Rotunda midwifery for nurses and midwives / by G.T. Wrench.

  • Guy T. Wrench
Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Rotunda midwifery for nurses and midwives / by G.T. Wrench. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION The great interest manifested by Dr. Guy Wrench in teaching maternity nurses during the comparatively brief period in which he occupied the position of Assistant Master in the Rotunda Hospital, made me feel that a book witten by him for their instruction would be possessed of more than ordinary interest, and it is with great pleasure that I now have the opportunity of reading his work prior to publication. The influence and authority of the Central Midwives Board must be carefully taken into consideration by nurses in their training, and a teacher should carefully weigh his opinions so that the views he expresses should be in conformity with those held by the Central Midwives Board, or by those who conduct their examinations. Dr. Wrench has kept before liim the rules and regula- tions of this body, and has (so far as I can judge) written a book which will enable nurses in training to direct their courses of study in such a manner as to meet with the full approval of the Central Midwives Board. The book is interesting reading to the initiated, and so singularly free from technicalities that it will not be difficult even for a beginner to acquire a sound theoretical knowledge of her work from it. Dr. Wrench could not have produced this book had he not been a close observer of the difficulties which beset the path of the woman possessed of no technical knowledge who suddenly finds herself placed as a probationer in a large hospital. Her surroundings are unfamihar and she must of necessity be in a state of considerable confusion at first.
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