Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy
Date:
1897
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Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A square of thin mackintosh is advisable, on which dressings can be prepared, and which can be used to cover a fomentation in an emergency. A light papier-mache kidney-shaped receiver is also needed. A washing bag shaped like a night- dress case divided into four contains old linen, wadding, tow, and carbolised tow for ordin- ary use. Special dressings, such as medicated lints and wools, should be securely fastened in thin mackintosh or jaconet bags, the smooth surface inside. The pockets contain pen and pencil, blotting paper, charts and message papers for the doctors, and the envelopes for them. The practice of providing stout envelopes for holding these charts and message papers is a convenient and cleanly one. Often charts are pinned on the wall, but unless specially desired by the doctor, it is wiser not to leave the record of temperature, etc., for the patient to notice, and too often to worry over, and for the edi- fication of friends and neighbours. Strong cartridge or brown paper envelopes last a long while, and preserve the contents intact, even when carried daily from the patient's house to the doctor’s dispensary. The outer pocket of the bag contains a small hand-towel, and soap box with carbolic soap and nail brush for the use of the nurse. Other nursing appliances, such as bath ther- mometers, ball syringes, etc., are usually pro-