TY  - JOUR
T1  - FRactures and orthopaedic surgery for nurses and masseuses
Y1  - 1949/08/27
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900520056035
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1370
EP  - 1370
VL  - 140
IS  - 17
N2  - It is to help nurses and masseuses to understand and follow the principles of orthopedics that Mr. Naylor has written this book. He shows the nurse how the principles are applied in orthopedic surgery and as a supplement to her lectures in surgery. The introduction of penicillin has necessitated alterations in the text of this, the second edition.The success of orthopedic surgery is largely dependent on the knowledge, skill and care of the nurses and physical therapists to whom after-care and treatment are delegated. The student nurse has often only a bare minimum of instruction in orthopedic surgery; yet approximately one fifth of her surgical work will be concerned with this branch of surgery.This book will be useful to registered nurses and to those who intend to undertake or are engaged in nursing in orthopedic wards, or at special hospitals or in the public health services. It should
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900520056035
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900520056035
ER  -