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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    because it is not quite according to rule, give a bad impression to those who do not understand the lines of the work, and may check its de- velopment materially. Different Treatments. The nurse should find out the particular views of each doctor, and follow them while attending his cases. It has to be experienced before it can be realised how widely the treatment of similar cases can differ in detail, and what varying views are held on minor points by different medical men. The experience is invaluable, and the more adaptable a nurse is the better nurse she becomes. Wider experience in this matter will prevent much friction, as half the misunderstandings which arise between doctors and district nurses are due to the nurse’s inability to suppress sur- prise or even distrust of a treatment hitherto un- known to her, and therefore suspiciously regarded by her. Whenever the nurse is in doubt on any point she should have a personal interview with the doctor, as even written requests for informa- tion, if not judiciously worded, may be miscon- strued. Discretion. A nurse should never be led into the error of discussing the treatment of one doctor with