Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and WarNightingale, Florence
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Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War
Nightingale, Florence
Military hospitals -- Great Britain; Nurses -- Great Britain
Each cell to be numbered either with number or with name of Pavilion.
Opposite this space a small lumber room, wherein each nurse may deposit
her box, thereby hindering dissemination of bugs. Opposite also a
running open cupboard, with partitions numbered or named as rooms,
containing each Nurse’s broom, dustpan, &c., each with a key.
Also pump, sink, water closet.
[Sidenote: Furnishing.]
When furnishing begins, it will be well worth while to see that all
articles of furniture, whether for wards or Nurse’s quarters, admit of
being easily swept and scrubbed underneath, and swept and dusted at
top. Chests of drawers, &c., with too narrow space between bottom and
ground, harbour dust, or sadly waste a few precious minutes in the most
busy part of every day. As few high pieces of furniture as possible, to
gather dust and be out of easy reach; as few as possible of cumbrous
articles difficult to move from the wall, to sweep and dust behind, &c.
There ought to be, near the Superintendent’s quarters, one or two
small rooms, where, necessity occurring, sick Nurses might be lodged.
We cannot hope always to escape having sick Nurses; and there would
be serious objection in a Military Hospital, where only one Nurse
sleeps on each floor, to having the Nurse ill in her room for more
than 2 or 3 days at the outside. Or there might be one good-sized airy
room, with two or three dark washable curtains dividing it into little
dormitories, so that one Nurse, whom the Superintendent must engage and
watch, could attend them all. And as Her Majesty’s Nurses must have
allowed them such decent comfort as can be, but no fastidiousness, I
think the cubicles in one room would be best. Not to be called so,
however, by any means, as it would sound Latin and “Puseyitical.” The
Nurse’s ward to be locked and key kept by Superintendent, except when
tenanted. I should hope three beds would answer thoroughly, as well as
that the ward would be empty eleven months out of the twelve.
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