Lectures on General Nursing - Delivered to Probationers of London Hospital Training School for

Klappentext First published in 1884, this textbook brings together lectures on nursing given by Lückes to probationers at the London Hospital. Zusammenfassung Eva Charlotte Ellis Lückes (1854–1919) was a pioneer of nursing training and friend of Florence Nightingale. In 1880, aged twenty-six, she became matron of the London Hospital, a post she held until her death. Her popular series of lectures for probationers was first published in book form in 1884. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The distinction between the work of doctors and nurses; 2. The nurse's part as an active agent; 3. The principles of bandaging; 4. The employment of cold and heat as remedial agents; 5. Local applications of dry and moist heat; 6. Counter-irritation, dry and wet cupping, leeches, blisters; 7. The nurse's duties in connection with administering drugs; 8. System of observation of the sick; 9. Operations; 10. On the nursing and management of sick children; 11. On the nursing of infectious diseases; 12. Ventilation, warmth, and light of wards or sick rooms.

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• Authors: Eva C. E. L. Ckes, Eva C. E. Luckes, Eva C. E. Lückes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2012
• EAN: 9781108054270
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05427-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Epidemiology & medical statistics, MEDICAL / Biostatistics, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills, Nursing fundamentals and skills, Epidemiology and Medical statistics, Nursing fundamentals & skills