Excerpt from The Canadian Nurse and Hospital Review, Vol. 16: October, 1920<br><br>In these days one hears so much of the work Of nurses in the many and ever increasing branches Of social service that the work of the pri vate nurse is somewhat overlooked.<br><br>In the past nurses fell back on private duty or nursing in homes as the only work outside of the hospital, for, in speaking of graduate nurses, we do not mean those who register for hospital duty only. Now that other fields are open, those especially fitted for private duty work need remain to engage in it and develop and broaden this important branch of nursing. In these days Of reconstruction, the private duty nurse's place is in the front line as a social worker and as an educator. The private duty nurse has always been doing social service work (just what grade it has been has depended largely on the individual woman). She has paved' the way for all other nurses in every branch of public service work. It has required infinite tact to break down the barrier between patient and nurse, to make the patient feel that the nurse is a friend helping in trouble, untiring in the effort to fight the inroads of disease, and sympathetic in her attitude when all skill is Of no avail. The work of the private 'duty nurse is now the same as it always was.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.