Items of Interest

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XVII, Issue 3, 1 July 1928, Page 142

Items of Interest

The appointment of a visiting Nurse to the staff of the Wellington Hospital, who is especially attached to the Tuberculosis Department, and is to attend at the Clinic which is now being developed, and will follow up the cases and contacts and see the home conditions of the patients, has been made m the person of Nurse Woodhouse.

Good work should be done by such appointments, as has been proved at Christchurch and Dunedin, where visiting Nurses have been attached to the Clinics for many years.

The report of the Commission on Tuberculosis and the accommodation provided for both early and chronic patients, which has been concluding its investigations at the various Sanatoria m the North and South Islands, is awaited with great interest, and we regret that, as it is not yet published we shall not be able to refer to its recommendation m the present issue.

It is of great interest to us to read m the "Nursing Times" of May 19th, oi the graduating ceremony of students at the London University on May 9th, when included among those who received Academic Honours were the eight nurses who were successful m gaining the Diploma of Nursing recently instituted by that University. The ceremony took

place at the Albert Hall and was attended by man_\- distinguished men and women m academic robes, and a large number of spectators.

The five nurses who were able to be present, two of whom had gained distinction, were received by the Chancellor. As remarked by the "Nursing Times" this ceremony marked a milestone m the history of nursing, when for the first time the University c< mfcrred the Diploma of Nursing on State registered nurses.

Another great honour conferred upon a nurse was that of an honorary degree of the University of Dublin, conferred upon Miss Margaret Huxley m recognition of her professional work. Miss Huxley, it may be remembered, is the daughter of the late distinguished Professor Huxley.

On June 26th the Governor-General and Lady Alice Fergusson visited the Pukeora Sanatorium. They were received by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. Maclean, and the Matron. Miss Lundon. who presented her Excellency with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. The visitors visited the shelters and talked with the patients, and afterwards tea was served m the nurses' sitting room.