The Central Midwives Board for Scotland

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XVI, Issue 2, 1 April 1923, Page 55

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).