We sometimes forget that not everyone who is ill does go or can afford to go to a hospital to be cared for by a doctor and nurses. There are many people needing nursing care in the home. But through lack of instruction and helping hand with difficult procedures their friends or family are unable to care for them. Others need only slight attention and then they could carry on for themselves. Mothers with infants come under this classification. It is this countless number of people and more that the visiting nurse can and does help. She is the one that gives bedside care to those who cannot afford full-time care and teaches the prevention of diseases. We likewise do not realize the many cases of illness that are prevented through the educational program of Well Baby Clinics, Contact Clinics, Immunization Clinics, posters and pamphlets. The field is great, but the public needs educated to the possibilities yet attainable through more support and recognition.