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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not — Florence Nightingale

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Florence Nightingale

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 131 pages

Florence Nightingale's collection of essays on nursing and health care is addressed to women who look after others. It offers practical hints on ventilation, cleanliness, and the management of a sickroom, stressing that nursing is distinct from medical knowledge.

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Contents

  1. NOTES ON NURSING: WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT.
  2. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
  3. PREFACE.
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  5. NOTES ON NURSING: WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT.
  6. I. VENTILATION AND WARMING.
  7. II.—HEALTH OF HOUSES.[7]
  8. III. PETTY MANAGEMENT.
  9. IV. NOISE.
  10. V. VARIETY.
  11. VI. TAKING FOOD.
  12. VII. WHAT FOOD?
  13. VIII. BED AND BEDDING.
  14. IX. LIGHT.
  15. X. CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND WALLS.
  16. XI. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS.
  17. XII. CHATTERING HOPES AND ADVICES.
  18. XIII. OBSERVATION OF THE SICK.
  19. CONCLUSION.
  20. APPENDIX.
  21. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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