In 1887 Nurses Had To Follow These Nine Essential Rules. This Is Fascinating!

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    1. Daily sweep and mop the floors of your ward, dust the patient’s furniture and window sills.
    2/10 1. Daily sweep and mop the floors of your ward, dust the patient’s furniture and window sills.
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    2. Maintain an even temperature in your ward by bringing in a scuttle of coal for the day’s business.
    3/10 2. Maintain an even temperature in your ward by bringing in a scuttle of coal for the day’s business.
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    3. Light is important to observe the patient’s condition. Therefore, each day fill kerosene lamps, clean chimneys and trim wicks.
    4/10 3. Light is important to observe the patient’s condition. Therefore, each day fill kerosene lamps, clean chimneys and trim wicks.
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    4. The nurse's notes are important in aiding your physician’s work. Make your pens carefully; you may whittle nibs to your individual taste.
    5/10 4. The nurse's notes are important in aiding your physician’s work. Make your pens carefully; you may whittle nibs to your individual taste.
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    5. Each nurse on day duty will report every day at 7 a.m. and leave at 8 p.m., except on the Sabbath, on which day she will be off from noon to 2 p.m.
    6/10 5. Each nurse on day duty will report every day at 7 a.m. and leave at 8 p.m., except on the Sabbath, on which day she will be off from noon to 2 p.m.
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    6. Graduate nurses in good standing with the director of nurses will be given an evening off each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if you go regularly to church.
    7/10 6. Graduate nurses in good standing with the director of nurses will be given an evening off each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if you go regularly to church.
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    7. Each nurse should lay aside from each payday a goodly sum of her earnings for her benefits during her declining years, so that she will not become a burden. For example, if you earn $30 a month, you should set aside $15.
    8/10 7. Each nurse should lay aside from each payday a goodly sum of her earnings for her benefits during her declining years, so that she will not become a burden. For example, if you earn $30 a month, you should set aside $15.
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    8. Any nurse who smokes, uses liquor in any form, gets her hair done at a beauty shop, or frequents dance halls will give the director of nurses good reason to suspect her worth, intentions and integrity.
    9/10 8. Any nurse who smokes, uses liquor in any form, gets her hair done at a beauty shop, or frequents dance halls will give the director of nurses good reason to suspect her worth, intentions and integrity.
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    9. The nurse who performs her labors and serves her patients and doctors faithfully and without fault for a period of five years will be given an increase by the hospital administration of five cents per day.
    10/10 9. The nurse who performs her labors and serves her patients and doctors faithfully and without fault for a period of five years will be given an increase by the hospital administration of five cents per day.

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There are many professions that don’t always get the recognition they deserve. At the top of that list would be nursing.

Nursing has changed over the years as hospitals, healthcare and technology has evolved. It’s interesting, though, to reflect back at how nursing has changed.

We travel back 128 years, to the year 1887. Back then, nurses had to follow a strict set of rules that might seem a little crazy in this day and age. In addition to caring for 50 patients, each nurse had to do every one of the following…

 

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