Mental nursing; or, Lectures for asylum attendants.

  • Harding, W. (William Harry), 1941-
Date:
1894
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Credit: Mental nursing; or, Lectures for asylum attendants. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    Chapter II. PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM PRECEDING CHAPTER. Fractures, etc. Wounds. HEemorrhage. Heart Disease. Fainting. Food and Choking. Strangulation. Poisoning. Burns. The nurse must remember that she must give to the charge nurse a full account of any occurrences, such as the fall of an epileptic in a fit; a struggle be- tween nurse and patient, or between two patients; one patient striking or kicking another, etc. The charge nurse will then see the patient concerned: observe if there be any marks, bruises, or other injuries, and make a full report of the matter in her daily ward report. For the sake of both patient and nurse this duty must on no account be omitted. On account of the change that takes place in their composition the bones of the aged become brittle and easily broken. Fracture of the thigh bone, close to the hip joint, is not infrequently caused by falls. In some general paralytics the bones are softened and break easily. They are often trouble- some patients to deal with owing to their violence and excitement, and this peculiarity of their bones