Mayflower School: boy with sprained ankle, soaked in hot
water, strapped with adhesive.
Treated four cases of impetigo, one cut finger, opened two
boils.
Conference with mother at school.
Instructed her in case of child's discharging ear.
Inspected 62 children.
Called at two homes to secure treatment for defective teeth.
Advised mother to send children to Marion Dental Clinic.
To sum up the case for the school nurse: She is the teacher of the
parents, the pupils, the teachers, and the family in applied practical
hygiene. Her work prevents loss of time on the part of the pupils and
vastly reduces the number of exclusions for contagious diseases. She
cures minor ailments in the school and clinic and furnishes efficient
aid in emergencies. She gives practical demonstrations in the home of
required treatments, often discovering there the source of the
trouble, which, if undiscovered, would render useless the work of the
medical inspector in the school. The school nurse is the most
efficient possible link between the school and the home. Her work is
immensely important in its direct results and far-reaching in its
indirect influences. Among foreign populations she is a very potent
force for Americanization.