(fomentations, compresses etc.) (Demonstrate at
least one point).
6. Common household remedies and their use: castor
oil, soda, olive oil, epsom salts, aromatic
spirits of ammonia.
7. First treatment of some common household
emergencies, cramps, earache, headache, cold,
chills, choking, nosebleed, and fainting.
8. How to give an enema.
9. Proper food for invalids and serving it. Be
able to prepare and serve five of the following.
Two foods must be shown to examiner and three may
be certified to by mother or other responsible
person.
1. Cereal, as oatmeal, gruel; cereal water, as
barley water.
2. Toast, toast water, milk toast, cream toast.
3. Plain albumen, albuminized water, albuminized
milk.
4. Eggnog, soft cooked egg, poached egg.
5. Pasteurized milk, junket, custard.
6. Beef, mutton, chicken, clam or oyster broth.
7. Fruit beverage, stewed dried fruit, baked
apple.
8. Gelatin jellies, chicken jelly.
9. Tea, coffee, cocoa.
REFERENCES:
"Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick." Red Cross Text by Jane A. Delano,
R. N. Revised by Anne H. Strong, R. N., Blakiston, Philadelphia, 1922.
"What to do Before the Doctor Comes," Frieda E. Lippert, Lippincott.
"Home Nurses Handbook of Practical Nursing," C. A. Aikens, Saunders.
"Home Nursing," Louisa C. Lippitt, World Book Co.
[Illustration: HORSEWOMAN
SYMBOL--STIRRUP]
1. Demonstrate saddling and bridling a saddle
horse.
2. Demonstrate riding at a walk, trot and gallop.
3. Demonstrate harnessing correctly in single
harness.
4. Demonstrate driving in single harness.
5. What are the rules of the road as to turning
out?
6. What are the rules for feeding and watering a
horse, and how do these vary according to
conditions?
7. What implements are used for grooming a horse?
Show how they should be used.
8. Hitch a horse, using the best knot for that
purpose.
9. Know principal causes of and how to detect and
how to remedy lameness and sore back.
10. Know how to detect and remove a stone
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