TRAINING OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES
Provisions In Bill (P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 28. The law relating to the registration and training of nurses and midwives is consolidated by the Nurses’ and Midwives’ Bill introduced and read a first time in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Minister of Health, Mr Nordmeyer, explained that the Bill also provided for the training and registration of male nurses. This was the main amendment to the existing law. The clauses dealing with male nurses state that a register shall be kept of male nurses and that the Nurses’ and Midwives’ Board may approve as d training school for male nurses any hospital or institution controlled by a State department or by any hospital board or charitable institution. The qualifications required for the registration of male nurses are set out in the Bill.
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Southland Times, Issue 25737, 30 July 1945, Page 6
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