First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . Fig. 22.—Listening to the back of a babys chest.— {From Sanders ModernMethods in Nursing.) both front and back of the chest are easily thin towel should be at hand to throw over the the patient is in bed but able to sit up, he is asked todo so, the nightgown being pulled up to the shoulders,or better still removed. The room should be warm andthe patient shielded from drafts. Examination of the chest is made by inspection 138 FIRST YKAK NURSING (watching the rise and fall of the chest wa
First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . Fig. 22.—Listening to the back of a babys chest.— {From Sanders ModernMethods in Nursing.) both front and back of the chest are easily thin towel should be at hand to throw over the the patient is in bed but able to sit up, he is asked todo so, the nightgown being pulled up to the shoulders,or better still removed. The room should be warm andthe patient shielded from drafts. Examination of the chest is made by inspection 138 FIRST YKAK NURSING (watching the rise and fall of the chest wall, ribs, collarbones, and scapulae, as the patient breathes); by per-cussion (tapping the chest wall); and by auscultation(listening with the stethoscope or the ear against thechest wall). Sometimes the nurse is expected to seethat the stethoscope is at Fig. 23.—Auscultating the chest, showing the arms fixed by the side.—(FromSanders Modern Methods in Nursing.) For the examination of a babys chest, the nurse mayhold the child as shown in Fig. 22 and Fig. 23. Throat Examination.—There must be a strong lightavailable, a tongue depressor (a spoon handle may beused if nothing else is at hand), and a towel. If anapplication is to be made to the throat, a metal orwooden applicator (at least six inches long) will be EXAMINATIONS. WARD DRESSINGS 139 needed, some bits of clean absorbent cotton, and asmall basin for waste. (A metal tongue depressorshould be boiled after use.) If the doctor uses a headmirror, the light should be in front of him; if not, itshould be behind him. Abdominal Examination.—Have the patient lie flatupon the back with the knees drawn up to relax the
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