CO129-530-6 Nurses Registration Ordinance 1931 6-2-1931 - 4-11-1931 — Page 48

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Test meals.

Lavage, and irrigation of rectum, stomach, throat,

nose, ears and eyes.

Weights and measures.

Lotions in ward use.

Administration of drugs; hypodermic injections. Preparation for intravenous and subcutaneous in-

fusions.

Common instruments, names and uses. Common technical terms and abbreviations.

Local applications; cold and hot.

Counter irritation by poultices, mustard leaves,

blisters, cupping, leeches.

Aspiration, Southey's tubes, tapping, lumbar

puncture.

Micturition. Catheterisation. Bladder lavage. Baths. Sponging. Packs. Hot-air Baths.

First aid in emergencies. Haemorrhage.

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Faints. Asphyxia.

Shock. Burns.

Last offices.

IV.-Materia Medica.

Fits.

Laxatives, anthelmintics, expectorants, emetics, gastric tonics, sedatives, cardiac drugs, antipyretics, diurics, diaphoretics, hypnotics, narcitics, anaesthetics, nerve stimulants. Weights and measures. Poisons. Hypodermic injections. Value of the cubic-centimetre, the litre, the gramme.

DIET OF PATIENTS.

Chemical constituents of foods and value of special articles of food, such as milk, butter, cheese, eggs, fish, meat, vegetables, and fruits, farinaceous foods,

alcohol, beverages, condiments. Proprietary prepara- tions, their value and dangers. The feeding of infants and children. Diets in special cases of diseases; in renal disease; in affections of the stomach and heart; in diabetes. Methods of cooking; sick-room cooking; beef-tea, soup, jelly, junket, whey, albumen water, barley water, egg dishes.

V.-Medical Nursing.

DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.

General symptoms of heart disease; features of heart failure. The pulse: its rate, character, rhythm; oedema, anasarca, effusions; cyanosis; fever. Treat- ment and nursing care.

DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATION.

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General symptoms of respiratory disease. Breathing: various types. Cough character, expectoration,_pain. Pneumonia, bronchitis, pleurisy, tuberculosis. Treat- ment and nursing care.

DISEASES OF ORGANS OF DIGESTION.

General symptoms; appetite, nausea, vomiting, pain, character of vomit, state of bowels, character of stools. Jaundice. Treatment and nursing care.

DISEASES OF URINARY ORGANS.

General symptoms. Urine. Uraemia. Calculus. Cystitis. Renal disease. Treatment and nursing care.

DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.

General features; loss of power of movement; sensation; bladder; convulsions; coma. Nursing of cases of paralysis, chorea, meningitis, functional nervous disorders. Elementary principles of treatment by mas- sage and electricity.

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