A Textbook of Simple Nursing Procedure, for Use in High Schools, Together With Instructions for First Aid in Emergencies (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Amy Elizabeth Pope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266166148 ISBN 13: 9780266166146

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Practical nursing skills for beginners you can trust

This no-nonsense guide teaches essential nursing procedures and first aid for high‑school students and beginner caregivers. It focuses on shaping safe, confident care in real rooms and homes, with demonstrations that show how to move, bathe, comfort, and monitor a patient.

This edition organizes core skills from planning a sick room to basic bedside care. It covers setting up the space, moving and lifting patients, Bed making, preparing a patient for the night, managing comfort, baths and hair care, temperature and pulse basics, medication handling, wound care, bandaging, first aid, and common emergencies. Clear, step‑by‑step demonstrations help learners practice techniques in a classroom or home setting.
You’ll learn to:

• Prepare and maintain a clean, safe sick room and the tools you’ll use
• Move, lift, and carry a patient with proper technique
• Perform bed making, baths, and basic patient comfort adjustments
• Take simple measurements like temperature and pulse and keep simple records
• Administer medicines safely and apply external treatments
• Respond to emergencies with practical first aid steps

Ideal for students, teachers, caregivers, and anyone starting out in nursing skills or at‑home care.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0266166148
• ISBN 13: 9780266166146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 418