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Would the authority of any given Supreme head be thus
in any way diminished?
Supposing the Matron remiss, would not her remiss-
-ness soon be discovered?
And would she, being responsible, be more likely to
be more geligent than the Nurse?
3. "To take care that every
Ward is duly warmed,
ventilated & otherwise kept
in order according to the
directions of the Medical
Officer; & that a light is
kept thro' the night therein".
Quite right: so far as it
applies to Warming & Ventilation;
The addition of the words:
"kept in order": implies that
the Medical Officer is to be
also Head Housemaid;
& the final sentence as to
keeping a "night-light" is rather
bathetic than pathetic.
Is the Nurse - in this particular Rush-
light - responsible to some
highest authority quite outside?
in these 3 sentences are given the whole Nurse & the
whole Nursing - apparently -
So far as regards the Matron, the Nurse's only duty &
responsibility is to inform her (amongst others) of
any defect in the Ward.
She is responsible to the Doctor - not to the Matron - 
for "keeping the ward in order" - for cleanliness, punctuality,
& all internal arrangements.