"Duties of the Floor Nurse- 1887." MCCC Faculty & Staff Web Pages. Web. 04 Feb. 2011.
“In addition to caring for your 50 patients, each nurse will follow these regulations:
- Daily sweep and mop the floors of your ward; dust the patients’ furniture and window sills.
- Maintain an even temperature in your ward by bringing in a scuttle of coal for the day’s business.
- Light is important to observe the patient’s condition; therefore, each day fill kerosene lamps, clean chimneys, and trim wicks. Wash windows once a week.
- The nurse’s notes are important in aiding the physician’s work. Make your pens carefully.You may whittle nibs to your individual taste.
- Each nurse on day duty will report every day at 7 a.m. and leave at 8 p.m., except on the Sabbath on which day you will be off from noon to 2 p.m.
- Graduate nurses in good standing with the director of nurses will be given an evening off
each week if you go regularly to church. - Each nurse should lay aside from each payday a goodly sum of her earnings for her benefits during her declining years, so that she will not become a burden. For example, if you earn $30 a month, you should set aside $15.
- Any nurse who smokes, uses liquor in any form, gets her hair done at a beauty shop, or frequents dance halls will give the director of nurses good reason to suspect her worth, intentions, and integrity.
- The nurse who performs her labors, serves her patients and doctors faithfully and without fault for a period of five years will be given an increase by the hospital administration of 5 cents a day, providing there are no hospital debts that are outstanding.”14
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