DISTRICT NURSE work 3 ~

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1935, Page 12

DISTRICT NURSE work 3 ~

EXCLUSION OF HOLIDAYSREPRESENTATIONS TQ HOARD. •The vast increase jri recent years in the number of vi?it? to be made by fee dis? ti-icf nurse, visits that averaged 75 a week last ye?r, hqs resulted in the position becomipg practically a fullrtime occupation- The feet feat so much of the nurse’s time is taken yp that half holidays are non-existent and Sunday morning work is imperative caused members of the District Nurse Association. considerable ‘concern at the annual meeting yesterday. It was decided to make representations to fee Taranaki Hospital Board that the nurse, Sister M. Jackson, should be given at least a day and a half a week free. The suggestion w?s made feat the board should provjde refigf during tfie hours whop Sister Jackson w?s off duty. Mr. R. J Deare, who presided, declared feat the number of visits was increasing so greatly that the time when two extra nurses should be given district work was fast coming-' ' The work had, grown beyond all recognition, said Mrs. F. E. Wilson, president, and it would be a calamity if the services of Sister Jaqkson were lost. Mrs. Wilson said had not considered the aspect of other purses being needed. When the association was formed the- care of patients at New Plymouth was the only consideration. “I think our nurse is given too much work to do, and the Hcspltai Board should consider the question of relief for her for half-holidays," said Mrs. Wilson. “I do not fein.k that I am overworked, But tl;ere is a good deal of work about which I fce| I Irnve not spent the necessary lime," said lister Jacksor, who corroborated fee remarks of Mrs. Wilson that she had no opportunity of a half? holiday and that she hud frequently to work on Sundays. Mrs. Wilson: I consider the board should make arrangements for Sister Jackson to be relieved for half r’-ys and Sundays. There U tl, o great a volume of work and she has practically no time to hcrMtilf.

Mrs. Wilson's suggestion that tlic board's attcpt.on be drawn to the position was adopted. "The reports bear out the tremendous amount of work being dore," added Mrs. Wilson.