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Are Your Hospital Manners As Good As They Should Be As Patient or Visitor, You! pyer. the staff cannot legitimately Should Observe the Sick-Room Eti- atients Can Do Much to Help Them- se And Even Visitors Should Look Their Best A timely and informative article on how patients and vis- tors should conduct themselves in hospitals has been w:itten in Coronet Magazine for July. The article is reproduced, as follows: 'Almost as certain as desth and faxes are the chances that at some crisis of your life you will cross the threshold of a hospital. You may enter strefcher-wise via the emer- gency door, or you may walk beside the stretcher of a close friend or relative who clings to your hand in mute appeal, But whether propelled by an {ll- ness of your own or a neighbor's new baby, you will be engulfed at once by the strange aura of antiseptics, high jackknifing beds and white- clad doctors and nurses that sym- bolize the modern hospital, Once inside, either as patient or visitor, you can make your stay more plea- sant by observing some common- sense rules, Keep in mind, first off, that the hospital is not a hotel run for you and your friends. If you are the pa- tient, adapt yourself to the regula- necessary to any smooth-run- ning association of human beings. It's silly to demand meals, baths or bed-making-at hours to suit your- self. And why balk at early risings or early suppers? You'll save time and tempers by conforming --as well as prejudice the busy staff in your favor, When visiting a patient, fit your ttime to hospital routine. Unless your friend is in a private room, it's better to kepp away during the busy morning hours. Don't attempt to sneak in the service entrance or linger after the prescribed hour-- you'll only tire the patient and ex- asperate the nurses. Above all, don't phone unnecessarily to in- quire about the patient's condition. You will hear nothing more than the usual bromide, "Fairly comfor- table today," since important medi- cal information cannot be broad- cast over the phone, The patient who wants to get the most- good out of his stay in the hospital will accept the authority of his doctors. Your fate is in their hands, so cooperate with them, women should never refuse a rou- tine physical examination by the strange young intern. Tell him "all"--and frankly. It's shortsighted tot be coy about your age, which may be medically significant, And if you are in pain, try to give ac- curate details of severity and fre- quency. The hospital is no place to play either liero or martyr. If 'blood tests and X rays are or- dered, accept them, even though they duplicate those made else- Jwhere. Such tests date quickly. School yourself to trust your doctor and his helpers, for your helpful spirit, will speed the cure. Later, if eonsuitation with a specialist seems advisable, feel free to speak frankly, Your doctor may have hesitated to suggest outside advice because of financial or other reasons. A good physician is always grateful for help from his colleagues. As a friend of the patient, how- ever, go slow in making suggestions or criticisms of the doctor. Don't ®lague him with unnecessary gi¥es- tons, or insist upon some obscure remedy that brought Aunt Laura back from the grave, If you are next of kin, be sure that you are available to the staff when you are needed (as in signing the operation permit for one incapacitated or un- der age), but don't clog the slow process of healing with irrelevant suggestions. . Next in authority to doctors come the nurses. Some are the rare "born RDurses," others are the pale and pa- ler copies of Florence Nightingale. Whether or not you are blessed with % private nurse, there's no point in acting helplessly if you are able to Wash and dress and feed yourself, You can't expect personal - maid service without a private nurse-- and even then there are limits to what can be asked of an attendant Rules qu Piotessionatly trained to minister to | sick. Try not to ring for help unneces- ih Buin : Jou do buzz for the , your 'needs at once. By calling her i pick up a the 5 tire her out and -- sin urses &re human after lire Bruni Prawn lovilhly when wi € you a popular the hospital as elsewhere, gest, The visitor can help with such Jisiple tasks as turning the pate nt's pillow instead of ringing for the nurse, 17 the patient you are visiting has a private bath, how- miserable, don't blame it on oS Your may be out of order--for with ' be expected to clean up after visi- tors as well as patients, Nurses ap- preciate, too, the thoughtful visitor who leaves before the patient be; comes tired and irritable. Rugged individualists often have trouble 'adapting themselves to hos- pital life where doctors' orders re- gulate every move. But the patient will be the first to regret it if some- one smuggles in forbidden dain- ties. And it's better for the visitor to stay away at mealtimes--the pa- tient's diet is often part of the treatment, and he is more likely to lick the platter clean quickly with- out distractions. It's only human for a sick person to feel that the hospital revolves around him--but remember