NURSES' TRAINING
NEW PROVISIONS
New provisions relating to the training of nurses and midwives are contained in the Nurses and Midwives' Registration Amendment Bill which was introduced in the House of Representatives last night by Gov-ernor-General's Message. The Bill was read a first time.
Explaining the main provisions of the Bill, the Minister of Health (Mr. Nordmeyer) said that it authorised the Nurses and Midwives' Registration Board to recognise time spent in a hospital in another country as time that might be taken into account in the ordinary training period of the nurse. The Bill also empowered, the board to recognise either the whole or part of the time a nurse might spend on a hospital ship as time spent in training.
Another important clause referred to by the Minister reduces the registration age of nurses, maternity nurses, or midwives from 22 to 21 years.
The Bill also gives power to the board to decide whether or not a nurse who has been an inmate of a mental hospital should be permitted to resume practice.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 18, 21 July 1943, Page 4
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