Know your patient – give them a bed bath
05 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Experiences, Placements Tags: 1950's nurse, bed bath, dignity, Jennifer Craig, No Sister, nurse, nurses, patient, student nurse, Yes Sister
“…I like bed bathing patients. There is an intimacy about the procedure that leads to confidences that we otherwise would not hear. Instead of the patient in bed six, he becomes Albert Jones who takes his grandsons fishing in the canal and breeds racing pigeons.”
A perfectly true extract I love from a book I am currently reading, ‘Yes Sister, No Sister’ by Jennifer Craig.
The book is about the author’s experiences both in and out of the hospital as a trainee nurse in 1950′s Yorkshire. It’s definitely worth reading if you’re interested in nursing. Not that much has changed.
I wish nurse’s could still wear caps.
26 Mar 2011 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: 1950's nurse, hat, nurse, nurse cap, nurse uniform, student nurse
Just for the sake of being able to wear a nice little hat.
Also, I love how the designers of these ‘sexy nurse’ costumes make nurse caps look so retarded:
