mats FRONTLINE POST IN STUDENT NURSE RECRUITMENT 1945 Handbook for Local Nursing Councils for War Service FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY-U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WASHINGTON Tot Local Nursing Councils for War Service This handbook deals only with the coordination of National, State and local recruitment* State and local recruitment programs will continue to be geared to State and local needs* Recruitment and Public Relations Representatives in district offices of the Division of Nurse Education, U* S. Public Health Service, are prepared to give you every assistance with your recruitment program* Please feel free to call upon them or upon the National Office at any time* Yourc very elncerelv, u-'Lucile Petry & Director, Division of Nurse Education U. S. Public Health Service This is the letter 237,000 girls wrote last year. Back of that letter, postmarked Hometown U.S.A., was a girl’s dream of a career. Everything that happened af- ter the letter slid into the mail box was important to the girl who wrote it. It is important to all of us who are interested in holding the enthusiasm which the National recruitment program of the Cadet Nurse Corps has awakened. The aim of the 1945 recruitment program is to per- sonalize what happens after Jane Doe writes Box 88. To do this, we need the full cooperation of local Nursing Councils for War Service. As rapidly as possible, Jane’s appeal will be channeled back to your community. Here is what hap- pens : From Box 88 Jane will receive: A letter from Lucile Petry "Memo to You" -- giving her information about what to do next A list of Schools of Nursing in the United States - Puerto Rico and Hawaii A copy of "You... and Professional Nurs- ing" A copy of the Cadet Nurse Corps broch- ure, "Enlist in a Proud Profession" A postage-free addressed post card (Form 500> FURTHER FOLLOW-UP has also been provided for in the re- cruitment program through Form 501, which gives the ap- plicant an opportunity to check a question which reads: ”(3) If the applicant would like arrange- ments made for a Registered Nurse to talk with her, giving further infor- mation about Schools of Nursing, please 'check this spdce: | j " Form 501, on which this question appears, is the post- age-free card which the Recruitment Officer will in- clude in the material she sends applicants. The card will be stamped with the return address of the Recruit- ment Officer. When this card is returned to the Recruitment Of- ficer with question 3 checked, she will ask the local Nursing Council representative to interview the appli- cant . The Recruitment Officer will send you Form 503 - Confidential Interview Report - Student Nurse Applicant. Briefly this is the form you will fill out: "To: Recruitment Officer From: (your name, title, address) In response to her request, I have interviewed the fol- lowing Student Nurse Applicant; (This information will already be filled in when you receive Form 503> Name Street Address City On the basis of our talk, the following recommendations were made to her: \ (You will give a brief summary of your recommendations here. ) Any further action suggested for Recruitment Officer: Interviewed by " (Signature) To return to what happens in sequence after Jane Doe writes Box 88 and then mails the post card (Form 500) -- addressed to the Recruitment Officer -- which she receives from Box 88; your Recruitment Officer for the Cadet Nurse Corps will answer the applicant’s request for infor- mation. In addition to inclusion in material mailed from Box 88, similar cards will also be distributed in Hospital Information Centers, by local Nursing Councils, at exhibits, fairs, etc. They will always be stamped with the re- turn mailing address of the Recruitment Of- f icer. When the Recruitment Officer writes Jane, she will include a postage-free self-addressed card, Form 501. Jane may return this if she has further questions. An important item included in the material sent Jane by her Recruitment Officer will be a list of opening dates of classes of Schools of Nursing in the States which participate in the Cadet Nurse Corps, giving the number of oppor- tunities to enroll in current classes. This information is furnished to Recruitment Offi- cers monthly by the Division of Nurse Educa- tion. From it, Jane is able to learn what schools have openings and will not lose time writing Schools where the current class is filled. (The report will be received by the State and issued to you once a month). Local Nursing Councils will want to continue to keep in close touch with local Schools of Nursing to determine current vacancies throughout the month. Also, local Councils will continue to arrange referral of applicants where a School of Nursing has excess, applicants and no vacan- cies. Many Recruitment Officers enclose addition- al State information which has been cleared by the Postal Authorities as recruitment material. State Recruitment Officers write di- rectly to out-of-state Recruitment Officers when applicants request information from another State. An up-to-date list of Re- cruitment Officers is sent them monthly. In the few states where the appoint- ment