The principles and practice of nursing, or, A guide to the inexperienced : designed to instruct the nurse in the principles of her profession, and to assist the inexperienced in performing the various duties pertaining to the sick room : adapted to families, nurses, and young physicians / by J.S. Longshore.

  • Longshore, J. S. (Joseph Skelton), 1809-1879.
Date:
1842
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Credit: The principles and practice of nursing, or, A guide to the inexperienced : designed to instruct the nurse in the principles of her profession, and to assist the inexperienced in performing the various duties pertaining to the sick room : adapted to families, nurses, and young physicians / by J.S. Longshore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    THE PRINCIPLES OF NURSING. CHAPTER I. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE NURSE IN GENERAL. Even Temper and Good Humor—Firmness—Discrimina- tion—Self-Denial—General Intelligence—Abstinence from Improper Habits—Cleanliness — Industry— Economy—Housewifery—Discretion. Important as is the office of nurse, it is a matter of no little astonishment, to reflect how few there are who assume the responsible station, that are qualified either by nature or education, to discharge its duties. If the saying be true that a patient stands a better chance with a good nurse and an inferior physician, than with a good physician and an inferior nurse, (and we are not disposed to doubt it,) every one will admit that those who offer themselves to the public as nurses, or guardians of their welfare in the hour of danger, should have previously, by reading and ob- servation, amply qualified themselves for the under- 2