TRAINING OF NURSES
Sir, —I was interested to read "Ratepayer's" letter, with regard to nurses' holidays. There is another matter which requires consideration. Is not the present course of training far too intensive ? I trained some years ago. We then had all the lectures and study that could reasonably be expected of nurses doing hard daily work. To-day the course seems designed to produce medical women, not nurses. Lectures follow each other thick and fast. These are on an endless variety of subjects, in most of which some general knowledge is all that is necessary. Why'cram the" trainees with detail which will never be remembered or used, and can be found in text books if wanted. Would it not be better to concentrate on the absolute essentials of sound nursing. Common SeKse.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21899, 7 September 1934, Page 15
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132TRAINING OF NURSES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21899, 7 September 1934, Page 15
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