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    "ocrText": "Mrs. Elsbeth H. Vaughan, Assistant Director\nNovember 14, 1925\nNursing Service, Midwestern Branch Office\nMiss Ida F. Butler, Assistant to the Director\nNursing Service, Nat'l Hdqrs.\nIn reply to your letter of November 11th, we are sending\nyou the following information relative to Mary Taylor, Red Cross\nPublic Health nurse, Wexford County Chapter, Cadillac, Michigan.\nMiss Taylor was given Special enrollment on March 27, 1925. She\nis a graduate from the School of Nursing of the Mercy Hospital,\nCadillac, Mich., in 1920. Daily average number of patients in\nthis hospital 25. Her only subsequent experience up to the time\nof her appointment as Public Health nurse was private duty nursing.\nAs we have many letters of the same type that Mr. Knowlton\nhas written to Miss Morse, we do not make it a rule to give special\nconsideration to a nurse who does not meet our requirements, granting\nher general enrollment. We always explain in cases of this kind\nthat it is much more appropriate that the nurse should make an\neffort to meet the requirements of the Red Cross Nursing Service\nthan we should make an effort to meet the situation of an individual\nnurse. We have very thoroughly considered the question of accepting\nPublic Health experience in lieu of the small school and, as you\nknow, a very outstanding number of Public Health nurses decided\nthat this should not be done except in instances when the nurse\nhad had a. very unusual training in Public Health Nursing, as, for\ninstance, a university course with excellent field work under\nspecial supervision.\nTherefore, I would suggest that this information be given\nto the Chairman of the Chapter who is writing about Miss Taylor\nand that she be advised if she wishes general enrollment to take\nthe post-graduate course of six months in a large, general, accredited\nhospital, this coursé to cover general nursing subjects. Miss Taylor\nwas informed in her appointment letter that she was privileged to\nwear the uniform and that she would be on the same footing as a\nregularly enrolled Red Cross nurse. As this form of enrollment\npermits her to wear the insignia with the exception of the pin,\nwe cannot understand why she should feel sensitive only being\nappointed to this status.\nWe trust you will be able to convince both the nurse and\nthe Chapter Chairman of the justice of this decision.\nIda F. Butler,\nAssistant to the Director,\nRed Cross Nursing Service,\nNat'l Hdors.\nIFB-ec"
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