It is recognized
as the knowledge which every one ought to have--distinct from medical
knowledge, which only a profession can have.
If, then, every woman must, at some time or other of her life, become a
nurse, i.e., have charge of somebody's health, how immense and how
valuable would be the produce of her united experience if every woman
would think how to nurse.
I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for
this purpose I venture to give her some hints.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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VENTILATION AND WARMING 8
HEALTH OF HOUSES 14
PETTY MANAGEMENT 20
NOISE 25
VARIETY 33
TAKING FOOD 36
WHAT FOOD? 39
BED AND BEDDING 45
LIGHT 47
CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND WALLS 49
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS 52
CHATTERING HOPES AND ADVICES 54
OBSERVATION OF THE SICK 59
CONCLUSION 71
APPENDIX 77
NOTES ON NURSING:
WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT.
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