Nursing Pioneers Display Closeup 2

Creator

• Museum of Medical History

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Description

The second shelf features pictorial and selected artifact examples of Nursing routine patient care duties from 1930-1980.  These include numbered photos:

1. Patient Progress as depicted in the practice of paper charting for the medical record
2. Assessment tools for Patient Temperature – Mercury and Alcohol thermometers
   1. A DIATEK early electronic thermometer is displayed
3. Management of the patient’s I.V. fluid intake
4. An Amber bottle containing patented Labstix (dipsticks) designed to measure urinary: Blood, Ketone, Glucose, Protein and pH levels.
5. Surgical Dressing and Bandage Change Instruments and supplies.
   1. These items represented a very important aspect of Nursing practice especially in the O.R. and for patients receiving post-operative and emergency care.

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