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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

by Florence Nightingale

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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Florence Nightingale. Catalog subjects include Nursing. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year
Language
English
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Public domain

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B1–B2 · Steady progress

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Table of contents

18 chapters

  1. 01PREFACE.2 min
  2. 02NOTES ON NURSING:7 min
  3. 03I. VENTILATION AND WARMING.18 min
  4. 04II. HEALTH OF HOUSES.[1]16 min
  5. 05III. PETTY MANAGEMENT.11 min
  6. 06IV. NOISE.21 min
  7. 07V. VARIETY.8 min
  8. 08VI. TAKING FOOD.9 min
  9. 09VII. WHAT FOOD?15 min
  10. 10VIII. BED AND BEDDING.8 min
  11. 11IX. LIGHT.5 min
  12. 12X. CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND WALLS.8 min
  13. 13XI. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS.4 min
  14. 14XII. CHATTERING HOPES AND ADVICES.14 min
  15. 15XIII. OBSERVATION OF THE SICK.16 min
  16. 16CONCLUSION.14 min
  17. 17APPENDIX.2 min
  18. 18TABLE B.2 min
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