Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-27
NURSE TRAINING
IN RURAL AREAS
BEING PROVIDED
FTNgnANT TEACHERS BRINGING
RED Cross INSTRUCTION
no THESE SECTIONS

SuuCNIo
Red Gross home nursing instruction
into many rural areas where hereto
fore 1t has not been available At Q
ell on Red Gross home nursing $50 900
from the Jane Delano fund was ap-
propriated to finance itinerant nurses
TO teach home nursing in rural ter
ritories where 1t has been impossible
to find either volunteer or paid in
structors.
According to Mrs. August C. Bel
mont president Of the council, SO per-
cent. or 1920. Of the home nursing
certificates issued in the last three
months have gone to rural residents.
This Is largely due to the emphasis
given rural classes since appointment
OF Mrs. Roy C. F. Weagly as the farm
representative of the council.
Goal Is 100000
At the meeting of the council a
goal of 100000 home nursing certi-
ficates to be issued by June 80, 1913,
was set Men, women and children to
the number of 54O,383 have completed
home nursing courses since the goal
of 900 was announced year ago.
Persons earning certificates will soon
UlSllCRCu W WCdi a oEVSAuA ASSA
Cross badge which is being designed
at Red Cross National headquarters.
with the new itinerant nurse
instructor program there should be
no excuse for any rural area not hav-
ing home nursing program" Mrs.
Weagly said. TT is hoped that most
classes still can be taught by volun-
teers, so that funds for itinerant
I1a fNr Uhoro
otherwise there could be no instruc-
ton. It Is vital that our rural people
know how to maintain their maxi
mum efficiency. This is possible only
II they keep well With doctors over
worked it is often impossible for them
to answer calls to isolated areas as
speedily as they could In peacetime.
More than ever we must carry on the
farm tradition of being self-reliant."
The itinerant nurse will usually
spend two months in one area, where
she may teach as many as six groups.
instruction requires from "a to 80
hours of classroom work, divided gen.
erally into periods of two hours, held
twice week.
One unit of the course deals with
health and happiness in the home. 1t
COVeTS SUCH SupyCSeo 90 PAoeSS'AoN-
against disease, wise selection Of food,
and healthful home environment. An
other unit concerns community health.
A third unit has to do with the care
of mother and baby and care OF the
infant through the first year. Fourth,
the course teaches what to do when
sickness invades the home. This Is OF
special Importance in rural areas.
Recognize Early Symptoms
Home nursing students are taught
how to recognize certain early symp-
toms of illness. They learn the i'm
portance of reading thermometer, of
taking the pulse and counting respira-
ton. They know when to call the doc
tor, and they know how to keep a
sickroom record.
They can give a bed bath and
change a bed with the patient In 1t.
They know how to improvise sickroom
equipment, making hospital tables
from ironing boards, back rests out OF
suitcases or washboardS, inhalors out
of tea kettles, etc. Because of the ever
present threat of epidemic. Red Cross
home nursing students are Instructed
In methods Of preventing the spread 81
disease. They know how to Isolate
patient and how to protect themselves
and other members Of the household
from exposure.
Farm groups interested in forming
Red Cross home nursing classes should
communicate with the Red Gross
chapter operating in their area. The
chapter will make arrangements
through the national Red Cross or
ganization for the visit of an itinerant
nurse instructor.