Being a British Paediatric Nurse, 1970s - Film 1008246

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Nursing in Britain 1970s. NHS National Health System. An audio commentary given by a nurse about her job plays over the footage throughout, covering how much she enjoys her role and explaining the various tasks and responsibilities she has. A nurse puts the side up on a cot bed containing a child, in hospital. She walks towards the camera as she heads along the corridor and enters an office to answer the phone. She talks and hangs up. Mother arrives at hospital with a young boy, who is holding a suitcase. They are led into a consultation room and sit down. Nurse completes paperwork to chech boy in, as he gets undressed. Child is weighed in a chair come set of scales and has a thermometer put in his mouth. Temperature is checked. His height is measured. Smiling mum. Doctor meets the boy and looks at his eyes and throat. Boy lies on examination table and his joints are moved and checked for pain. Nurse speaks reassuringly. Doctor checks his ankles. Boy is shown to his bed on the children's ward. He sits on the bed in his pyjamas. Mum puts his belongings in the bedside cabinet. Cartoon sign for Nil by Mouth. Nurse tells the boy he can't eat or drink anything until he's had his surgery. View of the whole ward with other kids in their beds. Mum leaves and the boy waves goodbye. A girl calls the nurse over. She arrives with a bedpan and pulls a curtain around the bed. Kids play together on the ward. A toddler is spoon fed lunch in the dining area. Parents help the nurses at feeding time. Nurses serve meals from a trolley. Nurses of different grades take a coffee break and chat over a magazine. Close up of cup of tea and tea being stirred. Biscuit tin on coffee table. Ill boy sucks his thumb and hugs his teddy bear while his mum reads a story at his bedside. Young boy is changed into an operating gown. Hospital bracelet on his wrist is checked. Sister supervises the nurse as she gives the boy some oral medication and measures out the dose. Boy drinks the sedative. The two nurses tuck him back into bed and the boy's mother visits. Child drawing at a table. A teacher is teaching kids in hospital. She gives a little girl a reading exercise. Another bed with a young girl. Orderly lifts boy onto trolley. Porters wheel him away from the ward for his operation. A boy's wound is checked following an appendectomy. Nurse puts a face mask on as she cleans the wound. She applies a fresh dressing over the stitches. Boy with thermometer in his mouth. Nurse removes it and makes notes on the patient's chart. Chart hanging on end of bed. Consultant visits boy in bed. Whole team stand around. Boy's legs are in plaster and consultant checks his toes and gives instructions to the nurse. Consultant then visits another patient on the ward. Colourful kids paintings hanging on the wall. Boy is drinking juice when his mum visits. Film stops abruptly.

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