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February, 1945 The Health Bulletin 11 which is a joint activity of the State Department of Public Instruction and of the State Board of Health. The program endorsed by this service provides for initial screening of the children by the teacher, who refers those children believed to be in need of further attention to public health nurses and then to health officers for more complete examinations. This screening includes the physical inspection of the child together with weighing, measuring and vision and hearing tests. The children selected by this process are examined by the Health Officer and those needing medical and dental care are referred to their family physicians and dentists or to school dentists. The most common defects found are bad teeth, infected tonsils, eye defects, and very often poor nutrition goes right along with these. If the parents are not present at the time of the examination they are notified of the defects found. Both the teacher and nurse usually cooperate in the follow-up work. During the past two years there were approximately 70,000 children who had dental defects corrected, about 12,000 who had tonsils removed, and almost 9,000 who had corrections for eye defects. However, there are other children who need to have defects corrected. For this same period there were more than 145,000 children referred for medical care. Public health nurses are concerned with other phases of the school health problems as well. They are interested in health service, health instruction, healthful school living, nutrition, and all other phases of a school health program concerned in building a well balanced school program in order that children may have good health. Public health nurses also participate in venereal disease prevention and control, mor- bidity and crippled children's service. The polio outbreak last summer added a lot of new cases to the crippled children's service. Most of the polio victims were taken to hospitals for attention. The public health nurses did, however, visit the homes during the acute stages of the disease, and now they are continuing to make regular follow-up visits to make certain that children are being taken back for proper medical supervision. The splendid kind of public service which the public health nurse renders in this specialized field of nursing requires special preparation. The eligibility requirements include in general: graduation from high school, registration with State Board of Examiners following three years of training in an accredited school of nursing. Since the' public health nursing courses are college work, nurses selected must be able to meet college entrance re-quirments. We also specify thirty-five years as the age limit upon first entering public health. If young women have successfully completed their basic nursing training and meet the other general requirements, there are scholarships available to those who are interested in preparing themselves for public health nursing positions. At the present time, we are making every endeavor to render as adequate public health nursing service as possible to the home front. Until the needs of the Army and Navy have been met we cannot hope to secure all of the public nurses we need. In the postwar period we are looking toward the expansion of public health nursing in order that we may contribute to the kind of public health service which will insure every citizen his birthright—the right to good health. Tuberculosis not only exacts its heavy toll in American health and life, but presents a staggering bill to American taxpayers. While the disease recognizes no age barrier, no color line, no bank account, no I. Q., it does strike harder the lower income.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1945 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-060 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 60 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-060.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-060 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 9 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1945 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-060-0047 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | healthbulletinse60nort_0047.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 60 |
Issue Number | 3 |
Page Number | 9 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | February, 1945 The Health Bulletin 11 which is a joint activity of the State Department of Public Instruction and of the State Board of Health. The program endorsed by this service provides for initial screening of the children by the teacher, who refers those children believed to be in need of further attention to public health nurses and then to health officers for more complete examinations. This screening includes the physical inspection of the child together with weighing, measuring and vision and hearing tests. The children selected by this process are examined by the Health Officer and those needing medical and dental care are referred to their family physicians and dentists or to school dentists. The most common defects found are bad teeth, infected tonsils, eye defects, and very often poor nutrition goes right along with these. If the parents are not present at the time of the examination they are notified of the defects found. Both the teacher and nurse usually cooperate in the follow-up work. During the past two years there were approximately 70,000 children who had dental defects corrected, about 12,000 who had tonsils removed, and almost 9,000 who had corrections for eye defects. However, there are other children who need to have defects corrected. For this same period there were more than 145,000 children referred for medical care. Public health nurses are concerned with other phases of the school health problems as well. They are interested in health service, health instruction, healthful school living, nutrition, and all other phases of a school health program concerned in building a well balanced school program in order that children may have good health. Public health nurses also participate in venereal disease prevention and control, mor- bidity and crippled children's service. The polio outbreak last summer added a lot of new cases to the crippled children's service. Most of the polio victims were taken to hospitals for attention. The public health nurses did, however, visit the homes during the acute stages of the disease, and now they are continuing to make regular follow-up visits to make certain that children are being taken back for proper medical supervision. The splendid kind of public service which the public health nurse renders in this specialized field of nursing requires special preparation. The eligibility requirements include in general: graduation from high school, registration with State Board of Examiners following three years of training in an accredited school of nursing. Since the' public health nursing courses are college work, nurses selected must be able to meet college entrance re-quirments. We also specify thirty-five years as the age limit upon first entering public health. If young women have successfully completed their basic nursing training and meet the other general requirements, there are scholarships available to those who are interested in preparing themselves for public health nursing positions. At the present time, we are making every endeavor to render as adequate public health nursing service as possible to the home front. Until the needs of the Army and Navy have been met we cannot hope to secure all of the public nurses we need. In the postwar period we are looking toward the expansion of public health nursing in order that we may contribute to the kind of public health service which will insure every citizen his birthright—the right to good health. Tuberculosis not only exacts its heavy toll in American health and life, but presents a staggering bill to American taxpayers. While the disease recognizes no age barrier, no color line, no bank account, no I. Q., it does strike harder the lower income. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-060.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Article Title | Public Health Nursing Day |
Article Author | Fisher, Amy Louise |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-060 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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