A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 18
... clothes , clean air , and clean surroundings generally , and much will be done toward satisfying your patient's needs . This , of course , includes the strictest attention to your own person , which should be an example of cleanliness ...
... clothes , clean air , and clean surroundings generally , and much will be done toward satisfying your patient's needs . This , of course , includes the strictest attention to your own person , which should be an example of cleanliness ...
Page 27
... cloth wrapped around a broom . The essential furnishings of the sick - room are , a bed , a bedside table , an easy ... clothes- horse . Convenient tables are made with the point of support very much on one side , so as to reach well ...
... cloth wrapped around a broom . The essential furnishings of the sick - room are , a bed , a bedside table , an easy ... clothes- horse . Convenient tables are made with the point of support very much on one side , so as to reach well ...
Page 28
... clothes that rustle , or shoes that squeak . If coal must be put on the fire , bring it in wrapped in a paper , and lay it on , paper and all . Use a wooden rather than a metallic poker to rake the fire . Noise which is understood and ...
... clothes that rustle , or shoes that squeak . If coal must be put on the fire , bring it in wrapped in a paper , and lay it on , paper and all . Use a wooden rather than a metallic poker to rake the fire . Noise which is understood and ...
Page 30
... clothes to be collected and sent to the laundry , the ward generally to be cleaned up , and the diet distributed . All these tasks are divided as the head nurse may direct . One assistant must take charge of the breakfast , see that ...
... clothes to be collected and sent to the laundry , the ward generally to be cleaned up , and the diet distributed . All these tasks are divided as the head nurse may direct . One assistant must take charge of the breakfast , see that ...
Page 31
... clothing must be conveniently arranged without undue exposure ; sometimes it will be necessary to put screens about the patient , or to remove the dressings from a wound . The junior nurse , or probationer , following them , restores ...
... clothing must be conveniently arranged without undue exposure ; sometimes it will be necessary to put screens about the patient , or to remove the dressings from a wound . The junior nurse , or probationer , following them , restores ...
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abdomen acid action albumen antiseptic aorta applied arteries bandage bath bleeding blister blood body bones bowels breath Bright's disease burn called cantharides carbolic carbolic acid catheter cavity chest child chloroform clean Cloth cold water common condition constipation covered danger diarrhoea digestion discharge disease disinfected dose dressings dyspnoea effect emetic enema fever finger fluid fracture give given hæmorrhage head heart heat important inflammation injury intestinal irritation keep less limb lungs matter medicine membrane milk mouth mucous mucous membrane muscles nausea necessary nurse ounces pain patient pint placenta plaster poison poultice pressure pulse quantity rectum relieved removed respiration salt sheet sick sick-room side skin solution sometimes specific gravity sponge stimulants strangury STRYCHNIA sugar surface symptoms tablespoonful taken temperature Tincture tion tissues trachea treatment tube urine usually uterus ventilation vomiting ward warm washed wound
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Page 132 - Carrageen moss, pour over it two cups of boiling water, and let it stand where it will keep hot, but not boil, for two hours.