A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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... patient , disregard of the duties to yourself will sooner or later incapacitate you for the fulfilment of all others . You may give up your convenience , your pleas- ure - indeed will be perpetually called upon to do so as the ...
... patient , disregard of the duties to yourself will sooner or later incapacitate you for the fulfilment of all others . You may give up your convenience , your pleas- ure - indeed will be perpetually called upon to do so as the ...
Page 17
... patient's faith in him , so long as he is in charge of the case . The imagination is so largely active in dis- ease that to infuse doubt and distrust into the patient's mind is often to destroy all hope of doing him good . The nurse is ...
... patient's faith in him , so long as he is in charge of the case . The imagination is so largely active in dis- ease that to infuse doubt and distrust into the patient's mind is often to destroy all hope of doing him good . The nurse is ...
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... patient you owe attention to whatever can affect his health or his comfort . You must be ever on the alert to ... patient's needs . This , of course , includes the strictest attention to your own person , which should be an example of ...
... patient you owe attention to whatever can affect his health or his comfort . You must be ever on the alert to ... patient's needs . This , of course , includes the strictest attention to your own person , which should be an example of ...
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... patient , and do not make an un- necessary display of authority . The authority must , however , exist , and will occa- sionally have to be exercised . You will often be obliged to insist upon things very much against the inclinations ...
... patient , and do not make an un- necessary display of authority . The authority must , however , exist , and will occa- sionally have to be exercised . You will often be obliged to insist upon things very much against the inclinations ...
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... patient , but the doctor . Frankly acknowl- edge your ignorance to the person from whom you can get the desired information . There are very few med- ical men who will not be willing to explain to you what they can , if they are asked ...
... patient , but the doctor . Frankly acknowl- edge your ignorance to the person from whom you can get the desired information . There are very few med- ical men who will not be willing to explain to you what they can , if they are asked ...
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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.