A Textbook of Nursing: Vol. 1
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2009
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-415-48550-0 (ISBN)
Description
Published at a time when the discipline of professional nursing was still comparatively new, this book did not merely give information and lay down rules, but provided a systematic training guide on school work, taking into account the needs and difficulties of nursing, together with the experience of the working teacher.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
6 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
6 black & white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-48550-0 (9780415485500)
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Content
Contents for this volume are Introductory -- 1 Nursing and Nurses. 2 The Sick Room -- The Hospital Ward. 3 Beds and Bed-Making -- Bed-sores. 4 Circulation -- Pulse -- Temperature. 5 Respiration -- Ventilation -- Warmth 6 The Observations of Symptoms. 7 Medicines and their Administration. 8 Food and its Administration. 9 Enemata -- Suppositories -- Douches. 10 Counter-Irritants -- Cups -- Leeches. 11 Poultices, Fomentations and Other Applications. 12 Baths -- Massage. 13 Urine. 14 Contagion and Disinfection. 15 Surgical Nursing -- Operations. 16 Bones -- Fractures -- Dislocations 17 Bandaging and Strapping 18 Haemorrhages 19 Emergencies, Surgical and Medical 20 Obstetrics 21 Sick Children 22 Special Medical Cases 23 The Terminations of Disease