Test tubes, sterno, litmus, acetic acid, funnel, filter paper, test tube holder, vessel for collecting specimen, basin of 1 per cent lysol solution and cotton balls for patient to cleanse vulva before voiding, basin for used cotton balls, provision for patient to wash hands, to be in readiness one-half hour before the time set for clinic.
4—Preparation of the Patient for Examination
Each patient to completely undress, except her shoes and stockings, and to put on clean gown supplied by the clinic. Her shoes to be unfastened so that the doctor can examine her ankles for edema, her temperature to be taken and a urinalysis made before the patient is seen by the doctor.
5—Assisting Doctor in Examining Room
Make notes on record pad at the doctor’s dictation, reminding her tactfully of any omissions made in her dictation. Conduct examination in the following order: Head, chest, breasts, blood pressure, abdominal, fetal heart, measurements, ankles, vaginal, Wassermanns or smears when necessary.
Note: Preparation for vaginal examination. Sponge vulva with 1 per cent lysol solution. Give doctor fresh gloves for each patient.
The nurse is responsible for the technique in the clinic room, not the doctor.
If the doctor wishes to do a vaginal examination on a patient more than eight months pregnant, or one who is bleeding, take same precaution as though examining a patient in labor; clip; scrub with green soap and water; then 1 per cent lysol; give doctor freshly boiled, sterile gloves.
6—Arrangement of Examining Room After Clinic
Soiled linen in laundry bags; fresh linen on tables, tables covered; all used instruments to be washed, scrubbed when necessary, boiled five minutes, dried and put away; all gloves used to be washed in cool water and green soap and thoroughly rinsed, wrapped in towel, dropped in boiling water and boiled for five minutes, then dried, powdered and put away in a clean towel ready for use at next clinic; solution basins to be emptied, washed and dried; all waste to be securely rolled up in newspaper and put in a house garbage can; supply of drugs to be checked up and replenished when necessary.