NURSES' EXAMINATIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22878, 5 November 1937, Page 14

NURSES' EXAMINATIONS

I FREEDOM FROM NIGHT DUTY "1 give this reply with a considerable sense of indignation," said the Rev. W. C. Wood, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, in contradicting yesterday a statement made by a correspondent to the Hkrat.d that nurses | at the Auckland Hospital were required j to sit for examinations following night duty. " The examination in question began |on October 19, and continued until ; October '."J," .Mi. Wood said. "The . hours of examination were from nine ! o clock until noon, and there were third-year and second-year nurses sitting Ihe third-year nurses were all put oil night duty from .September 27 and no night duty was undertaken during the period of examination. Secondyear nurses, with the exception of four ceased night duty on the same date! ■ 1 he, other four ceased on September I •> "1 he State examination will take place on December 2, and all nurses in our employ who are sitting for that examination ceased night duty on No vein her I, so that they will have a clear month oil night duty. Some will have to do afternoon duty, but they will have, their night's rest. ,» "In no circumstances do we require nurses to sit for examinations during the period of night, duty," Mr. Wood concluded. ""In every instance they have ceased night duty at least a month before the examination.' 1