Looking at when nurses took on medical care, as opposed to basic nursing, e.g. giving injections, instead of doctors.
2007-09-12 08:42:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I'm going back years ago and remember when the nurses were SENs or SRNs and I think that the SRNs could give injections, this all changed years ago, my niece is a nurse,(sister) and I think she can give injections maybe they have to do some sort of upgrade.
2007-09-12 08:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by Bernie c 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm researching this for a paper on Civil War Medicine. Hypodermic needles were invented prior to the American Civil War (1861-1865). Female nurses also began showing their tremendous value in that war. Sometimes a small incision had to be made in the skin to inject a drug such as morphine solution at the time of the Civil War since needles were often rather dull from repeated (and unsterilized) use. Nurses provide a great deal of care for the huge number of sick and wounded in the war. I'm certain they would have given some injections somewhere in America in the1860s.
2007-09-13 01:24:07 · answer #2 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you are. (BTW so does the dates of the civi war - in England ours started 1642)
Nursing qualifications and duties vary. In the UK i think nurses have always been able to give injections. (excluding SENs)
2007-09-14 02:25:33 · answer #3 · answered by sashs.geo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