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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4545, 17 November 1882, Page 2

I " 1 Mbs Gamp formed the subjeot of an artiole I in this journal some time since. We then J intimated a desire that the raoe might bei come extinct; and the hope is still entertained, its apparently unpromising nature : notwithstanding. The proposal was mado for doing what we believed would be a good work. JNursea — real nurses — it was urged, were a necessity in thia community ; and it was held to be a matter for regret that suoh > an admirable institution as the Ohristohureh Hospital waa not made use of as a training sohool. A Home for Girls has been coaxed into existenoe; a Young Women's Olub is slowly emorging from the obsourity of ite inceptioa. A '.Training Bohool for Nurses would, at least, be produotive of as muoh good to the community as either of the undertakings mentioned; and there ia the advantage that the opening number of ita pupila muat not be by any meana large to enaure euccess. We hope to see ao useful a soheme initiated. Of its desirability there oan be no doubt ; and its Talue iB assured before-hand. The establishment of such a Bohool womld undeniably be a good thing : therefore the matter ought to be forthwith undertaken. At the present timo a movemont is on foot in Sydney, — not for aeouring trained nurses 5 for they already exist, and their value is keenly appreciated. But what is taking plaoe is this : The members of the medical profession in Sydney are taking steps for the establiahment of a Begistry for Nurses, primarily for their own convenience ; next, in order that tho* a who desire to obtain qualified assistance in the sick room may not only have the needed help, surely and quiokly, but may also seoure a nurse whose qualifications are specially suited to a given case. Some of the London nurses, and no doubt some of those in Sydney also, are adepts in the treatment of Burgical cases, and are almost oonstantly engaged in that speoial class of work. What is wanted horo, however, is that tho mombers of the medical profession should adopt measures for .the initiation of a training ayatem. They can do so easily enough, if they havo but the will.