First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . Delivery-room.—If a young nurse is to be inthe delivery-room, she should scrub her hands thoroughlyand put on a clean operating gown. The gown pro-tects her dress from soiling and keeps her clothing fromcontact with the patient or things in the room. Keep out of the way of the surgeon and senior nurses. Watch the patients hands and see that she does notput them down about the genitals. Endeavor to keep the sheets, etc., in place, so thatno portion of the patients body is exposed exceptthe vulva. See that her
First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . Delivery-room.—If a young nurse is to be inthe delivery-room, she should scrub her hands thoroughlyand put on a clean operating gown. The gown pro-tects her dress from soiling and keeps her clothing fromcontact with the patient or things in the room. Keep out of the way of the surgeon and senior nurses. Watch the patients hands and see that she does notput them down about the genitals. Endeavor to keep the sheets, etc., in place, so thatno portion of the patients body is exposed exceptthe vulva. See that her nightgown is well up in theback. Do not touch the vulva or vicinity. If asked to holdone of the legs, put your hands underneath and outside,never over the leg or on the inside. 284 FIRST YEAR NURSING If required to hand basins or sponges, keep yourhands well on the outside of the utensil or package. Keep your hands away from sterile things unless youare told to handle them. Do not speak except to answer a question addressedto you. Chatting or passing remarks is out of place in a. Fig. 65.—Holding the uterus. delivery-room. The coming of a new life into the worldis a joyous, but solemn, occasion. You may, by manner or by pressure of the hand,show sympathy for the patient. Holding the Uterus.—If told to hold the uterus afterthe child is expelled, feel for it near the umbilicus deepin abdomen. Put the hand crosswise of the abdomenand press in and around the uterus, literally grasping OBSTETRICS 285 it. It should be felt as a firm, round mass. If you donot readily find it, ask a senior nurse to locate it for you,as it is important that someone be holding it during thethird stage of labor. If it becomes soft under yourhand, call attention at once to it. If the doctor takesit from you, resume your hold as soon as he finishes. Care of the Baby.—If the baby is given into your care,see that it is well wrapped in a sterile towel, put into asoft, warm blanket, and laid on its rig
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