Show Nurses' Nurses Work Is Changing Just as the homemakers homemaker's daily activities have changed because of detergents spray wax in instant instant instant in- in stant potatoes and automatic dishwashers the work of nurses has also changed Nurses who have been out of active practice practice practice tice for a few years would be interested in the use of some sometime sometime sometime time saying saving devices Marx Manu hospitals make use of she sheets e t s just as most homemakers do with considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able saving in time and effort Several Salt Lake City hospitals go a step further when it comes to linen use and employ diaper services to provide sparkling clean sterile infant clothing Feeding b babies a b i e s has also modernized Most hospital nurseries nurseries nurseries nur nur- series use pre prepared p a l' l e d infant formula and the Formula Room of a few years ago is almost a athing athing athing thing of the pas past t. t The new mother or nurse picks up a sterile pre-filled pre disposable glass or plastic bottle which doesn't need to be warmed be because because because be- be cause it has been stored at room temperature to feed each baby Thus there is more time for forthe forthe forthe the cuddling and cooing that has always been the most modern way to feed a baby When its it's t time i m e to give medications medications medications medi medi- today's nurse nul's e finds many devices to save time and effort and to make the administration administration administration adminis adminis- of medications safer Many drugs are now provided in single dose packages and a variety of drugs are pre-measured pre in disposable sy sy- sy The use of plastics paper products and low cost metals has made many items disposable that once required car careful e f u 1 cleaning packaging sterilization and re-ordering re by the nurse Syringes needles bandages clothing items even scissors are among the disposables disposables disposables ables in frequent use Inactive nurses who hesitate to return to work because they feel nursing is too strenuous would find h hospitals 0 spit a 1 shave have changed as much as their own homes have |