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?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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.
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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![Nurse, duties of, iu emergency cases, 151, 212 night duty of, responsiijility of, 19 personal bearing, 18 care, 18 in contagious diseases, 236 qualifications of, 19 responsibilities of, 17 sympathy and kindness of the, toward the ]mtient, 282 Nurse's equipment, 25 for an obstetric case, 122 hands, sterilization of, importance of, 136, 221. management of children, 281 meals, 21, 22 records. (See Record.) Nursing, hospital, etiquette in, 23 versus private, 23 in accidents and emergencies, 172-193 in common emergency cases, 193- 212 in general surgical cases, 144-172 in gynecologic cases, 137-144 in obstetric cases, 115-137 in special medical diseases, 213- 262 of sick children, 262-283 private, etiquette in, 24. (See Patient?) Nursing of infant by the mother, 265 Nutritive enema, administration of, 64 formulte for, 64 frequency and amount of, 64 retention of, 64 stimulating, formula, 63 Nux vomica, antidotes, 211 Observations in medical cases, 39- 52 —body-temperature, 41-44 —the pulse, 39-41 —the respiration, 44 —the symptoms, 45 of symptoms : —chills, 49 —cough and expectoration, 47 —delirium, 48 —hiccough, 51 —pain, 47 Observations of symptoms :—sleep, 48 — the bladder, 50 —the bowels, 50 —the iireath, 48 —the facial expression, 47 —the menstruation, 52 —the mouth, 46 —tile skin, etc., 49 —the taking of food, 46 —the tongue, 46 Oil of chenopodium, 368 of vitriol, 347 Oils, administering, 75 Ointment, mercurial, inunction of, 78-80 Olive-oil enema, 61 Omentum, the, 308 Operating-room, nurse's duties in the, 156 preparation of, for surgical case, 144 selection of, 145 the kitchen as an, 141, 152 Operating-table, improvised, for sur- gical cases, 145, 146 Operation: gynecologic, after-care of patient, 143. examination for, preparation of patient, 137 positions for, 137 preparation for, 140 surgical, after-care of patient, 159 arranging the patient for, 158 cleansing the part for, 149 diet before, 149 disinfection and materials, 167 dressing the patient for, 150 emergency, duties of the nurse in, 151, 152 food before, giving, 150 preparation for the, articles re- quired, 146, 147 of patient, 152 sequela: of operation, 159 —collapse, 161 —hemorrhage, 161 —shock, 159 Operations, abdominal, after-treat- ment, 163, 164 catheterization after, 164 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21443713_0460.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
