The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-24

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
upon it and | am certain il would
be pleasure to lie in that bed for
the rest Of eternity.
Seriously, the Volunteer Nurse
Aide Corps is doing all that was
expected of it and relieving the
strain on the nursing stats Of our
hospitals in a mastery way.
| noted earlier in the year the
requirements for the course and
the duties that would be expected
of the members and am glad to be
able TO report that the plan has
turned out fayorably-that they
are making a very real contribu-
ton TO the war effort.
| do not know whether at the
exact moment they are looking for
more women to take this course in
nurse aid training, but at the time
| write this article ! understand
that in my own locality a definite
need for more of these women
exists.
Conducted Under Red Cross
The Volunteer Nurse Aide
Corps training is part of the Civil
Ian Defense program. 1t i. con-
Quoted under the auspices of the
Red Cross. Anyone who wishes TO
volunteer for a course should get
in touch with the local branch of
the Red Cross and ask to be direct
ed to the Volunteer Nurse Aide
committee.
Requirements for training are
that the applicant shall be over
the age of 10 and under the age Of
so. She must be a high school
graduate or have the equivalent Of
a high school education and must
be able to pass a physical exam
ination.
The length Of the course is seven
weeks, consisting Of four weeks of
lectures, three hours a day, FIVE
days week, and then three weeks
Of practical work in a hospital,
three hours a day and five days a
week. After the course is finished
the applicant must be willing to do
$50 hours of volunteer work in a
hospital.
The course consists in instruc-
ton in bed making. giving bed
baths and nearly all the routine
care of the patient, taking tenn
peratures, pulse and respiration
rates, the use of the hot water bot
tie, the ice bag, giving enemas and
preparing trays for simple pro-
celures. The nurse aide does not
give hypodermics or administer
treatment, other than routine
care, except under the supervision
of graduate nurse.
1t is the plan at present, as far
as possible, to keep the nurse aides
in the communities where they live
and where they are training. | inn
agine that in ease of a Red Cross
emergency, however, these nurse
aides might be asked to volunteer
in districts away from their locali-
ties to help cut during the period
of the emergency. There is no idea,
Of course, at present that any of
them will be used for foreign
service.
1t is estimated that the number
Of nurse aides needed will be ma
tionally about 100000. In hospi-
tails of 100 beds or more, It is
estimated that there will be need
ed from 10 TO 20 nurse aides per
100 beds. This varies little, de-
pending upon what kind Of work
the hospital does.
To one who has been Injured to
all Of the sights and sounds of a
general hospital ward, it is aston
ishing to see how well these wom-
en-, whose sensibilities must be
deeply shocked, pitch in and do
their jobs.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NJ E. S.:-What are the symp-
toms of not enough or no hydro
chloric acid in the stomach or sys-
TEN?
Answer: Often no symptoms are
produced from lack of hydro
chloric acid. At other times a
gaseous dyspepsia may occur, with
anemia. The anemia should be
treated with liver extract.
DO? But maybe nothing to print