of an official Recruitment Officer has not yet been completed, Forms 500 are stamped with the return address of Box 88. When received there they are forwarded to the Chairman of the Recruitment Committee in the State. INFORMATIONAL LITERATURE ABOUT THE U. S. CADET NURSE CORPS: A small descriptive folder giving information about the Corps will be available for general dis- tribution. This, together with Form 500, will comprise the recruitment material available to local Nursing Councils for distribution to appli- cants . Because of the paper shortage, it is necessa- ry to limit carefully the distribution of the Ca- det Nurse Corps brochure "Enlist in a Proud Pro- fession. " This will be available to local Coun- cils in limited numbers for special use, but cannot be sent them for wider circulation. To guard against duplication of the use of this brochure, a code on Form 500 tells Recruit- ment Officers whether the applicant has already received materials from Box 88 -- and hence acopy of the brochure. This code is a printed border of eights: (888888888888888888888888888888888888888.) Recruitment Officers will not include a copy of the brochure when writing applicants who have mailed cards carrying this code. A reprint is planned of "You... and Profes- sional Nursing," issied jointly with the National Nursing Council for War Service. Also, you may want copies of the printed list of Schools of Nursing. These, too, will be available in limited quantities . U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps posters are also available. Your Recruitment Officer can furnish these recruitment materials for your use. YOUR REPORT TO THE RECRUITMENT OFFICER: In order to give us a picture of the total re- cruitment program, we are asking local Nursing Councils to file a report weekly with the Recruit- ment Officer. Here is a sample of this postcard report: SUBMITTED BYI Form 602 Budget Bureau No. 68-R202. Approval expires June 30, 1945. REPORT TO STATE RECRUITMENT OFFICER FROM LOCAL NURSING COUNCIL FOR WAR SERVICE Date Week of through NUMBER OF NEW INQUIRIES ABOUT U. S. CADET NURSE CORPS ANSWERED: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total NUMBER OF LOCAL FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS (Applicant’s Form 500, referred by State Recruitment Officer): Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total NUMBER OF PERSONAL INTERVIEWS MADE IN RESPONSE TO APPLICANT'S REQUEST (Form 503, referred by State Recruitment Officer): Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total You will simply fill in the total number of the following handled each day and the total for the week; new inquiries about the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps; follow-up interviews of applicants who have mailed form 500 to the Recruitment Officer; person- al interviews made in response to the applicant’s request. SUBMITTED BY J Form 502 Budget Bureau No. 68-R202. Approval expires June 80. 1946. REPORT TO STATE RECRUITMENT OFFICER FROM LOCAL NURSING COUNCIL FOR WAR SERVICE Date Week of through NUMBER OF NEW INQUIRIES ABOUT U. S. CADET NURSE CORPS ANSWERED: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Tom! NUMBER OF LOCAL FOLLOW UP INTERVIEWS (Applicant s Form 50( State Recruitment Officer): Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturda NUMBER OF PERSONAL INTERVIEWS MADE IN RESPONSE TO AI REQUEST (Form 503, referred by State Recruitment Officer): Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturdi Form 501 Budget Bureau No. 6&-R200. APPLICANT’S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1. Please send me information about Schools of Nursing in (Statej 2- J,.have received the report of vacancies in Schools of Nursing dated Please send me any report issued since that date. 3. If the applicant would like arrangements made for a Registered Nurse to talk with her giving further information about Schools of Nursing, please check this space: □ 4. Other questions PLEASE PRINT; Name Street City County State Telephone No. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE payment op poetaoe. esoo U. S. CADET NURSE CORPS ,0*0> OFFICIAL. BUSINESS Recruitment Officer U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps 100 Main Street City, State hidsret Bureau No. 68-R199. Approval expires June 80. 1945. lurse Corps in this State and leted): 1 2 3 4—graduate study □ Fair □ ived- please indicate) I understand that I must meet the entrance requirements of the School of Nursing of my choice to become a qaember of the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps. PLEASE PRINT: My name it Age My address is: Street City County State Telephone No 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Budget Bureau No. 68-R199, Approral expiree June 80, 1*46. et Nurse Corps in this State and unpleted): 1 2 3 4—graduate study ood □ Fair □ 1 .j " ... (If (till in school, or not employed, please indicate) I understand that I must meet the entrance requirements of the School of Nursing of my choice to become a member of the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps. PLEASE PRINT: My name is Age My address is: Street City County State Telephone No