A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 7
... importance , are to be expected from this move- ment beyond its strictly technical objects . It gives to young women an education which , whether they follow the profession or not , will be of great and permanent value to them in the ...
... importance , are to be expected from this move- ment beyond its strictly technical objects . It gives to young women an education which , whether they follow the profession or not , will be of great and permanent value to them in the ...
Page 11
... importance of special and thorough training for such work has become generally appreciated . There has been no opportunity for the acquirement of such education , however much individuals may have desired . and felt the need of it ...
... importance of special and thorough training for such work has become generally appreciated . There has been no opportunity for the acquirement of such education , however much individuals may have desired . and felt the need of it ...
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... importance of the art of nursing can scarcely be overestimated ; in many cases the recovery of the pa- tient will depend more upon the care he receives than upon medical skill . Nursing properly includes , as well INTRODUCTORY - NURSING ...
... importance of the art of nursing can scarcely be overestimated ; in many cases the recovery of the pa- tient will depend more upon the care he receives than upon medical skill . Nursing properly includes , as well INTRODUCTORY - NURSING ...
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... important to have a clear idea of what a sick - room ought to be , in order to know how to choose the least among unavoidable evils , and how best to utilize such advantages as you may chance to secure . A model sick - room is spacious ...
... important to have a clear idea of what a sick - room ought to be , in order to know how to choose the least among unavoidable evils , and how best to utilize such advantages as you may chance to secure . A model sick - room is spacious ...
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... 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 reception of linen , and of the various medical and surgical ...
... 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 reception of linen , and of the various medical and surgical ...
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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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