Notes from the Hospitals, and Personal Items

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume II, Issue 1, 1 January 1909, Page 33

Notes from the Hospitals, and Personal Items

BIRTHS. Mrs. Noonan (formerly Nurse Ross, of Dunedin), wife of Dr. Noonan, of Manaia, a son.

Mrs. Hunter (formerly Nurse Elder, of Dunedin), wife of Dr. Hunter, of Dunedin, a daughter.

Nurse Rosamund Bailey is now private nursing m Timaru.

Nurse Hansard, of Napier, is m Christchurch doing private nursing.

Nurse Brown, also of the Auckland Hospital, is to be married to Dr. Aitken.

Nurse Violet McCosh Smith, from Naseby, is also on the Masterton Hospital staff.

Sister Beatrice Campbell, junior sister, has been appointed to the senior position.

Nurse Leonora Kelly, trained at Timaru, has been appointed night sister at Dunedin Hosp

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Nurse Temple Brown is taking a month's rest among friends, before taking a hospital appointment.

Miss Morrison has resigned the matronship of the Hospital, Masterton, and is shortly to be married.

Nurse Roberts, trained at the Ashburton Hospital, has been appointed Matron.

Nurse Rose Macdonald is leaving Christchurch and going back to Dunedin to take up private work.

Sister Lyons, of the Auckland Hospital, is to be married shortly to Dr. Walsh of the Thames Hospital.

Nurse Constance Griffin has resigned her position on the staff of the Ri vert on Hospital owing to ill health.

Nurse Pownall, trained at the Gisborne Hospital, has been appointed matron of the Rotorua Sanatorium.

Nurse Warnock, of Christchurch, is training at Karitane Home, and goes as Plunket Nurse to New Plymouth.

Nurse Lloyd Lees, at present relieving Nurse Morgan as Plunket Nurse, purposes taking up private work again.

Nurse England, who sat for the State Examination m December, was nursing privately for some years before entering the Nelson Hospital for her training, intends taking a well earned rest.

Misses Kohn, Bulkeley, and Spilmati, have taken over Miss Palmer's Hospital, and are to work m partnership.

Nurse McCarthy, from Christchurch, is training at the Karitane Home to be second Plunket Nurse m Christchurch.

Miss Maud Martin who was obliged to give up her hospital training owing to ill-health, hopes to resume her course early this year.

Nurse Grace Sisley, junior staff nurse, at New Plymouth, has been appointed one of the senior nurses at the Dannevirke Hospital.

Nurse McLaren, who was trained m the Dunedin Hospital, passed through Dunedin m November ; she spent her holidays m Australia.

Miss Palmer, of the Private Hospital, Davis Street, Wellington, is intending to leave for an extended stay m England and Germany.

Miss Rennell, matron of the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, has accepted the position of matron of the new Sanatorium at Hanmer.

Nurses Condon and Palmer, members of the V.T.N.A. are m Christchurch, doing private nursing, and staying at the Salisbury Street Home.

Nurse Attkins, has resigned her position of visiting nurse on the Wellington Trained Nurses' Association. She is shortly to be married to Mr. Stephens.

Nurse Athol M. Chapman, trained m midwifery at St Helens, Hospital, Dunedin, secured first place m the State Midwifery Examination held m December,.

After the December examination the nurses at St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch, had a very enjoyable tea-party. There was a guessing competition, Nurse Noonan winning the first prize, Nurse Hei the second. Dr. Eleanor Baker was among the guests.

Sister Meta O'Brien, who has been on the staff of the New Plymouth Hospital for eight years, has resigned her position and gone to Sydney to study massage.

Nurse Marion Stewart, trained m the Blenheim Hospital, headed the list of sue cessful candidates m the recent examination for the State Registration of Nurses.

Nurse Mirams, of the Auckland Hospital, has returned from her visit to Australia, looking well and strong, and bearing no trace of her severe illness of last year.

Nurse Spraggon has left Dunedin to live m Wellington, where she hopes to continue private nursing. Her present address is 155 Abel Smith Street, Wellington.

Nurse Simpson, late head nurse at Ashburton Hospital, has been appointed sister at the Dunedin Hospital. Nurse Simpson was trained at Christchurch Hospital.

Nurse E. C. Brewer, who has been charge nurse for some time m the Masterton Hospital has resigned her position there, and is now doing private nursing m Auckland.

Mrs. McKenzie (late Nurse Bessie Hay), who has her home m South Africa, is on a visit to Dunedin. Her old friends were pleased to see her at the T.N.A. "At Home."

