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Title: A nurse's handbook of obstetrics
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Cooke, Joseph Brown, 1868- author Gray, Carolyn E. (Carolyn Elizabeth), 1873-1938 Baker, Mary Alberta
Subjects: Obstetrical Nursing
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Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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ached to the padsand sterilized with them, the snaps may be boiled with the in-struments, and the tapes then tied to them when the sponges areopened. This has seemed to help in solving the problem of abdominalsponges. The nurse, in a properly organized and administered gen-eral hospital, will have an invaluable opportunity to see placedbefore her the most effective, efficient, and economic ideals ofgeneral and obstetrical nursing. The equipment at command em-braces, in some instances, the very best in existence. The in-struction she receives is the last word of command in the battleagainst invalidism and death. She carries out into the world this source of power for ser-vice, and will use it in an infinite variety of ways. GAUZE SPONGE TECHNIC. 405 She has found, under the most improbable conditions ofdirt, squalor and poverty, that the principles of obstetric nurs-ing can secure equally safe results if followed explicitly. The poor prospective mother of large cities is cared for most
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Fig. 185.—Sponge attached to safety-pin with snaps. often by out-patient clinics and dispensaries ; by visiting nurseassociations employed by various agencies, such as Infant Wei- 4o6 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. fare Organizations, Committees for Reduction of Infant Mortal-ity, Public Health Boards, Milk Committees, etc. The nurse may or may not be present at the actual delivery,concentrating perhaps on a policy of education of mothers andsaving of babies, with all the social service which this demands. This is not always the case, however. She prepares the pa-tient for delivery, secures the conditions outlined for privatecases, as nearly as possible, by the exercise of originality andjudgment. She assists the doctor in the usual routine way. Forthis work she will require a special bag of supplies. She sees toit that the patients will be cared for, and makes the best provi-sion possible for their safety and health in the home. The nurse usually visits these cases once a day unt

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