A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . n the mother is in a disturbed condition physically andwhen the mammary glands are not in a condition. Con-sequently care must be observed in prescribing some of thesepreparations for the mother. For example, copaiba and tur-pentine will so affect the taste of the milk as to cause the infantto refuse the breast. Diarrhoea may be produced in the infantby administering castor oil or other of the above purgatives tothe mother, and the opium preparations will produce the op-posite effect on the child through the mothers milk. It is saidthat sufficient act
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . n the mother is in a disturbed condition physically andwhen the mammary glands are not in a condition. Con-sequently care must be observed in prescribing some of thesepreparations for the mother. For example, copaiba and tur-pentine will so affect the taste of the milk as to cause the infantto refuse the breast. Diarrhoea may be produced in the infantby administering castor oil or other of the above purgatives tothe mother, and the opium preparations will produce the op-posite effect on the child through the mothers milk. It is saidthat sufficient action may be produced on the child by administer-ing mercury, arsenic, and potassium iodide to the mother. XXVI Obstetrical Nursing The caie of obstetric cases presents so many differencesfrom ordinary surgical nursing that the nurse requires a fewspecial articles for this work in addition to her usual outfit. In the first place she should provide herself with an abundantsupply of dresses and aprons, for the nature of her duties are. Fig. 183.—Operating gown and case. such that, even with the utmost care, she cannot always preventfrequent soiling of her aprons at least. In addition to her whiteaprons she should have one large rubber apron for use whenshe is bathing the baby. 393 394 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. A gown (Fig. 183), pinned in a towel or tied up in a muslincase, and sterilized, should be taken for use at the time of thedelivery. Nurses often come to a case several days before thelabor occurs, and, while wearing their uniforms, they are upand down stairs and in all parts of the house. Also, as will beseen in another chapter, the patient receives an enema at thebeginning of labor, and frequent trips to the bath-room have tobe made by the nurse on this account. Keeping these variousmatters in mind, it is evident that the nurses uniform is any-thing but aseptic when labor is in progress, and the gown shouldbe worn from the time the patient takes to her bed until af
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