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Nursing the sick is as apt to fall to your lot and mine as to our neighbor’s and as an experienced nurse in an ex change says, in the event of having to nurse a person through a protracted ill ness, it is well to learn from the experi ence of others how to do it in such a way as to save the nurses and yet do the best for the patient. Having had a good deal of nursing to do, I give to others the benefit of my experience that they may avoid some of the most frequent mistakes made by the inexperienced in a department, which generally falls to the lot of most women at some period of their life. There should be, if possible, two or three to alternate with each other and ply those allowed to do it. These should each have their regular hours for nursing and their regular hours for sleeping. If possible, each should have a taste of fresh air and out-of-do or exer cise every day. A nurse should be quiet, cheerful, quick and composed. Never allow whis pering in a sick room; if talking is nec essary, let it be done in a low tone but never in a whisper. When a patient is delirious either from fever or from the effects of opiates, never allow laughter, no matter how ludicrous it may sound. Persons who are excitable or talkative in delirium, often have lucid moments, or what may be called lucid glimpses into their real surroundings, their minds being too much clouded to take a rasonable view they are made sensitive and nervous by the idea of having made themselves ridiculous. Ane idea which may increase the fever and add to their excitement, beside de stroying their confidence in the nurses. Do not contradict, argue with or irritate a person in delirium, humor their fan cies and sooth them. I have seen per-
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Deland Florida Agriculturist
Deland, Florida, US
Wed, May 31, 1893
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