ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns with the relation of the practising physician to the nurse's work. In the early days of health-visiting, the offer of sick nursing has opened doors for hygienic work. Two grades of nurses are employed in the work of district nursing associations. Queen's Nurses have all had three years training in a recognised hospital, and, in addition, six months special training in district work tested by an examination. Industrial nurses are now largely employed in factories and other large establishments. Village Nurses have a year's district training and often have also qualified as midwives. Hospital almoners refer cases to the nurses of the appropriate District Nursing Association, and it has been estimated that approximately one-fourth of the work of district nurses is concerned with patients sent out from hospitals and with out-patients at these hospitals. The chapter also discusses the special conditions of sick nursing in London.
