The duties and conduct of nurses in private nursing, with some notes on preventing the spread of infectious diseases / by William L. Richardson.

  • Richardson, W. L. (William Lambert), 1842-1932.
Date:
1887
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The duties and conduct of nurses in private nursing, with some notes on preventing the spread of infectious diseases / by William L. Richardson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    further, whether nursing is your vocation. In this Hospital, where everything is systematized, and you have only to fulfil certain routine duties under the super- vision of those who for the time being are your teachers, and where your short- comings are viewed by friendly eyes, it is not at all a difficult matter for you so to conduct yourselves during your stay here as to be able to obtain a diploma at the completion of the prescribed course of study. Outside this Hospital, when you come to enter the field of private practice, you will find everything greatly changed. You will then be thrown upon your own resources ; and your critics will be the public, who have no friendly interest in you, and whose verdict will depend solely on the character of your work. The