Con’ts in Kursing
Don’t stay in the room all the time. Don’t remain in the room all the time the doctor is there unless he requests it. Don’t allow visitors to remain in the room during a doctor’s visit. Don’t fail to have things all ready before starting any treatment or change of bedding. Don’t expose or move the patient more than necessary during any treatment. Don’t walk about unnecessarily; step outside for your exercise. Don’t walk with a heavy tread; wear rubber heels, never leather or wood. Don’t rock in a rocking-chair.
Don’t stare at a patient while sitting doing nothing else. Don’t rattle newspapers or magazines or slop-jar lids, or other things capable of making irritating noises. Don’t wake the patient for food or treatment. Don’t touch any part of your face after contact with the patient until your hands are washed. Don’t forget that observation of symptoms, espe¬cially in acute disease, is important if treatment is to be prop¬erly adapted by the nurse or the physician. Don’t do anything without considering its possible or probable immediate or ul¬timate effect upon the patient. Don’t become careless during convalescence. Don’t forget to do as you would be done by were you in the patient’s place.