Hospital Housekeeping And Sanitation

Author : Charlotte Albina Aikens
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266602460
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Hospital Housekeeping (Classic Reprint) written by Charlotte Albina Aikens and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hospital Housekeeping In the preparation of this volume, three classes of readers have been in mind: the trained nurse who, with out practical experience in hospital management, finds herself in charge of a hospital, small or large; the prae tical woman who, having had no opportunity for special training, has upon her the responsibility of the direction of the domestic affairs of an institution; and the lady member of the hospital board of managers who, in the discharge of the duties of her position, becomes respon sible to the public for the proper government of institu tional affairs. It was thought that the latter, especially, might, through the use of this volume, secure a better grasp of the details of hospital housekeeping as a whole than is possible without some such aid. The ability to see all around a situation, to view the institution as a whole, is essential to good management. As a rule, such ability comes only by experience. Especial pains have been taken to make the volume thoroughly practical, and to present clearly and concisely lessons learned in actual dealing with, and close study of, the questions discussed. The greater portion of the contents of the volume hav already seen the light of day in the columns of the Na tional Hospital Record. Since their appearance in that journal, the papers have been carefully revised, and much new and important matter added. For assistance in prep aration, the author has been under great obligation to a number of hospital superintendents, who have furnishedinformation as to methods, and to contemporary writers, especially_on the subject of dietetics. Special mention should be made of the works of W. Gilman Thompson, M. D., Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, I. Burney Yeo, M. D., Sir Henry Burdett, and of the literature of the United States Department of Agniculture. To Miss _emma Lynch, who, as hospital matron, has been for several years associated with the author in institutional work, special thanks are due for valuable assistance. Many practical suggestions have been gleaned from the papers given at the annual conventions of the Association of Hospital Superintendents. To the writers of these papers the author expresses grateful appreciation. Many of the electrotypes used for illustration have been kindly fur nished by courtesy of the business firms whose names accompany them.' These have been introduced because they were deemed essential to a clear understanding of the subject on the part of such readers as may not be familiar with the use of such appliances. So far as the author is aware, no attempt has previously been made to discussithe subject of hospital housekeeping as a whole. As a pioneer in the field, the book doubtless has many defects. If it proves of practical value to even a small number of those for whose assistance it was prepared, it will have justified its existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.