there are other patients about, some sick- er than yourself. If you have a bed- side phone, speak softly and limit your conversation. Be sure your ra- dio is turned low and consider the tastes of those within earshot. When you are allowed up in a wheelchair tto roam the floor, don't gossip with other patients--morbid rumors can do appalling damage in the sick world. N Unless protected by a "No Visi- tors" sign, the patient usually has little control over those who come to call, But is is quite in order, as chattering voices rise, to ask for quiet. And at Lights Out, visitors should leave promptly out of consi- deration for other patients. A hos- pital room is no place to hold a cocktail party. The knowing visitor never barges in with a callous, "Oh, were you asleep?" If in doubt, ask the nurse whether the patient wants to see you. And be careful not to jar the bed! Take a seat where the patient can conveniently see you, close enough so that he won't have to strain his voice to carry on a con- versation with you. "How are you?" is an opening gambit best avoided in the hospital Resist the tempation to compare notes on "My Operation". Listen sympathetically if the patient wants to tell you how he feels, but don't ask questions which can be answer- ed more properly by the medical staff than by the patient. A sick person is often as emotion- al as a child, So guard against od- jous comparisons such as "Aunt Sarah had just your trouble--but then, of course, she died . . ." In talking with a chronic patient, neu- rotically inclined, sympathy is dan- gerous medicine, to be administered in small doeses. But you will only lose a friend if you lean too far the other way with a hearty, "Ha, Ha! Who said you were sick! You look better than I feel right now--" Depending upon the length of their hospital stay, most patients are deluged- with gifts, from petu- nias to goldfish. Even though your own floral display may be spectac- ular, resist that impulse to call in the nurse at ten-minute intervals to re-arrange the blooms. If you lack a special nurse, the floor nurse will bless you, if you tactfully sug- gest to friends' that flowers be de- livered before 7 pam, After that hour alone on the floor, the night nurse has few spare moments to waste in tending to flower arrangements, Since flowers are the traditional The Long and Short of It Here are the two extremes in playground, New York. won the prize for the longest pigtail". a pigtail contest At LEFT is Diana Ferrari, eight-year-old, who held at the Sullivan St. She had a 19-inch braid. At RIGHT, and not too happy about it either, is Hannah Harmavy, who won the prize for the shortest pigtail with four inches. Hannah is 22 months old. Maybe she is just crying tears of joy. ~--National Film Board Photo concomitants of births and opera- tions, a word to visitors: if the pa- tient is very ill, weit 2 week or so with your offering until the room empties of the first flurry of sym- pathetic blooms. Even then, small frequent bouquets are more wel- come than large displays that wilt quickly. For a chronic patient, a table-top garden or a growing bulb may be an inspiration. Presents that strengthen ties with a normal life are sometimes even more appreciated than flowers, If you know the patient's hobbies, try to get his mind off his illness with such gifts as stamps for the col- lector, scrapbook material, yarn for the knitter, seed catalogues for the gardener.. Snapshots of what goes on at home may take a load of worry from the mind of a sick mo- ther, Some invalids have lifted their horizons by browsing through mail- order catalogues or travel folders. One.detail often neglected by pa- tient and visitor alike is the impor- tance of appearance in dispelling hospital gloom. The patient can help himself by trying never to look sick, no matter how sorry he may feel for himself The masculine patient who keeps shaved and brushed builds up his own self-respect and cheers those about him. Women seldcen need to be reminded of keeping up appear- ances, but some feminine. patients skin back their hair and tuck away their make-up with a_ resigned abandon-hope-all-ye-who = enter = here air. Such a woeful attitude is silly. Now more than ever you need the red courage of lipstick on your smiling mouth, Even the visitor should 'try to appear fresh, scrubbed and attrac- tive when he calls, for this is as im- portant to the patient as a sympa- [thetic manner and bouquets of roses. Confidence can be contagi- ous, so carry your blessed air of normalcy into the h al yroom. 