The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro.

  • Munro, Aeneas.
Date:
1873
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Credit: The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PERSONAL CLEANLINESS. easy matter to know a nurse who performs her work in the former or the latter way, especially if one is accustomed to see many, and physicians are par- ticularly brought into contact with such circumstances as these, and often meet it both in families and among nurses, where it is little expected. But now, to proceed to the practical part of this Attend to personal subject—ablution and dressing the patient. Before the nurse begins to this process, she must first attend to the temperature of the room ; second, she must have all she is likely to require ready and at hand; third, she must be careful to preserve the patient from the influence of cold, by watching that there is no draught or unnecessary exposure of the patient; and, finally, the nurse must save the patient from fatigue as far as possible. The sick should be washed or sponged every morning before breakfast, and the hair brushed or tidied, as the case may be. Generally this is best accomplished about eight or nine or not later than ten o'clock. The personal linen should also be changed then, if the patient is able to endure this without over-exertion, for the tossing or the perspiration during the night will render this i desirable, and the change will be refreshing. Occa-
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