Practical nursing a text-book for nurses and a hand-book for all who care for the sick
By: by Anna Caroline Maxwell and Amy Elizabeth Pope
Contributors: Pope, Amy Elizabeth, b. 1869
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 1907
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
Subjects: Nursing
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Qualification of a nurse; title: 2. Bacteriology; title: 3. Ventilation; title: 4. Care of the ward; title: 5. Bed-making, etc.; title: 6. Care and comfort of the patient; title: 7. Symptoms; title: 8. Temperature pulse and respiration; title: 9. Baths and packs; title: 10. Counter-irritants; title: 11. The urine; title: 12. Douches; title: 13. Enemata; title: 14. Lavage etc.; title: 15. Administration of medicines; title: 16. Emergencies; title: 17. Bandages strapping and splints; title: 18. Preparation for gynaecological treatments; title: 19. Surgical dressings; title: 20. Treatmentrequiring aseptic precautions; title: 21. Care of patient before and after operation; title: 22. Operating-room technique etc.; title: 23. A synopsis of important diseases; title: Pt. 1 Communiable contagious and infectious diseases; title: Pt. 2. Non-infectios diseases; title: 24. Food; title: 25. Massage.