A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 12
... allowed to exist , for such coadjutors must have effected quite as much hindrance as help , and what useful purpose they could have served in hospi- tals , except as scrub - women , is incomprehensible to the trained nurse of to - day ...
... allowed to exist , for such coadjutors must have effected quite as much hindrance as help , and what useful purpose they could have served in hospi- tals , except as scrub - women , is incomprehensible to the trained nurse of to - day ...
Page 18
... among the ignorant , and still more unaccountable , is the dread of clean clothes . Such notions must not , for the patient's own sake , be altogether yielded to , neither should they be allowed 18 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
... among the ignorant , and still more unaccountable , is the dread of clean clothes . Such notions must not , for the patient's own sake , be altogether yielded to , neither should they be allowed 18 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
Page 19
... allowed to give rise to endless dissensions . Cultivate the pa- tient's confidence in your judgment , while making him feel that you are really his friend , ready and willing to consult his preferences on all minor matters , and he will ...
... allowed to give rise to endless dissensions . Cultivate the pa- tient's confidence in your judgment , while making him feel that you are really his friend , ready and willing to consult his preferences on all minor matters , and he will ...
Page 26
... allowed even in the adjoining dressing - room . The latter is an important adjunct to the sick - room . In it are to be kept the bath and toilet appurtenances . Ample closet room is also desirable , with shelves and drawers for the ...
... allowed even in the adjoining dressing - room . The latter is an important adjunct to the sick - room . In it are to be kept the bath and toilet appurtenances . Ample closet room is also desirable , with shelves and drawers for the ...
Page 30
... allowed to begin until all the bed - patients are attended to . After the meal is over , the dishes are to be picked up and carried out , and the ward made ready for the doc- tor's visit . All this takes time , for sick 30 A TEXT - BOOK ...
... allowed to begin until all the bed - patients are attended to . After the meal is over , the dishes are to be picked up and carried out , and the ward made ready for the doc- tor's visit . All this takes time , for sick 30 A TEXT - BOOK ...
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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.