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Rh brought out in 1904, with Genevieve Cook as its capable editor. The Pacific coast has its own problems and needs its journal. The Visiting Nurses' Quarterly, dating from 1909 and first published by the Visiting Nurses' Association of Cleveland, had a special appeal, and expressed the rich altruism and social instincts of a very progressive group of nurses who went deeply into human problems. The name of this magazine was later changed to The Public Health Nurse Quarterly.

As "professional organs" we class only those which are directed and edited by nurses, for professional, not for financial or literary reasons. Every country has one or more magazines filled with material relating to nurses and nursing affairs, conducted by publicists, not for professional, but for the usual journalistic reasons. Such magazines may often be interesting and well written, but they do not always understand the nurse's point of view, nor do they pursue a definite policy of construction. Not infrequently they have taken the opposition to what organized nurses have felt was necessary and right. This has been especially true in England, where their aim has seemed to be rather to divide than to unite.