Practical points in nursing for nurses in private practice : with an appendix containing rules for feeding the sick, recipes for invalid foods and beverages, weights and measures, dose list, and a full glossary of medical terms and nursing treatment / by Emily A.M. Stoney.

Emily Marjory Armstrong Stoney

Date:: [between 1890 and 1899?]

Credit: Practical points in nursing for nurses in private practice : with an appendix containing rules for feeding the sick, recipes for invalid foods and beverages, weights and measures, dose list, and a full glossary of medical terms and nursing treatment / by Emily A.M. Stoney. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Urinated at lo A. M., 3 ounces, «s 3 1'. M., 6 ounces, I Total, 13 ounces. 6 p. M., 4 ounces, J Bowels did not move. Though patient did not sleep, yet she had a comfortable day. Night Report. Mrs. . Magnesia sulphate, i drachm, | Hot coffee, i drachm, j Strychnia, gr. Jj' subcutaneously, 9, 11 P. M.; I, 3, 5, 7 a.m. Total, /jths. Whisky, \ ounce, 8, 10, 12 P. M.; 4, 6 A. M. Total, 2\ ounces. Oxalate cerium, grs. 5, at 9, 10. Total, 10 grains. Nourishment— j Milk, 10 ounces, \ Total, 15 ounces through the night. Beef-tea, 5 ounces, j Temperature and pulse taken every two hours and recorded on chart. Urinated at 9 p. M., 2 ounces, j II p. M., 3 ounces, \ Total, 7 ounces. 2 A. M., 5 ounces, IVery good movements, character loose; movements, though small, were very good. After bowels moved at 9 o'clock distention gradually disappeared; very little distention this morning. Passed considerable gas. Slept continuously hours, ^ \\ I Total, 5 hours. at intervals 2 ] Had a comfortable night. Another favorite way is to rule a sheet of paper, leav- ing spaces for the hour, temperature, pulse, nourish- ment, stimulant, medicine, sleep, and remarks. For in- stance :$