Nursing in Outlying Districts

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume II, Issue 2, 1 April 1909, Page 43

Nursing in Outlying Districts

It is under contemplation by the InspectorGeneral of Hospitals to recommend the appointment of nurses to positions in some of the outlying Islands and districts where there are no medical men, and not sufficient practice for one, but where a nurses' services would be invaluable in attending maternity cases, and any cases of illness which would come within her scope. She would be paid a salary of £100 per annum, and allowed to receive fees up to two guineas a week from patients able to pay.

While the very poor she would attend without payment, or she could visit patients daily for moderate fees. A well qualified nurse, trained both m general work and midwifery would have splendid opportunities of doing good work m these isolated places. The Inspector-General would be glad to have the names of nurses who would be ready to take such positions if occasion should arise, and such nurses are requested to write to Miss Maclean for any further details they wish to ascertain.