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vanced nursing care. Yet, they covered too much material superficially to be useful to a beginning nursing student. The description of the organization of Oswestry Hospital with its associated clinics i n local areas is very interesting. It contains tnany valuable lessons for us here in America as we start into the home care phase of Medicare. Perhaps the greatest value nf this book will be its use as a reference text. Its many illustrations of deformities and types of casts makes it an invaluable adjunct to orthopedic nursing.
cusses practical and professional nursing, armed forces nursing and nursing organizations. This book can he enlightening to student nurses or to graduates who wish to expand their career. It also offers a challenging incvntive to high-school graduates for a career which provides deep personal satisfacation i n the fundamental responsibilities of conserving life, alleviating suffering and promoting health.
CECILIABAUER,R.N. Manhasset, New York
SR.MARYFEDELMIA STRAESSLE. CALDERWOOD’S ORTHOPEDIC NURSR.S.M., R.N. ING, Sixth Edition, by Carroll H. Larson, Eldorado, Arkansas M.U., E.A.C.S., and Marjorie Could, K . N . , R.S., M.S., 470 pages, C . V . Mosby Co., St. OPPORTITNITIES IN NURSING CAREERS Louis, 1965. Price $7.75. by M. Olga Weiss, R.N., 128 pages, VocaDr. Larson and Miss Could have written rional Guidance Manuals, Universal Pubthis book particularly for nurses and stulishing and Distributillg Corporalion, New York, 1964. Price $1.45 paper, $2.65 cloth. These are a few of the questions that highschool students are asking each other. Where are you going to college? What are you doing after graduation? Do you have any plans for advanced studies or a future career? Further education and training are bewildering subjects in the minds of many young adults. Much time, money and effort is spent in trying to decide a career in which there will be individual satisfaction. The author of this book offers a concise and interesting insight into the opportunities in nursing. It is constructed to be enjoyable as well as informative reading material. The author gives a brief history of nursing and emphasizes its true meaning and purpose. She compares early nursing care with nursing of today and its tremendous growth and importance to society. The educational requirements, available loans and scholarships, registration, licensure, salaries, opportunities and unlimited positions are some of the many highlights of the book. The author also dis-
Sept-Oct 1966
dents of nursing who will find in the 15 chapters information and nursing techniques which will be of great assistance in providing better care for the orthopedic patient. The chapters cover many facets of orthopedic nursing including congenital deformities, arthritis, poliomyelitis and fractures. Chapters one and two contain the principles of nursing care applied to the orthopedic patient, rehabilitation of the patient and care of patients in casts and traction. Medicolegal aspects of nursing are briefly covered in a generalized way. There is a concise glossary and many photographs and illustrations to assist the reader. At the end of each chapter there are questions on the subject discussed in the chapter, and a list of references, updated from the previous edition of this book. This is a concise, extremely informative textbook which will be invaluable to the student nurse and to the graduate nurse who is interested in this speciality.
ISABELLATICHE Boston, Massachusetts
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cusses practical and professional nursing, armed forces nursing and nursing organizations. This book can he enlightening to student nurses or to graduates who wish to expand their career. It also offers a challenging incvntive to high-school graduates for a career which provides deep personal satisfacation i n the fundamental responsibilities of conserving life, alleviating suffering and promoting health.
CECILIABAUER,R.N. Manhasset, New York
SR.MARYFEDELMIA STRAESSLE. CALDERWOOD’S ORTHOPEDIC NURSR.S.M., R.N. ING, Sixth Edition, by Carroll H. Larson, Eldorado, Arkansas M.U., E.A.C.S., and Marjorie Could, K . N . , R.S., M.S., 470 pages, C . V . Mosby Co., St. OPPORTITNITIES IN NURSING CAREERS Louis, 1965. Price $7.75. by M. Olga Weiss, R.N., 128 pages, VocaDr. Larson and Miss Could have written rional Guidance Manuals, Universal Pubthis book particularly for nurses and stulishing and Distributillg Corporalion, New York, 1964. Price $1.45 paper, $2.65 cloth. These are a few of the questions that highschool students are asking each other. Where are you going to college? What are you doing after graduation? Do you have any plans for advanced studies or a future career? Further education and training are bewildering subjects in the minds of many young adults. Much time, money and effort is spent in trying to decide a career in which there will be individual satisfaction. The author of this book offers a concise and interesting insight into the opportunities in nursing. It is constructed to be enjoyable as well as informative reading material. The author gives a brief history of nursing and emphasizes its true meaning and purpose. She compares early nursing care with nursing of today and its tremendous growth and importance to society. The educational requirements, available loans and scholarships, registration, licensure, salaries, opportunities and unlimited positions are some of the many highlights of the book. The author also dis-
Sept-Oct 1966
dents of nursing who will find in the 15 chapters information and nursing techniques which will be of great assistance in providing better care for the orthopedic patient. The chapters cover many facets of orthopedic nursing including congenital deformities, arthritis, poliomyelitis and fractures. Chapters one and two contain the principles of nursing care applied to the orthopedic patient, rehabilitation of the patient and care of patients in casts and traction. Medicolegal aspects of nursing are briefly covered in a generalized way. There is a concise glossary and many photographs and illustrations to assist the reader. At the end of each chapter there are questions on the subject discussed in the chapter, and a list of references, updated from the previous edition of this book. This is a concise, extremely informative textbook which will be invaluable to the student nurse and to the graduate nurse who is interested in this speciality.
ISABELLATICHE Boston, Massachusetts
53