PRACTICAL NURSING

Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 47, 28 May 1947, Page 4

PRACTICAL NURSING

LECTURES AT HOSPITAL The classes of lectures on nursing rare nl Hit l Hick commenced at tin' lliui Hospital tin May 1 1. stud was attended hy mi'labors i>r tin- Ava Happiness chih and I'etono Townswomen's Guild. Miss Chishohn, mat run. welcomed llic -•.roup ami expressed 111* 1 wish Ihsil all would benefit from Iho course of instruction. Ml us Cameron, president of tlie Hut! Valley [legist erod Nurses' Association, outlined the proposed course which was planned to cover Ihree lectures lo each group. The lusi would he a practical demonstration of a heil hath: Ihe second would cover oilier aspects of nursing care ol Ihe sick; and the third the diet of the sick person, together with practical points on the feeding of u helpless patient. At the first class Miss Symes and Sister Thompson save a bed bath (o a patient and explained Ihe procedure as it was carried out, giving reasons tor each st< p. 'I he second lecture was Riven hy Sister Thompson. Value of I i aininu W'lien sickness occurs m;in\ people IVcl helpless hecauso they do not know enough lo i»e of practical use lo the patient. It is hoped j!i;• i -honhi an epidemic occur women who have received such a course of instruction as is helng given will l'-"l i nal lhe\ can \ ulunleer to In Ip. • knowing t hat i hey will he of use on account ol the knowledge they iiav -aimd. Such knowledge will also In' invaluable when sickness occurin the home. Those Interested in this course of lectures should appl> to Mrs. ' '•< •)..•! i. Teh pie'iie if., or Miss Cam-