Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    size and bring a proper pneumonia jacket on her next visit. The back is then attended, using the tow and a separate towel, a clean sheet put in, if required, after shaking up the bed a little, and a poultice applied with plenty of wadding as the patient lies on his side. Turning him on his back again, the chest poultice is put on, and fastened at shoulders and sides with safety pins. The top sheet, which has been hanging by the fire, is replaced, the blankets turned, the quilt spread, and the pillows arranged to suit the patient. It is well to give nourish- ment during this work and after it is done. The nurse enters the particulars of the case as to age, etc., in her note-book for the register of cases, and ascertains various symptoms, which she reports to the doctor on the printed memorandum form, leaving it with the chart for him. A few sugges- tions as to placing the bed in a better position because of draughts, the removal of soiled clothes from under the bed, the arranging a shawl or blanket to exclude draughts if the bed cannot be moved, may be done, but it is wiser to make alterations gradually, and put both patient and room into nursing order by degrees. The nurse washes her hands, and having cleared away poultice basin, and emptied dirty water, etc., writes out a time table for the re- gular giving of medicine, stimulants (if ordered), and nourishment, for the guidance of the friends.