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    "ocrText": "I\ne.\n2.\nNurses who enroll may never have the opportunity for active duty with the\n3\nRed Cross, but they have the satisfaction of knowing that they have performed their\n1\npatriotic duty by offering their services if needed. There is no enrollment fee and\nno annual dues, but nurses are invited to join the National Organization through their\nC\nlocal chapter, just as any other American citizen. Enrollment in the Nursing Service\nL\nincreases a nurse's prestige. When she wears the Red Cross badge it signifies to\nthose who see it that the School of Nursing from which she graduated meets the Red\nCross requirements; that she is in good standing in her Alumnae Association; that\nshe is registered; that she is a member of the District Nurses' Association; that\nshe is in good physical condition; and that she has recognized and fulfilled her\npatriotic obligation.\nM\nEach State Association has the privilege of sending a delegate to the\nAnnual Convention of the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., with power to vote.\nNo other organization has such a privilege.\nPUBLIC HEALTH NURSING\nThe American Red Cross has been interested in the development of Public\nHealth Nursing in towns and rural communities since it initiated the first service\nof this kind in 1912. 101 services have been organized in this state, a number of\nwhich have been turned over to public authorities. It is the policy of the Red Cross\nto turn over to public authorities those services which should be supported by public\nfunds, after the service is firmly established, but the chapters are urged to continue\ntheir interest and cooperation when acceptable to the official body. In communities\nwhich are not large enough to justify the existence of two separate organizations, a\nJoint Service is advised - one in which the Chapter and the Public Authorities, or\nanother private agency, join forces, each being represented on the governing body.\nBedside nursing may be developed as a permanent chapter activity if it is not being\nrendered by some other organization. At the present time twenty-four Red Cross Chap-\nters are engaged in Public Health Nursing, with a total of thirty-seven nurses,\nfinanced wholly or in part by Chapter funds.\n2"
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