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A Historical Study Of The Nursing Care Of The Newborn Infant In The Hospital Nursery, Synnove Wasli
A Historical Study Of The Nursing Care Of The Newborn Infant In The Hospital Nursery, Synnove Wasli
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This was a historical study of past ideas, beliefs, and practices in the nursing care of the normal newborn infant in the hospital nursery. The study covered the years 1930 to 1965 and was divided into four cross sections, namely, 1930 to 1935, 1940 to 1945, 1950 to 1955, and 1960 to 1965.
The primary sources used in this study consisted of one hundred infant medical records which were made available by a 382-bed, private, general hospital located in a Los Angeles suburb. One procedure manual used in this hospital during the years 1944-1955 qualified as a primary source. Personal …