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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    V. ADVICE TO NURSES. New Work. When after her district training a nurse is sent to fill a post in an established Home, her work is comparatively easy. She has merely to adapt herself to the new surroundings, comply with the wishes of the superintendent and committee, and carry out the orders of the medical men under whom she nurses. But when a nurse is selected to work alone or with one other worker it is more difficult, and if she be chosen to start a new branch still heavier becomes the responsibility. S7icceeding a Nurse. It is not easy to succeed a nurse who has been working successfully and won the hearts of those with whom she has come in contact. But one who loves her work for its own sake will not grudge the commendations bestowed upon the “other nurse,” but rather look upon them as good omens for her own career. Neither will she resent the inevitable comparisons, not always