Report of the Working Party on the Recruitment and Training of Nurses.

Date:
1947
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Working Party on the Recruitment and Training of Nurses. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contents INTRODUCTION Chapter I Method of Tena II Number of nurses III Structure of the nursing profession IV Intelligence of nurses a V__ Estimated intake and loss of ania nurses VI Estimated intake and wastage of student nurses 3 VII Wastage during training VIII The training of nurses—the present position . IX The training of nurses—a new system X Some implications of the new scheme of training XI Selection of student nurses ‘XII Organisation and administration A ; XIII Effects on staffing of converting to a three- shift system ae student status .. i : XIV The assistant nurse XV = Summary of main conclusions .. Note by the Chairman .. Note by Dr. J. Cohen Appendix I References II Percentile norms for the progressive matrices test . III Statistics relating to intake and wastage of ere nurses in Great Britain IV _ Selection for senior posts in hospitals V Number of nurse training schools VI ___ Length of present training courses .. VII Nursing techniques VIII “Post-graduate ” education .. IX Supervision of nurses’ health. X Nursing the chronic sick XI Mental nursing Page ili A7 22 27 35 42 49 58 63 69 75 78 82 82 83 88 92 96 97 98 99 102 105 112