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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    up while the bed is made, each side must be separately shaken, the patient being gently moved. Shaking can seldom be literally done even with feather beds ; the flock or feathers must be well worked with both hands, the lumps being broken up. Steady application for a few days will work wonders with the most hopeless feeling bed. The difficulty is greater when it is impossible to move the bedstead away from the wall. It usually can be done, and must always be attempted whenever possible. If however it really cannot be accomplished for want of space or some equally good reason, a stick will be found useful in adjusting the bedclothes neatly on the further side. It is not wise for the nurse to get on the bed, as not unfrequently she runs the risk of the whole bedstead collapsing. Ha irdressing. Combing the hair of both men and women must never be omitted, a towel or newspaper being placed round the shoulders and over the pillow during the process. It is well also to comb beards and whiskers, if worn long. Nurses must remember it is an “assault” in the eyes of the law to cut any person’s hair without the permission of themselves or their friends, except by a medical order. Therefore, if it seems neces- sary and leave is refused, the doctor should be informed.