A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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... sometimes thought that indirect benefits , also of much 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 ...
... sometimes thought that indirect benefits , also of much 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 ...
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... sometimes been claimed that all women make good nurses simply by virtue of their womanhood . But this is far from true . To fitly fill such a position requires certain physical and mental attributes , which all women - even all good ...
... sometimes been claimed that all women make good nurses simply by virtue of their womanhood . But this is far from true . To fitly fill such a position requires certain physical and mental attributes , which all women - even all good ...
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... sometimes you will find yourself looked upon as a kind of machine , expected to run night and day without ever needing to be wound up . In a hospital there are no difficulties of this sort . Everything is planned with reference to the ...
... sometimes you will find yourself looked upon as a kind of machine , expected to run night and day without ever needing to be wound up . In a hospital there are no difficulties of this sort . Everything is planned with reference to the ...
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... 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 things to their previous orderly condition , so that , when the ...
... 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 things to their previous orderly condition , so that , when the ...
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... jarred . Sitting on the bed , leaning against it , or in any way shaking it , occasions great discomfort to the patient . Sometimes , even the touch of the bed- clothes can not be endured . They may then be 42 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
... jarred . Sitting on the bed , leaning against it , or in any way shaking it , occasions great discomfort to the patient . Sometimes , even the touch of the bed- clothes can not be endured . They may then be 42 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
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