A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 16
... pains not to lower the standard of your own physical condition . Even a nurse is but human ; you can not retain your vigor and con- sequent usefulness without a due allowance of rest , food , and exercise . It is your duty , as well as ...
... pains not to lower the standard of your own physical condition . Even a nurse is but human ; you can not retain your vigor and con- sequent usefulness without a due allowance of rest , food , and exercise . It is your duty , as well as ...
Page 43
... pain by " cradles , " frames of iron or wood made for the purpose . The two halves of a barrel - hoop tied together in the middle will make a fairly good one ; or , for a limb , a bandbox , split through the center . Or the clothes may ...
... pain by " cradles , " frames of iron or wood made for the purpose . The two halves of a barrel - hoop tied together in the middle will make a fairly good one ; or , for a limb , a bandbox , split through the center . Or the clothes may ...
Page 48
... pains must be taken to keep it free from wrinkles , crumbs , and ine- qualities of any kind . The patient's clothes must not be permitted to get into folds or creases under him . The skin may be hardened by bathing several times daily ...
... pains must be taken to keep it free from wrinkles , crumbs , and ine- qualities of any kind . The patient's clothes must not be permitted to get into folds or creases under him . The skin may be hardened by bathing several times daily ...
Page 49
... as are especially subjected to press- ure , and the first discovery of reddening or roughen- ing of the skin , or of pain on pressure , be accepted as a warning of serious import . If these symptoms pass unnoticed BED - SORES . 49.
... as are especially subjected to press- ure , and the first discovery of reddening or roughen- ing of the skin , or of pain on pressure , be accepted as a warning of serious import . If these symptoms pass unnoticed BED - SORES . 49.
Page 50
... pain , and to dress with oxide - of - zinc ointment or vaseline . A mixture of tannic acid and oxide of zinc , a scruple of each , worked up into an ointment with an ounce of vaseline , is sometimes recommended . When a slough has ...
... pain , and to dress with oxide - of - zinc ointment or vaseline . A mixture of tannic acid and oxide of zinc , a scruple of each , worked up into an ointment with an ounce of vaseline , is sometimes recommended . When a slough has ...
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