'Then perhaps your {fiend can escape from hospital * travail, to thumb his or her nose, with you, at hospital hints like these. Butter Output Down In County Creamery butter production in the County of Ontario for the first half of this year showed a decrease from 511,028 to 415,529 as compar- ed with the same period last year according to Ontario Department of Agriculture statistics. g 102,982 as compared with 134,780 in June, 1945, In Durham County the June make showed an increase from 126,~ 835 to 135448 over a year ago but the production for the year to date is down from 420,492 to 389,663. During, the month of May, total sales of fluid milk in Oshawa amounted to 469,042 quarts as com- pared with 416,343 quarts for the same month a year ago. Fluid cream sales during the month were also up from 9,365 to 10,514 over May of last year. The total amount of milk pur- chased by commercial dairies dur- ing the month for fluid sales was 1410897 while total cream pur- chases amounted to 3,260 pounds butter-fat. : MOON-GAZER Galileo looked at the moon with the first telescope used in astron- omy in 1609. with health." k This year there's beauty in our budget" "Look at the difference in Gladys already," said the mother proudly. "Shes just brimming "Yes, this year there's beauty in our budget," said Hugh. "Another six weeks of this will do wonders for.you and the youngsters . . . and long week-ends here for me... it's swell!" "But it's not really in the budget, Hugh." *No. It's over. and above the budget, certainly; but it's the budget that enables us to take' this cottage without worrying. Once we've set aside our year-round expenses and our life insurance premiums, the rest is surplus. We can be extrava- gant with it. Until I bad enough insurance to take KEDRON HAYING WELL UNDERWAY August 4 Church Service To Be Conducted " By W.A.' (Staff Correspondent) Kedron, July 17.--Y.P.U. Sunday evening was in charge of Miss Mar- garet Hepburn and Mr. Jack Nes- bitt who presented a helpful service. About 20 were present. 5 f Miss Olive Butts, North Oshawa, is visiting her cousin, Miss Verna Brown. Some of our farmers have com- pleted haying and others are well on with heavy yields, Weather has been wonderful for saving the crop, but has been too dry for berries and gardens. ' Miss Marie Cole is visiting Miss Jean Semple, also friends at Clifton Lake and other points north. Mrs, H. F. Crossman and Miss Irene Crossman spent Thursday in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. T. B., Lebeau, Cal- gary, visited at Mr. W _J.. Leask's, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hawley, Mr. and Mrs, J. Skitch and Christopher, Peterborough, and Miss Eileen Stainton, Zion, were Sunday guests at Mr. R. E. Lee's, Miss Bernice Arnott is holidaying at Wasaga Beach, Mrs, R, E. Lee presided at the piano on Sunday and Mr. A. Hawley sang two solos at the after- noon service, which were very much appreciated. There was a small attendance at Sunday School and church on Sun- day even though there was commu- nion service. A Rev. G. W. Gardner will be in his own pulpit next Sunday, July 21. On Sunday, July 28, Rev. P. L, Jul, Brooklin, is to be guest speaker, On August 4 the W.A. will conduct the service in the interest of missions, Mrs. Percy Mountjoy, Missionary secretary, presiding, and Miss Chris- sie Simpson, Breoklin, guest speak- er. Miss Mary Hepburn is holidaying with her cousin, Miss Donne Vice, Bradley's. Mrs. Harry Allin, Bowmanville; Mrs. Russell Robbins, Zion, were Tussday tea guests at Mr. R. E. Lee's. Mrs. C, A. Wight, Bowmanville, is visiting Mrs. J. Arnott. Mr, Murray Short enjoyed the excursion to Port Dalhousie. Marion and Yvonne Cookson are holidaying at Mr, Walter Davis', Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Pascoe were Sunday visitors "with Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Mackey, Brooklin. Miss Diane Lee is holidaying at Mr. Willis Gladwell's, Toronto. Mr, and Mrs, H. A, Werry, Ron- ald and Jeanine, Mr, and Mrs, J. Glover and John had an enjoyable week-end trip journeying as far as North Bay, finding delightful scen- ery en route. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Scott, Goderich, returned home Tuesday, having spent a long week-end with Mr. and Mrs. F, W. Lee and Mr. and Mrs, Max Ballard. Mr. and Mrs. Max Ballard, Moose THE TIMES-GAZETTE Thursday, July 18, 1948 1" Jaw, who are spending July with Ontario relatives, are spending a week with Mr. Ballard's afther at Nobleton, - Mrs Levi Ellins, Columbus, spen a few days with her granddaughte Mrs. A. Hepburn. Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Leask and family visited the former's sister, Mrs, Chas, Adcock, and Mr. Adcock, Cobourg, and enjoyed the pleasures of this charming summer resort. Ross Brown has completed his course in woodcraft and secured a position in Oshawa, He is holiday- ing this week at home. Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wray and family Mr. and Mrs, Gerald Suppeka and baby Joan, Miss Margaret Wray, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Davidson, Mrs. Charles Blight, Oshawa. Congratulations to Betty Olarey and Kathleen Fenton on their entrance examinations, Also to our Collegiate students, all of whom secured their promotions, Mr, and Mrs, H. Farndale, Doug~ las, Bobby and Billie spent Wed- nesday in Toronto, Mr, and Mrs, Elliott and family of four are occupying the Lee home on the corner. We welcome them to our church and community, Like its Flavour ® Only perfect tea is packed B® Daly's." That's why iScked by Produc- | tion for the month of June was also \ 4 NN = 7 N\ ESTABLISHED NSE FOODESTORES= ne ores ATLANTIC & PACIFIC rece -. ANN PAGE Oven Fresh MILK BREAD : 2 24-0z. 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