Report of the trustees of the City Hospital, Boston : 1891/92.

  • Boston City Hospital.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the trustees of the City Hospital, Boston : 1891/92. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a pin-ball, and a napkin-ring; a good supply of plain under¬ clothing — every article to be distinctly marked with the owner’s name. Twenty-one pieces are allowed for the laun¬ dry each week. Nurses must bring suitable outer-garments for all kinds of weather, and they are required to wear broad-toed and flat- heeled boots. If the teeth are out of order in any way, they must receive attention before coming for the probationary month. Nurses are required to wTear the training-school uni¬ form after they join the school. Material for dresses will be sold at cost price ; caps are furnished free of charge. Hours of duty for day nurses are from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. ; for night nurses from 8 P.M. to 7 A.M. No nurse is required to do both day and night duty on the same day, except in rare emergencies. Each nurse on day duty is allowed one hour after 2 o’clock P.M., for rest and recreation, one-half day after 2 P.M. each week, and four hours on Sunday. Two weeks’ vacation is allowed each year. If nurses are sick they are cared for in the Hospital, but wages are stopped. Nurses on night duty are required to be in bed until 4 P.M. Nurses may be called upon for four months’ night duty during the two years’ training, besides special cases” to a limited number.