Mrs. McGregor had the meeting of the Social Club at her residence. All those present were very interested m the curios she had gathered m South Africa at war time.

Miss Elizabeth Shanks, staff nurse of Riverton Hospital, has been appointed matron of Waimate Hospital, taking the place of Miss Cruden, who resigned recently.

At a ward concert on 13th January, Miss Shanks was presented by the Hospital patients with a Queen Anne tea set, suitably inscribed.

Nurse Marion Brown, a successful candidate at the recent State Examination, has been promoted to the staff nurse*s position rendered vacant by Miss Shank's departure.

Sister Haywood, and Nurse Cairns, both victims of the typhoid epidemic m Auckland last year, have resumed duty m the Hospital, and are looking very well and fit.

Nurse Bruton has been appointed staff nurse at the Westport Hospital. Nurse Bruton came from Western Australia, and had been nuTsing for some time m Wellington.

Nurse Mcßae, who was trained m the Nelson Hospital, has been appointed to the staff of the Christchurch Hospital, which she has entered for the sake of a wider and more varied experience.

Nurses Lourie and Youl have joined the permanent nursing staff of the Christchurch HospitaL Nurses Lourie and Youl were trained m the Government Hospitals of Western Australia.

Nurses Wood and Every have also been appointed to the permanent staff, and Nurses Aitken and Stubbs have been appointed Sisters at the Christchurch Hospital.

Miss Lloyd Lees has been relieving Nurse Morgan, the Plunket nurse who has been away for her holidays. Nurse Lloyd Lees finds the work interesting, though most trying and disappointing at times.

Miss Mary Webb and Miss Griffiths arrived from South Africa m the Makura. Miss Webb's health improved on the voyage and her many friends hope that now she is safely at home again it will continue to do so.

Miss Dora Gill has been appointed matron of the new Government Hospital at Taumaranui. Miss Gill was trained at Christchurch Hospital, has since been sister at Wanganui, and has taken charge of the Dannevirke Hospital during Miss Godfray's absence on leave.

Miss Godfray returned from her trip to England on 24th December, and resumed her duties at the Hospital. Additions are shortly to be commenced at this Hospital.

Miss Higgins, matron of the Rhodes' Convalescent Home at Christchurch, has been appointed matron of the McLean Institute for Indigent Gentlewomen. Miss Higgins was formerly matron of the Girl's College, Nelson.

Miss Lena Wood has been appointed matron of the Rhodes' Convalescent Home at Christchurch. Miss Wood was trained at the Melbourne Hospital, and has been matron of the Warracknabeal Hospital m Victoria for five years.

Nurse Bertha Nurse, another of our travelling nurses, has enjoyed a holiday m Scotland and Ireland, and is now studying for hei midwifery certificate m the Clapham Maternity Hospital. vShe hopes to go to the Continent m the spiing with Nurse Macbeth, who is private nursing at Brighton.

Nurse W. Hall has been private nursing m and about Blenheim. She had a trying experience lately m having to take a helpless patient for about thirty miles, fording a deep river on the way, and over a very rough road, with an operation awaiting him at the finish. The operation he fortunately stood very well.

Miss Hayward, late matron of the Westport Hospital, has been paying a visit to her many friends m that district. She was not allowed to have much holiday time as her services were at once requisitioned for nursing a serious case. Miss Hayward has now opened a Private Hospital at Westport, where she should do well, there being great need for one there. Nurse Bruton has joined her staff.

Miss Sims has resigned the matronship of the Hokitika Hospital. She is to be married m March to Mr. Street, m the Government Survey Department, who is st ationed at Hokitika. The marriage is to take place from Dr. Teichelmann's house. During the time Miss Sims has been m charge of the hospital, many improvements have been made, a very nice ward has been built and opened, another one is shortly to be built. It will then be possible to divide the hospital proper from the Old People's Home.

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Miss Ruth Allen has been appointed matron of the Patea Hospital. Miss Allen had a very unpleasant experience m recently contracting scarlet fever from a patient, and being laid up and m quarantine m the Wellington Hospital for six weeks. Miss Clarkson, of Patea Hospital, had resigned on account of her approaching marriage.

Miss Annie Rochford has resigned her position of Home Sister at the Cambridge Sanitorium, and is taking charge of the Karee Camp at Rotorua during sick leave of Sister Uruqhart. Sister's friends will be sorry to hear that she had a painful accident while driving from Rotorua to the camp, and hurt her hip. She has been granted two month's leave.

