LECTURE ON HOME NURSING
At.the last:: meeting -of the Lower Hutt district - nursing division :of the St. -J.ohn' ; Ambulance - ;Association, when about ■ '.25 ■; members ;:-'of .the division: and home nursing' class were' present, the lady' superintendent;, ■ , Miss Wells,, gave a lecture on home. nursing. The students were instructed, in the taking and: recording ■'. of . temperatures,... pulse, and respiration, ■ :arid ;o in\- ■ the.:;. care'■ of thermometers arid\/ other:'...: sick-room requisites.-./.The. importance of..carrying out '\ explicitly the; doctor's ■ instruct tfons /and , the intelligent observation and reporting tp 'the doctor on the patient's condition were stressed.. The lecturer outlined the different methods of treatment ..Of/illness, pointing out the.necessity for removing or neutralising the cause as far as possible and assisting Nature in effecting a. cure by cleanliness and .the. provision .of adequate food, .fre^h air.-.warm.th;, and ..rest, both of body' and mmdV The'giving.of medicines ;in'-.-. different, fforhis :'a'ndv;administeredrjn Various ;,ways;,(as;~i;heparticular.case, mayIrequire) 'to .assist' .further -in promoting the patiefit's well-being was• fully - covered in."the: lecture. External applications. .(general aridi:locai)l-pf ( heat; and /cdunter^ irritknts ..were , traversed, and. . the'making arid .method; of applying certain ppultices, ;ioittentatio'ris;': -and;1 dressings; ■were 'demonstrated.. ■' -.■-.-.■•' .■' ,: ■',!?'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 18
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183LECTURE ON HOME NURSING Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 18
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