General nursing / by Eva C.E. Lückes.

  • Lückes, Eva C. E. (Charlotte Ellis), 1854-1919.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: General nursing / by Eva C.E. Lückes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    admits of this—after they are washed. This generally makes their happiness complete, and if they are not in pain, they will usually fall asleep again for a little while, whatever time of the day or night this process of washing may have to be performed. It is sometimes very difficult to keep the Cleanliness , , . , , . , , of ehil splints and surgical dressings or children m a dren's clean condition. There are so many difficulties. splints and The padding of a splint has to be covered with surgical waterproof material, to keep any moisture from dressinfifs. soaking in. Inexperienced nurses have no idea how rapidly lice generate in splint-pads, especially when assisted by this covering of waterproof material. Box-splints are a great help to a nurse in maintaining cleanliness, for they enable her to turn the little patient round on his face, and the constrained position can be somewhat relieved occasionally, without too much risk of movement of the part which has to be kept at rest. Every trained nurse will realize the importance of chang- ing draw-sheets and napkins directly they are soiled, no matter how often the necessity may arise. The child must be thoroughly washed and dried, and the parts dusted with starch or zinc powder on each occasion. This is the only chance of avoiding sores, and a nurse cannot take too much pains to prevent a chafed and abraded skin. Poor little children suffer much unnecessary misery from neglect in this respect. If the napkin has been soiled with urine, it must be washed before using agt^in, and not merely dried, which is a dirty and pernicious habit some nurses adopt to save them- selves trouble. It is important that no soda should ever be used for washing napkins. It is apt to give rise to a troublesome eczema. Should any symptom of] irritation of the skin occur