CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Statement of the Case—Beginning the Work—Reaching the Patients—Supervision of the Work—Necessity for Experienced Nurses | [1] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| The Nurse’s Training—Health—Hours Off Duty—Afternoons Off—Character | [11] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Salary—Increase of Salary—Carfare—Transportation—Telephone—Vacation—Sick Leave—Uniforms—Badges | [20] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| Object of Work—Districts—Hours on Duty—Number of Daily Visits—The Nurse’s Office—Lunch and the Noon Hour—Bags—Prophylactic Supplies—Cups, Fillers, and Napkins—Disinfectant—Waterproof Pockets—Books of Instruction—Stocking the Bag and Distributing Supplies—Nursing Supplies | [33] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| Records and Reports—The Patient’s Chart—The Card Index—Nurse’s Daily Report Sheet—Weekly and Monthly Reports—Examination of Charts—Taking the Patient’s History | [48] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| Finding Patients and Building up the Visiting List—Increasing the Visiting List—Social Workers—Dispensaries—Patients’ Families and Friends—Nurses’ Cases—Physicians | [61] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| The General Practitioner and the Public Health—Responsibility of the Private Practitioner in Tuberculosis—Impossibility of Fulfilling this Obligation—Failure because of the Nature of Tuberculosis—Failure because of the Personal Equation | [74] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| The Nurse in Relation to the Physician—Municipal Control of Infectious Diseases—The Nurse’s Difficulties—A Waiting Game—Undiagnosed Cases—The Nurse’s Responsibility to the Ethical Practitioner Only | [87] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| Obtaining a Diagnosis—The General Dispensary—Sputum Examinations—Tuberculin Tests—Registration of Cases | [105] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| Prevention of Tuberculosis—Sources through which Calls are Received—Entering the Home—Telling the Truth to the Patient—Truth for the Family—Disposal of Sputum—Danger of Expired Air—Isolation of Dishes—Linen, Household and Personal—Disinfectant and Other Supplies—Phthisiphobia | [117] |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| Inspection of the House—The Patient’s Bedroom—Porches—Gardens and Tents—Flat Roofs—Clothing and Bedclothing—Artificial Heat—Rest—Fresh Air—Food—Cooking—The Bedridden Patient | [136] |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| Care of the Family—Examination of the Family—Taking Patients to Dispensaries—Children—Tuberculosis in Children—Open-Air Schools—The Danger of Sending Patients to the Country | [154] |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| Disinfection of Houses—Value of Fumigation—Formaldehyde—Housecleaning—Burning and Sterilizing—Boiling—Carpets, Rugs, and Mattings—Painting, Papering, and Whitewashing—Temporary Removals—Vacant Houses—Concessions—Compulsory Cleaning | [169] |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| The Tuberculosis Dispensary—Equipment—Medicines—Hours—Consideration for Patients—Function of the Dispensary—The Physician’s Service—The Physician’s Qualifications—The Physician and the Patient—Duties of the Nurse—Tuberculin Classes—The Nurse in Home and Dispensary—The Nurse as a Community Asset | [184] |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| The Nurse in Relation to the Institution—Reports Made to the Institution—Procuring Patients for it—The Value of the Sanatorium—Sanatorium Outfit—Return from the Sanatorium—Work for the Arrested Case—Light Work—Outdoor Work | [203] |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| Hospitals for Advanced Cases—The Careful Consumptive—Chief Duty of the Nurse—Responsibility of the Institution—Home Care of the Advanced Case—Exceptions to Institutional Care—Compulsory Segregation | [218] |
| CHAPTER XVII | |
| The Problem of Relief-Giving—The Relief-Giver—Co-operation between Agent and Nurse—General Rules for Nurses and Agents—Conditions of Asking for Relief—Wrong Conditions of Relief-Giving—Incidental Assistance—Withdrawal of Relief—Milk and Eggs | [230] |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| Home Occupations of Consumptives—Sewing and Sweatshop Work—Food—Milk and Cream—Lunch Rooms and Eating-Houses—Laundry Work—Boarding and Lodging-Houses—Miscellaneous Occupations—The Consumptive Outside the Home—Cooks—Personal Contact in the Factory—Supervision Outside the Home | [252] |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| Municipal Control of Tuberculosis—The Danger of “Political” Control—“Politics” in Co-operating Divisions of the Health Department—Results in Baltimore—Tuberculosis and Poverty | [273] |
The Tuberculosis Nurse