Midwifery Examination

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 July 1908, Page 68

Midwifery Examination

The examination of candidates for registration as midwives was held on June 10th and 11th. Sixteen candidates entered, all trained at the State Maternity Hospitals but one, who was a pupil at the Fort street Maternity Home, Dunedin. All but two passed, and one of those was excellent m her oral and practical examination, but weak m her written paper. She will now only have to sit for the paper next December, when we hope she will do well enough to secure a pass. The following are the nurses who passed. The names are m order of merit : — 1. Annie Mathieson, Medical School Maternity Hospital. 2. Emma Neale, St. Helen's, Wellington. 3. Jean L,orrimer, St. Helen's, Dunedin. 4. Mary Bowie, St. Helen's, Dunedin. 5. Caroline Jones, St. Helen's, Dunedin. 6. Dora Bernard, St. Helen 's, Wellington. 7. IvOUiE M. Heatley, St. Helen's, Christchurch. 8. Priscilla Hames, St. Helen's, Auckland. 9. Mary Brake, St. Helen's, Christchurch. 10. Muriel I^inton, St. Helen's, Wellington. 11. Edith Pritchard, St Helen's, Christchurch. 12. Marion Kerr, St. Helen's, Auckland. 13. Maud RountreE, St. Helen's, Auckland. 14. Kate Kelly, St. Helen's, Dunedin. Dr. Gibson kindly sent a few remarks on the papers, which are here given, together with the questions : — State Examination For Midwives June, 1908. (Time allowed — Three hours.) 1. Describe the anatomy of the female pelvis. How does its shape influence the movements of the foetal head during labour ? 2. W T hat do you mean by precipitate labour ? Discuss its causation and dangers. How would you deal with the latter ? 3. Describe m detail the care of the breasts of a woman aged twenty, who is nursing her first child. What complications may arise m such a case, and how would you treat each case respectively ?

4. Discuss the causation, symptoms, and course of miscarriage at the end of the second month of pregnancy. How would you deal with such a case : — (a) when threatening, (b) when inevitable ? 5. Describe briefly the management (induing the feeding) of an infant from the time of birth, until the end of the second week. 6. What steps should a midwife take to prevent the occurrence of puerperal fever, and what precautions should she adopt if she has been nursing a case m which it has occurred ? 7. Describe the diet of a nursing mother from the completion of labour to the end of the first week after her confinement. 8. What complications might occur m twin labour ? How would you recognise and deal with each condition ?