How to become a nurse : the nursing profession : how and where to train, being a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of nurse training schools in the United Kingdom and abroad and an outline of the prinicipal laws affecting nurses, etc. / edited by Sir Henry Burdett, K.C.B.

Date:
[1905?]
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Credit: How to become a nurse : the nursing profession : how and where to train, being a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of nurse training schools in the United Kingdom and abroad and an outline of the prinicipal laws affecting nurses, etc. / edited by Sir Henry Burdett, K.C.B. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in regard to the state of the secretions, pulse, breathing, skin, temperature, sleep, appetite, effect of diet, of stimu- lants and medicine; massage; and the managing of convalescents. The instruction is given by the super- visor and head nurses, and besides this lectures and demonstrations are given by the hospital medical staff. Examinations, chiefly upon practical points, take place from time to time. When the full term of two years is completed, the nurses thus trained receive (after final examinations) -diplomas certifying to their period of training, their proficiency and good character. The pupils are employed as assistant nurses in the wards of the hospital. Salary.—Men, ist year, $20 per month; 2nd year, $23 per month ; graduates, $27 to $35 per month, according to length of service; women, ist 15 months, $7 per month ; 2ndri5 months, $fo per month ; graduates, $25 to $35 per month. Attendants are required to wear at all times, while on duty in the wards, the hospital uniform.