Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Care of Hands. It is not easy for a district nurse to keep her hands and nails in good order as her work is so varied, but it is most essential that the nails should be closely cut and all hangnails carefully trimmed. Gloves should not be dispensed with in winter, as the skin is tender with the use of so much water, as well as of various liniments, etc., and cracks and roughness predispose to poisoned fingers. A few drops of glycerine rubbed over the hands after washing and before drying them, will keep the skin smooth and soft. A little can easily be carried in the bag for use on the round. Stains from using Condy's fluid are removed at once by dipping the hands in saturated solution of oxalic acid, which has no injurious effect upon the skin, though the hands must be washed after- wards with soap and water. The District Bag. The next consideration is the bag. It must be as light as possible, and yet large enough to carry all the nurse requires. The one made for the Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute by Hough- ton & Sons, Southampton Row, W.C., fulfils both these essentials. It is lined with leather, has a stand for six i-ounce glass stoppered