The art of anaesthesia . , will be very real to thepatient. Her confidence must be secured, she must freelyand willingly relinquish herself into the hands of those whooffer her relief. We all like to hear that we have engagedthe best surgeon, or the kindest and most careful anaesthe-tist in the city, and while we may be glad to hear that ourcase is unusual, it is even better news to learn that it iswell within the skill of the surgeon, whom we have engaged. The nurse should never permit the suspicion of failure,or the shadow of death, which may lurk in a neighboringroom, to enter the mind of h
The art of anaesthesia . , will be very real to thepatient. Her confidence must be secured, she must freelyand willingly relinquish herself into the hands of those whooffer her relief. We all like to hear that we have engagedthe best surgeon, or the kindest and most careful anaesthe-tist in the city, and while we may be glad to hear that ourcase is unusual, it is even better news to learn that it iswell within the skill of the surgeon, whom we have engaged. The nurse should never permit the suspicion of failure,or the shadow of death, which may lurk in a neighboringroom, to enter the mind of her patient; and by her patient,we do not limit ourselves to the private case, but we wishto emphasize more particularly the needs of the case in 285 286 ANESTHESIA the ward. For those who wish to enter into the point ofview of the patient, we have prepared a chapter whichappears at the end of this volume. The nurse should inquire into the history of the patient,more particularly in regard to her previous anaesthesias and. Fig. 121.—Nurse grasping patients wrists. her reaction to morphine and other drugs. The conditionof the teeth should always be inquired into, and false teethshould be removed. She should become perfectly familiarwith the various table positions necessary for the bestoperative exposure; , Trendelenburg, Simms, lithotomy,etc. (see page 37). If the operation is to be in the POST-OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENT 287 patients home, the patient lying in her own bed, the nurseshould realize the importance of the anaesthetists controlof the head (see page 23). Once the anaesthetist hastaken charge of the patient, it is best that the nurse confineher conversation with the patient to as few words aspossible. During the course of the anaesthesia, it is always bestfor the nurse to refrain from all remarks as soon as theinduction has begun. Desultory conversation heard bythe patient is likely to make her feel that she is not receiv-ing the proper attention. At this tim
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