This week’s spotlight book is Nurses of Australia – The illustrated story by Deborah Burrows.
Nurses have worked in hastily erected tents and vermin-ridden hospitals, out of the back of utes and in planes flying across remote corners of the country, under fire and under extreme pressure. In a time when medical knowledge was limited, they applied starch or mustard poultices, administered soap and water enemas and tranquilised patients with alcohol. Modern nurses process patient data, carry out research and make complex clinical decisions. But the core nursing values of kindness, compassion and courage have remained unchanged.
To enter: Like this post, tag a friend and tell us in the comments section: “Tell us a bizarre medical treatment of the past.”
Entries close Monday 24 February, 5pm AEST. Australian entrants only. Winners will be announced on Wednesday 26 Feb.
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