TRAINING OF NURSES

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12425, 20 April 1926, Page 11

TRAINING OF NURSES

DOMINION METHODS EFFICIENT PRAISE FROM AMERICAN DOCTOR Praise for the system adopted in the training of nurses in New Zealand is given by Dr. M. T. MacEachern, in his. report to the 8.M.A., upon the operations of hospitals here. “Tho education of nurses in the Dominion,” he states, “impressed mo favourably, and I believe it is of a high standard. Working and living conditions for nurses are on the whole very good. The establishing of well arranged and properly equipped class rooms in the hospitals or nurses’ homes is a commendable feature. “The engaging of full-time tutors and the establishing and developing of a course for nurses in Otago University, leading tlj a degree and affording opportunity to specialise for leadership in the nursing hqspital and health fields is most excellent, and indicates that tho Dominion of New Zealand wants to keep in the van of progress in the nursing world.

CLEA 'I AND WELL KEPT “Generally speaking, throughout the Dominion the hospital buildings are fairly good and comfortable, and those that are not are being put in better condition. Tho location or site in almost all instances could not bo excelled from the standpoints of proper drainage, good air, pleasant view, sufficient quietness, accessibility, and elimination of smoke, dust, and other nuisances. The custom of providing ample area or grounds around these institutions is an excellent feature. The hospitals throughout the Dominion, without exception, were found to he immaculately clean and well kept. PRAISE FOR THE CENTRES “Tho four metropoltan hospitals— Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin-—-witli their most efficient diagnostic ami therapeutic, departments, their high class personnel, medical staffs of specialists, and broad services rendered aro most excellent, and can rank with hospitals of tlicir kind anywhere.’^