Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    only too often, after long delay, the borrowed garments have to be brought from the pawn shops. If every article is well and clearly stamped, and the pawn-brokers warned against accepting them, this difficulty may be lessened, but it is a very frequent one, in all town districts at any rate. A great safeguard is for the whole of the things to be returned before the nurse discontinues her visits—it is never wise to leave clothing to be washed and returned after an interval—there is a tendency for it to need washing again before the nurse receives it finally ! Szc^ Relief. Another difficulty is that of giving relief in the shape of milk, etc. This ought never to be undertaken by the nurse as part of her work, as it leads to her becoming looked upon as an almoner rather than a nurse. It is wiser for allowances of milk, beef or beef-tea, eggs, etc., to be made by the committee in really urgent cases, the friends obtaining them from a shop, coffee tavern, or other appointed place them- selves by means of an order or ticket. In London excellent dinners for 4jd. to 6d. each for fourteen days can be obtained from coffee taverns by the agency of the Convalescent Dmners' Society. These are invaluable to men and women who need feeding up to begin work again.