The Central Midwives Board for Scotland
The examination of the Board held simultaneously in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen, has just concluded. The following was the examination paper set : — 1. What bones go to form the false and true pelvis ? Give the measurements of the diameters of the pelvic inlet and outlet. 2. A woman three months pregnant has some bleeding per vaginam ; mention some conditions which might be the cause, and state how you would distinguish between them. 3. Describe in detail the management of a case of post partum haemorrhage. 4. (a) What is puerperal sepsis ? (b) What
measures should be adopted' to prevent the occurrence of this complication ? (c) What are a midwife's duties if a case of this nature arises in her practice % 5. How would you deal with the following ? (a) Cracked Nipple ; (b) Secretion in breasts of newly- born child ; (c) Vomiting and green frothy stools in a bottle-fed baby. 6. What are the duties of the midwife to the patient and child during the lying-in period according to the Rules of the Centra] Midwives Board ? -From ; ' The Nursing Mirror," Feb., 1923. (The above is of interest showing the very similar questions to those set in New Zealand. There is, of course, also an oral examination).
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Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XVI, Issue 2, 1 April 1923, Page 55
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212The Central Midwives Board for Scotland Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XVI, Issue 2, 1 April 1923, Page 55
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