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becomes dull and forgets all she ever thought she knew about entertaining and diverting a patientns mind, :llot havingbee:n able to gain a fresh view away from one personality during fifteerl weeks? Fortunately, we do not meet all these difficulties on one case very often, or many would be tempted to give up their chosen work. People wonder, even doetors, why nurses lose interest in the patient during convalescence and do not care for long cases. A nurse having a wellestablished practice wrote me that she was worn to a shred adapt;:clg herself to people. Is not that the secret of success, adapting one's sel! to patient and family? Here is where the personality of the woman counts for more than the skill as a nurse, though both are needed. We hear more unfavorable comments on the personality of the woman than lack of skill as a nurse. Many nurses of a few yearsn experience might add to the list of trials to which I have called attention, hoping that preparation may be given coming nurses to meet these conditions. |
