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
Organizations, see under _Charity Organization Society_, and
_Co-operation_
Outdoor work for tuberculosis patients, 216
P
Patients, bed-ridden, 151–152;
carelessness of, 97, 214–222, 266–268;
changing physicians, 80–81, 92–96, 98–100;
charts, 48–53;
co-operation with nurse, 248–249;
discharged, 204–207, 212–215;
employment of, 262;
examination of, 158, 190;
histories, 123–124;
home occupations, 261–262;
isolation of, in homes, 151–152;
limitation of, 33, 200;
objection of, to institutions, 210–211;
outdoor treatment, 144;
rest for, 143–144;
sending to country, 165–168;
supervision outside the home, 267–272;
supplies for, 42–43, 45;
telling the truth to, 124–127;
see also _Advanced_, _Ambulatory_, and _Arrested cases_, _Baltimore_,
_Children_, _Diet_, _Dispensaries_, _Families_, _Health
Department_, _Home_, _Injection_, _Instruction_, _Nurse_,
_Segregation_, _Relief_
Phipps Dispensary, see _Dispensaries_ under _Baltimore_
Phthisiphobia, 14, 134–135, 270–272
Physicians, incompetent, 93–97, 101–104;
municipal, 90;
standards of, 83;
reporting tuberculosis cases, 113;
State requirements of, 75–76;
“unethical practitioner,” the, 72, 84, 85;
see also under _Diagnosis_, _Dispensaries_, _Nurse_, _Patients_
Pockets, waterproof, 44
Poverty, relation to tuberculosis, 3–4, 61, 80–81, 230–232, 265,
283–285
Prevention of tuberculosis, 4, 120, 155–156, 159–161, 247–248;
see also under _Disinfection_, _Nurse_, etc.
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Records and reports, 48–58
Registration of cases, cards for, 116;
laws for, 76, 111–113;
value of, 114–115
Relief, conditional, 231;
not to be given by nurse, 234;
obtained by nurse, 143, 210, 245–246, 257;
proper use of, 248–249;
rules for agents and nurses, 237–241;
withdrawal of, 248;
see also _Nurse_, _Co-operation_, _Patient_
Reporting cases to the Health Department, 7, 56–59, 171, 205–207
S
Salary of tuberculosis nurse, 20–22, 24
Sanatorium, outfit for, 211–212;
value of, 208–209, 213
Segregation, 4–5, 218–220, 223–229
Sick leave, 26–28
Skin test, 110
Social agents and workers, 35–36, 62, 66–67, 165, 234–239
Sputum, cups, 42–43;
disposal of, 128–130;
examination of, 9, 40, 107–108;
see also under _Infection_ and _Instruction_
Sterilization, see under _Disinfection_
Superintendent of nurses, 13, 15, 24, 59–60, 116
Supplies, nursing, 46;
prophylactic, 42–45, 76–77, 133
T
Tests, tuberculin, 110–111
Tuberculin classes, 196–197
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