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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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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    several of these had only just reported for duty. Nor was this experience an exceptional one. The supply in this city alone falls far short of the demand ; and many of the cities of this country have no supply at all, while applications are constantly being received here for nurses to go and settle in this or that city of the Union. The possession of a diploma from any first-class training-school is a guarantee that the graduate can earn, if she chooses so to do, an honest and honourable liveli- hood. When, as time goes on, the supply comes more nearly to equal the demand, the public and the profession will be able to exercise more choice in the mat- ter ; and then the best nurses will come to the front. This school will soon find itself