Addenda as to Mixed Nursing by Nurses and Orderlies in Military Hospitals on the Double Pavilion Plan.
Orderlies’ Duties
I. After much anxious thought, re-consideration of all things, and pondering, I submit—
1. That three Orderlies will efficiently serve a ward of from 28 to 30 patients, including night-duty.
2. That each of two wards of 30 each, should there be two such under the same Head Nurse, on the same flat, ought to be entirely separate in all other respects.
3. That if night-duty be required, each such ward should have an Orderly on night-duty.
4. That each such ward should have a scullery.
With regard to these questions, I further submit—
1. Economy of hands, combined with efficiency of service, is an urgent thing in all Hospitals; most of all in Military Hospitals,
On the score of expense;