The Tuberculosis Nurse: Her Function and Her Qualifications: A Handbook for Practical Workers in the Tuberculosis CampaignLa Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold)
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The Tuberculosis Nurse: Her Function and Her Qualifications: A Handbook for Practical Workers in the Tuberculosis Campaign
La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold)
Tuberculosis -- Nursing; Tuberculosis -- Nursing -- United States -- History
Baltimore, branch offices for tuberculosis nurses, 39;
co-operation of nurses with institutions, 202, 204–205, 281–282;
dispensaries, 92, 151, 186–187, 192, 198–199, 201–202;
examination of nurses, 12;
forms used for charts, etc., 50–59;
Health Department, 42, 157, 170–171, 174, 176, 183–192, 204, 206,
250, 256, 267–268, 279–282;
milk and eggs for patients, 250;
nurse’s bag, 41;
nurses’ districts, 39 _note_;
occupations of patients, 253, 261–263;
ordinance in regard to selling milk, 255–256;
organization of tuberculosis work, 200–202;
poverty, 231–232;
registration of cases, 112;
salary of tuberculosis nurse, 21;
sick-leave, 28;
supplies for patient, 42;
Tuberculosis Division, 171, 183, 201–202, 250;
uniforms, 30–31;
vacations, 28;
Visiting Nurse Association, 8, 39, 42, 65, 201, 202
Bed, for advanced cases, 145;
placing of, 144
Bed clothing, 144
Bedding, disinfection of, 175, 176
Bedroom, patient’s, 137–140
Board of examiners for nurses, 11
Board of Health of Maryland, 42;
furnishes formaldehyde, 173
Books of instruction, 44
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Cabot, Doctor, quoted, 70
Calls, night, 16;
sources from which received, 121
Calmette test, 111
Card index, 53–54
“Careful consumptive,” the, 220–223
Carpets, infected, 178–179
Cases, tuberculosis, see _Advanced_, _Ambulatory_, _Arrested_, and
_Discharged cases_; and _Patients_
Cases, undiagnosed, 63, 99–101
Charity Organization Society (or Federated Charities), 39, 66, 98, 108,
109, 176, 210, 236–237, 239, 241, 242, 245;
rules for agents of, 237–241
Charts, patients’, 49–54, 58–60
Children, care of tuberculous, 163;
diagnosing, 161–162;
infection of, 95, 111, 151–152, 159–164;
open-air schools for, 163–165;
sending to school, 162–163;
pre-tuberculous, 163
Classes, tuberculin, 196–197
Cleaning should be compulsory, 182–183;
see _Disinfection_
Clothing for tuberculous patients, 142–143, 211–212
Cooking, supervision of, and instruction in, by nurse, 149–151
Cooks, infection from, see under _Infection_
Co-operation, between institutions and nurse, 203, 205–208;
of newspapers in tuberculosis work, 5;
of organizations for social work and nurse, 35–36, 143, 156–157,
176–177, 182, 210;
wrong methods of, 33–34;
see also _Charity Organization Society_ and _Social Workers_
Country, the, for tuberculous patients, 165–168
Cullen, Doctor Victor F., quoted, 108
Cure of tuberculosis, 4, 125–127, 208–209
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Daily reports, 55–57
Day sheet, 57
Death of patient, 49, 119, 120;
reporting, 53, 171
Diagnoses, erroneous, 92–97, 101;
lack of, 63;
“lay,” 68–69, 100;
necessity for formal, 115–116;
obtaining, 105–107, 184–185;
from sputum, 107–109;
value of recording, 114–115;
volunteered by physicians, 106
Diet of patients, 147–150, 249–251
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