Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses / by Anna Caroline Maxwell and Amy Elizabeth Pope.

  • Maxwell, Anna Caroline, 1851-1929
Date:
1914
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Credit: Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses / by Anna Caroline Maxwell and Amy Elizabeth Pope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER I PAGE Qualifications for a Nurse. Professional Etiquette. Professional Ethics . i Physical Qualifications: Health, Strength, and Endurance. Means of Preserving Health. Mental Qualifications: Education, Perception, Judgment, Order. Moral Qualifications: Courtesy, Dignity, Econ- omy, Obedience, Patience, Promptness, Self-control, Sympathy, Tact, Truthfulness, Unselfishness. Professional Etiquette. Professional Ethics. The Florence Nightingale Pledge. CHAPTER II Bacteriology ...... 19 Important Facts in the History of Bacteriology. The Nature, Characteristics, Methods of Reproduc- tion, and Action of Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and Pro- tozoa. Where these Organisms are Found. Nature of Ptomaines and Toxins. Conditions which Favor the Development of Microorganisms; Conditions which Retard their Development. Food Preserva- tives. Nature and Germicidal Power of the Disinfec- tants in More Common Use. Methods of Preparing Solutions and Calculating the Amount of Drug to Use. Laboratory Methods. The Collection of Specimens tor Examination.