The tuberculosis nurse : her function and her qualifications a handbook for practical workers in the tuberculosis campaign / by Ellen N. La Motte.

  • La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961.
Date:
1915
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The tuberculosis nurse : her function and her qualifications a handbook for practical workers in the tuberculosis campaign / by Ellen N. La Motte. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is also hoped that though the work of tuber- culosis nursing is dealt with chiefly as done under the auspices of a Visiting Nurse Association, or as . part of the work of a City Health Department, what is here presented will be of value to nurses working under private associations, and to private associations themselves. Therefore, in presenting this book to the public—to nurses, physicians, social workers, anti-tuberculosis associations, and all those engaged in public health work—the working model by which any community can gain some idea as to how to organize and conduct tuberculosis work; second, to offer conclusions, gained through practical experience, as to the nurse’s part in the anti-tuberculosis campaign. The object of the anti-tuberculosis campaign is the eradication of tuberculosis. Our experience has been to prove that the simplest and most direct method of controlling this disease is through the segregation—the voluntary segregation—of. the distributor, and that to remove the patient from an environment where he is dangerous to one where he is harmless is the function of the public health nurse. This is her chief and foremost duty, and all others are subsidiary to it. The writer wishes to express her appreciation