New Britain herald., 1930-12-10
V.N. A. MAY EXTEND
 SCOPE ID BERLIN
Consider Providing Service iD
 Section Of k0DSiDStoD

The regular meeting ot he board ot directors of the NlsltlnG NurS2 association was held yesterday ln the board room at headaaarters, inc president, Mrs Rufus x. Hemen0ay, presiding.
 The reports Q. -n. orh Of lue nurses covered thc pas, t0o months with an increase la nlrses, and showed a substantial nt proporuon- ata growth m lHa wmbeg ot yfsl's made. and tho number of uew pa- tents admitted gs compared Hllh the san1g months las, v,ar.
 h October I-.- uar~es, duruI th. 45 working ds}7 of the month. mad. sL75 yl~re or Hu average O iu vI-f- per day. In November with only 2 working days tt purses madc 24'. visits or a- sa-irs T-r day as com pared with -44- v-rr- made ae l." nurses jn Notn.,- ..-.
 The 1r-.. -o -r. a..t.H q 'n October and No>swn.r for Ho.h -ears. rou=-te1 a ruI. r"ss than hslr ot tr, total visits made Te lrmal35r of -r. z-~.'. Hcra dH'iyI in prao'5rae ra. @r. proportion e4~h year n.rN.-r lr. l4'4. Hat.r- nttv and welfare trsn- although 4 somewhat greater u.'.as" nas se'u r the child 1.ifar. visits this year.
 The deliveries attended ln lnl home umncrad r- rn October ii ia Noveu5sr and " n November last year. Continuous care hy inc visiting n.~~a +o F Of those pa- }Eents through thelr prenatal period, their hom- def.,sry aud post par -um period aa. commented on ls significant ol tns -.g. of nursing care which is tou~lI,rei ideal by 1he New York yo1n.'rro on stand ards for t.af-rri-. rlr..
 Mrs IaNr.na+ HWu3-ou report ius for thu child v.ltore commltDa. showed al attendance Of %f- b9br,s at the 1 , Hau uanv conferences held during November with teu per cent attendance hs rh, volunteer I-- ;,istants. rrs Slysz and smith, ant tne nurses The new conference. opened at the Benjamin Franklin school in Nov nher. had the Iarge.t total artend5ncn. which was 1o6 bt- bles. The average attendance al the Individual conferences was .3 against -s in October.
 The report CT Miss Olive Elliot. general field supervisor Of tha uurs- inE s,aG. showed a total Of f. home visits made with I0 members Of the staff during the month. Gle report d in particular upon the c8pablhty of one nurse and drew picture Of q difficult situation which that nurse had met. Her description fol- lows in part.
 "ToEether rve answered call to see uew patient reported to he very lll JuAhe many o- the more coufor-srle types O. homes vh'o'l We had visited in th- morning. thre home WAS representative Of great poverty and possible indifference 10 the best standards Of living, MaE- ing our way through the larN, over crowded and clur'er7d Kitchen. we entered 9 still dariu-r much more ueer-croWdad and cIuttared bedroom Q find q young eyptrfaut mO+lo" | with acutc bronrh,'is A child of fl months only partially dress'd TOT the cold weather fretted and worried his mother as best h. could. Altogethar, tho picture was one of complete home disorga aniza- lion with the Ill mother and young child the immediate factors r-quir ing attention No sign of lIscourag ge 1nenl showed on that nurses face aGs she wove her way into that bed room tripping over the litter and Introducing herself as she advanced She merely put her bag down on d clean newspaper, took off her coat and hat, rolled up her Ieeves, put on 8 clean white apron, poked the fire into action and started water to heat-thjs almost without q word except a sympathetic attempt 10 re assure the mother that things would soon strengthen out a bit and that she was there 10 make her comfortable.
 "Together VIC worked rather silently fer there vas much to be done. The patient was hathed, clean sheets were borrowed from a neigb- l5or. and the nurse with great in genuity and imagiua'iou made many substitutes for toile, articles which could not he located ae d part Of the household equipment In less than two hours the patient and child and even tho home lad taken on a new and brighter 9spoc. with the nurse and rajeG. .n full accord. With the possibility Of lmmoli3te material assistant through the board p public welfare and the Welfare association. NC scrubbed our hands as usual and vent 10 t.o next pa tient two blocks away Inc one Of us the better for having done q good mece or work and tho other inc better for knowing INat coutrh- . 1uor to the New Britain Community Chest would never he disappointed if he could but know that his coins went for work like that