.
separate from tho Hospital with tho
view Of giving the patient and thu
nurse greater professional service
Most registries are little better thar
employment agencies when nurse.
Of all types check in and check out
the good and the poor being equal,
recognized, often TO the detrimen
Of the patient. One of the aims. theI
Of nurse registries should be con
tinued supervision Of nurses worl
for her own good and that Of TIL
public.
Margaret Wales, Director Of Thu
Visiting Nurse Service. Herr.
Street Settlement. discussed pen
sons for nurse and concluded b.
recommending that thorough
study Of the subject be CONTINUED
from an insurance point Of view an'
through discussion at state and dis
trict conventions.
Another important subject brouch
up for discussion was that of tn
csta blishmont of national recipro
city board. Such board As de
scribod by Miss Mckee Of Ohio Stat
Board Of Nurse Examiners. wonl
rot do away with the original stat
board examination, but would max
it possible for an applicant TO b
registered in more than one stat
without eXamina ton, if passed b
this committee. Reciprocity a
present Is a very irregular duantit
and many times 1t is very difficu
for nurse leaving the state I
which she was originally registered
10 receive recognition in anothe
state without repeating an exannina
ton.
League of Nursing
The League of Nursing Educatio
apparently went deep into the stud
Of Improvement in nurse service. TN
preparation Of directors Of nursin
schools, health Of student nurse
and the use of intelligence rating
in nursing schools. The outstandi1
sneaker at a General segsfnn was ID