. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. London Supporter. directed by the surgeon. If the dressings aresaturated with discharge they must be changed asoften as needed. The stitches are usually removedin eight to ten days. The stump sometimes re-mains perfectly dry until it falls off, about theninth or tenth day. When there has been oozingand the granular tissue around the stump is not 144 NURSING IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY. healthy in appearance a frequent dressing of thestump may be necessary. A small syringe may be used for washing outaround the stump with peroxide of hydrogen,bichlo
. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. London Supporter. directed by the surgeon. If the dressings aresaturated with discharge they must be changed asoften as needed. The stitches are usually removedin eight to ten days. The stump sometimes re-mains perfectly dry until it falls off, about theninth or tenth day. When there has been oozingand the granular tissue around the stump is not 144 NURSING IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY. healthy in appearance a frequent dressing of thestump may be necessary. A small syringe may be used for washing outaround the stump with peroxide of hydrogen,bichloride solution, or such antiseptic as the sur-geon may direct. After drying thoroughly freshstrips of gauze may be packed in around the drying powder is sometimes used to be dustedover it; as well. Thus, boric acid or iodoform Fig. Elastic Abdominal Bandage. powder are sometimes used. The clamp usuallyneeds to be tightened at every dressing. Hys-terectomy patients are usually not permitted to beturned before the twelfth or fourteenth day, andnot then unless the surgeon directs. When the stump is thus treated outside of theabdomen the operation is said to be done by theextra-peritoneal method. Some surgeons drop thestump, and close the abdominal incision through- NURSES DUTIES AFTER OPERATION. 145 out. In this case the nursing is more like that ofany ordinary abdominal section. The general directions given in this chapter maybe greatly modified by different surgeons. Thenurse must be prepared to respond to the require-ments of the surgeon in every case. A nurse Code of . m ethics in should never let it be known that her views differ those of her superior officer. It is rightalways for the surgeon or physician to plan thecampaign in the management of a case. The nurse,if she serves under him, has but
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