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    "ocrText": "AFFILIATED COURSE\nCheck the subjects included in affiliated course\nA. PEDIATRICS?\nName of hospital\nDaily average number of pediatric cases\nLength of course\nDid course include orthopedics?\nB. OBSTETRICS?*\nName of hospital\nDaily average number of obstetrical cases\nLength of course\nTime spent in delivery room\nIn ward\nIn nursery\nC. MEDICAL NURSING?\nName of hospital\nLength of course\nWomen\nMen\ndtgagi\nD. Did the affiliated course include nursing of Communicable Diseases, and Mental Cases?\nIf so, please give the names of the hospitals and length of courses\nE. Did the applicant spend any time in other hospitals before entering your school?\nIf so, please state-\nName of hospital\nLength of course\nReason for leaving school\n*NOTE: The American Red Cross, through its Chapters, is engaged in an extensive public health nursing service, largely\nin rural communities. As it employs many Red Cross Nurses for this purpose, it is important that all can-\ndidates for enrollment shall have a good training in pediatrics and obstetrics, as well as in medical and sur-\ngical nursing.\nMany nurses applying for enrollment are being considered for some Red Cross service as soon as\nthey\nhave been accepted as Red Cross Nurses. May we urge your cooperation in promptly filling in this credential\nand returning it to the Committee Secretary by whom it is requested."
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