Resolution No 12
HOME NURSING
The Board of Governors,
having considered the report of the Nursing Advisory Committee relating to the development of Home Nursing instruction,
noting that this report indicates an increasing demand for assistance from the League in organizing and developing national Red Cross Home Nursing Programs,
expresses the wish that such essential programs be
furthered in every possible way under Red Cross auspices and recommends:
(a) that Home Nursing instructors, whenever possible, be professional nurses;
(b) that when not enough nurses are available, specially selected non-nurse instructors be trained for the purpose, these to be preferably selected from the teaching, health and social welfare fields and from people who have special teaching abilities;
(c) that Home Nursing instructor trainers and supervisors be specially trained professional nurses;
(d) that the organization of Home Nursing programs be conducted nationally through the national Red Cross Society with the assistance of a nurse adviser for the teaching program and a competent administrator for the general organization of the program;
(e) that in each country close working relationship be established between the national Red Cross Society and the health and education authorities and professional nursing groups in order to bring Home Nursing teaching, and particularly that relating to mother and baby care, in that particular country, into line with the current developments in health care;
(f) that, as a matter of routine, national Red Cross
Societies send progress reports to the League Secretariat for information and
distribution.
Resolution No. 13
NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND STUDY VISITS
The Board of Governors,
agrees that the need for Red Cross scholarships,
fellowships and study visits is as important today as ever and, therefore,
strongly
recommends that serious consideration be given by national Red Cross Societies to continue to provide scholarships and fellowships for outstanding graduate nurses and that preference be given whenever possible, to a carefully supervised academic year of study abroad,
Resolution No. 14
SHORTAGE OF NURSING PERSONNEL
The Board of Governors,
noting that reports and discussions reveal the shortage of nursing personnel, both professional and auxiliary to be a world-wide problem because the ever-increasing demands the supply,
recognizing that national Red Cross Societies in many
countries are helping to meet this shortage and
recognizing the need for a professional group qualified to assume leadership in directing and teaching different categories of nursing personnel, recommends that national Red Cross Societies participate increasingly with the professional nursing organizations and governmental authorities in carrying out studies and in making plans to meet nursing service needs and further
recommends that national Red Cross Societies take full
advantage of their broad membership to inform all segments of the population of
these important and evolving needs,
Resolution No 16
NATIONAL NURSES‘ ASSOCIATIONS
The Board of Governors,
recalling the recommendations made by the International Red Cross Conference on various occasions concerning the relationship between Red Cross nurses and professional Nurses Associations,
recommends that Red Cross nurses co-operate in all their endeavours with these associations where they exist,
Resolution No. 16
APPROVAL OF REPORT OF NURSING ADVISORY COMMITEE
The Board of Governors
having heard the report of the 11th session of the Nursing Advisory Committee 6, June, 1952,
approves this report and the recommendations it
contains.
