Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
History
Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
Medicine, Military; Military hospitals; World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Medical care -- United States
The Centers that had been operated under the Federal Board were divided,
and all those attached to hospitals were put under the Medical Division
and the work was considered as Occupational or Prevocational; all
Centers that were for Section 2 trainees were designated as Vocational
Schools, and on November 17, 1921 a program for Physical Reconstruction
in Veterans’ Bureau Hospitals was approved by the Director, as outlined
in _Exhibit A_.
In accordance with this approved plan, which had previously been
approved by the Federal Board of Hospitalization, it became necessary to
have a procedure; as all other personnel in hospitals were responsible
to the Commanding Officer and controlled from the headquarters in
Washington, it was deemed advisable and consistent to have all Veterans’
Bureau personnel that were detailed to a hospital placed on Central
Office Payroll and directed by Central Office. In accordance with this,
on January 18, 1922, a procedure was approved, to be issued as a General
Order, as shown in _Exhibit B_.
This makes it very plain as to the attitude of the Federal Board of
Hospitalization and the attitude of the Director of the Veterans’ Bureau
toward Physical Reconstruction.
In addition to the agencies described, which are usually a part of
Physical Reconstruction, there have been placed for administrative
purposes the Follow-Up Nurses of the Veterans’ Bureau, which includes
265 graduate nurses, distributed throughout the various districts, and
acting in the capacity of Follow-Up Nurses under the direction of the
Medical Officers, performing duties in accordance with regulations as
outlined in Field Order #18, _Exhibit C_.
During the past month the Follow-up Nurses performed the duties as shown
in _Exhibit D_.
Upon the division of the so-called Training Centers, as outlined, the
number of teachers and the number of trainees which were strictly in
hospitals were reduced, so that the Report for December, 1921, shows a
summary, as given in _Exhibit E_.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account