The home nurse's handbook of practical nursing
Subtitle: a manual for use in home nursing classes in Young Women's Christian Associations, in schools for girls and young women, and a working text-book for mothers, "practical" nurses, trained attendants, and all who have the responsibility of the home care of the sick.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company
Published: 1917
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: PART I.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: How to Keep Well 11; title: CHAPTER II.; title: The Sick-room and Nurse 21; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Things to Have Ready for Sickness 30; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: The Bed and Bedmaking 38; title: CHAPTER V.; title: The Personal Care of the Invalid 47; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: The Personal Care of the Invalid (continued) 56; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Feeding the Sick 64; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Feeding the Sick (continued) 76; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: Symptoms of Sickness 84; title: CHAPTER X.; title: Symptoms of Sickness (continued) 91; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Baths and Packs 98; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: Home Treatments and How to Give Them 104; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: Home Treatments and How to Gtve Them (continued) 112; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: The Giving of Medicines 118; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: Everyday Care of the Baby 128; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: Everyday Care of the Baby (continued) 135; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: The Bottle-fed Baby 142; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: Household Disinfectants, and How to Use Them 151; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: Communicable Diseases in the Home 159; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: A Lesson on Bandaging 170; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: Accidents and Emergencies 179; title: PART II.; title: CHAPTER XXII.; title: Maternity Nursing 197; title: CHAPTER XXIII.; title: Maternity Nursing after the Birth 208; title: PART III.; title: CHAPTER XXIV.; title: Practical Nursing Points in Special Diseases and Conditions 227; title: CHAPTER XXV.; title: Invalid Cookery; Selected Recipes 279; title: Index 297