In the report of the valedictory meeting m connection with the Nurses' Missionary League, held m London m October, it is mentioned that Nurse M. G; Stinson, trained at the General Hospital, Dunedin, who was shortly proceeding to Fuh-Kien, S. China, said a few farewell words. She thought the question for nurses to consider m regard to foreign work was not " Shall I go ?" but " Dare I stay at Home^?"

During the years he has spent at Wellington Hospital, Dr. Ewart has shown himself the kindly friend to all the nurses with whom he has been associated. They hold him m high esteem, and his departure from the hospital is regretted by all. The other day the nurses gathered at his house to present Mrs. Ewart with a very handsome Doulton rose bowl, and Dr. Ewart with an instrument bag. The junior doctors on the staff gave him a set of pipes.

Nurse Lilian Hales writes that she is greatly enjoying her visit to England, and has been living m London with three other Wellington Hospital nurses : Nurse Stevens,

Nurse McLean, and Nurse Watts. Nurse Hales has just completed a term at the King Edward VII Sanitorium for Consumptives, at Midhurst. She found there was little musing to be done there, as the patients are all m the first stage, and no one remains m bed except m case of haemorrhage. There was much to be learned m general management and the carrying out of treatment, as this is the largest sanitorium m Europe, and a magnificent place, splendidly equipped. An attempt is being made to staff the place entirely with trained nurses, but this is not very successful as the experienced nurses do not care for the drudgery of bed-making and room-tidying with no special nursing to do, and will not remain. Miss Hales intends to go as staff nurse to the Brompton Hospital, where she has the promise of the next vacancy, to gain more experience m the nursing of chest complaints. She remarks that the Colonial nurses m England are all doing well. They are thought to be well trained.

Nurse Isabel Campbell, trained at the Dunedin Hospital, and one of the nurses sent with the contingent to South Africa has just returned to the Dominion. She has been private nursing since the close of the war m South Africa, and joined the Army Nursing Reserve, of which she is still a member. She went to London and took her certificates for maternity nursing and midwifery at the Clapham Maternity Institute. She is now intending to nurse m New Zealand.

Nurse Hay, also from the Dunedin Hospital, and one of the nurses sent to South Africa, who remained there under another name (Mrs. Mackenzie) returned recently for a visit, and was present at the meeting of the Trained Nurses' Association on 23rd October, addressed by Dr. Valentine.

A most enjoyable evening was given by the sisters and nurses of the Timaru Hospital on the evening of 6th Sept. The dancing took place m the Children's Ward, has just been erected by the public of Timaru as a "Seddon" memorial. The ward and verandah were tastefully decorated with evergreens and Chinese lanterns. A delicious

supper was prepared for the guests m an empty ward adjoining, the room and tables being artistically arranged with flowers and flags. Music was supplied by a string band and as the night was perfect the beautiful grounds were much appreciated by the guests after each dance. The Matron, Miss Todd, and Dr. Bett received the guests, 130 being present including the staff, who appeared m uniform, making a pleasing and effective contrast to the gay dresses of the ladies. The dance was brought to a close about 1.30 a.m., everyone declaring it to be one of the most delightful dances of the season.

Another interesting function took place on 29th September, when the Children's Ward was officially opened by I^ady Plunket, who was accompanied by Hon. Kathleen Plunket, and Captain Ivyons, A.D.C., and escorted to the Hospital by a squad of the South Canterbury Mounted Rifles. The Vice-Regal party were received by the Dr. and Matron Chairman and members of the Hospital Board, the opening ceremony taking place on the verandah of the new ward. The weather being fine a great number of people assembled to witness it. After the ceremony the ward, which looked lovely with its white cots, wickerchairs, and spring flowers everywhere, was thrown open for the inspection of the public. Afternoon tea was provided for all the guests by the nurisng staff. L,ady Plunket and party were shown over the hospital, and expressed pleasure at all they saw. In the afternoon Iyady Plunket delivered a lecture m the assembly rooms, to woman only, the hall being packed. The lecture, on management and care of infants, which included a practical demonstration on humanising milk, was greatly enjoyed by all present. The Board presented Her Ladyship with a massive Gold Key as a memento of the occasion.

Nurse P. Hames has been appointed county nurse for the Bay of Islands, and has her headquarters at Russell.

Nurse A. Johnstone, trained at the Auckland St. Helens, has gone down to Gisborne to do private nursing.

Nurse Josephine Gibbons's has entered St. Helen's Hospital, Auckland for mid-wifery training.