Lectures on nursing / by William Robert Smith.

  • William Edward Smith
Date:
1875
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Credit: Lectures on nursing / by William Robert Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    window or door, and see that the linen is all properly aired. Do not move or uncover the patient more than is really necessary; and in the case of males, let them do such things as they can or ought to do for themselves. The Administration of Medicines. Medicine should be given at regular stated hours, careful attention being always paid to the directions of the doctor in this particular. As a rule, you will find the hours stated in your rules to be the most convenient ones; but sometimes medicines are particularly ordered to be given before or after meals. This is the case with arsenic, which is frequently given in cases of skin disease. It should never be taken upon an empty stomach. In all such cases, however, full directions will be found upon the bottles. Then the exact quantity of medicine ordered should be properly measured in a graduated glass for the purpose, such an one as you all have in your wards, as slight errors may often occasion serious consequences, especially with such drugs as opium, strychnine, prussic acid, and the like. Always rinse the glass out from which medicine has been given to one patient before giving it to another. And you will find it convenient to have a special glass for oily and strong - smelling medicines, such as castor-oil, valerian, or assafoetida. The administration of medicines to patients is a matter unquestionably of great importance, but equally so is the feeding of patients. In many cases
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