Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

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THOUGHTS SUBMITTED BY ORDER		1–28
CONCERNING
I.	Hospital Nurses.
II.	Nurses in Civil Hospitals.
III.	Nurses in Her Majesty’s Hospitals.
I.	Hospital Nurses	1–9
	Twenty Observations on how to improve Hospital Nursing.
II.	Nurses in Civil Hospitals	9–14
	Twenty-three Heads for Regulations as to Nursing in Civil Hospitals.
III.	Nurses in Her Majesty’s Hospitals	15–19
	Twenty-two suggestions in the event of the introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals.
Various systems of Female Nursing during the Crimean War in the Military Hospitals		19–28
Of the French and Sardinians		19–22
Russians		22, 23, 26–28
English		23
Proposed Duties of Female Nurses in Military General Hospitals		23, 24
The Hospital Serjeant, or Ward Master will not be superseded—he will still have too much to do for any one man properly to perform, and part of his duties must be given to another officer		24–26
Note in regard to the Russian Nurses employed in the War-Hospitals of the Crimea		26–28

SUBSIDIARY NOTES AS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF FEMALE NURSING INTO MILITARY HOSPITALS IN PEACE AND IN WAR		1–133
I.	Five Conditions essential to this service	1–3
II.	Our Nurses were of four kinds	3
	Absolute subordination to the Medical Officer as to Medical Orders essential and practised by us	4
III.	1. Qualified subordination essential of Superintendent-General to Director-General and Principal Medical Officer	4–6
	2. Also of Matron and Nurses to Principal Medical Officer and Staff-Surgeons	6, 7
	3. Female service can only be introduced gradually, and introduction regulated by Director-General	7–9
IV.	1. Shall Roman Catholic Sisters be introduced?	9, 10
	2. Or Anglican Sisters?	10
	3. Power of Police in Civil Hospitals	11
	Power of Police in Military Hospitals	12–15
	4. Pay and Rations of Nurses	15–20
	On the whole it would seem best, where practicable, to board the Nurses, not to “ration” them, nor to let them “find themselves.” Community of cooking implies economy of nourishment	17–20
	5. Washing to be “put out”	20, 21
	6. Cleaning their own Rooms	21–23
	7. Nurses to keep keys of closet in Wards	111–112
	Necessity of Annual Cleansing of the whole of a Hospital
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