. Surgical and gynæcological nursing. thephysician, at one glance, a pic-ture of the patients tempera-ture and pulse record from thetime of her admittance to thehospital. 3. Record Sheet.—This sheethas at its top space for thename of the patient and thedate. Its contents are morecomprehensive and minute thanthose of the temperature is divided vertically into anumber of columns, each witha heading to indicate the kindof information that is to be re-corded in that particular place(Fig. 77). Through each 24hours, as nourishment is given,or medicine administered; as thebowels or bladder a
. Surgical and gynæcological nursing. thephysician, at one glance, a pic-ture of the patients tempera-ture and pulse record from thetime of her admittance to thehospital. 3. Record Sheet.—This sheethas at its top space for thename of the patient and thedate. Its contents are morecomprehensive and minute thanthose of the temperature is divided vertically into anumber of columns, each witha heading to indicate the kindof information that is to be re-corded in that particular place(Fig. 77). Through each 24hours, as nourishment is given,or medicine administered; as thebowels or bladder act; as thetemperature rises or falls, thetime and all other details arerecorded in the proper columnson this sheet. The temperature,pulse and respiration are gener-ally taken every four hourswhen using this sheet, although,in very serious cases, a two-hourtemperature record maybe will be readily understood, asheet of this kind has muchdata that would not be requiredin the simplest cases. It is,therefore, used only in opera-. Fig. 75.—Chart showing morning and even-ing temperature. (Septic peritonitis.) 182 MINOR TECHNIC IN SURGICAL NURSING
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