Nursing and kindred services.

Date:
1938
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Nursing and kindred services. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    covering a period of not less than nine calendar months. The subjects of study are: health of the industrial worker; the nursing service in industry; psychology (general and applied); principles and administration of the social services; the modern industrial system. Practical experience is arranged at centres in London and in the provinces. Tuition fees to members of the College of Nursing are 30 guineas for the course, and to non-members 45 guineas. In addition, a part-time course has been arranged for women already employed in a nursing capacity in industry; this extends over a period of six months. The tuition fee to members of the College of Nursing is 12 guineas, and to non- members 15 guineas. 35. Queen’s Institute of District Nursing.—District Nursing Associations are formed by voluntary bodies for the purpose of providing, within certain defined areas, skilled nursing in their homes for sick people who cannot afford the services of a private nurse. Each nurse is allocated her own nursing district. Her duties may include any of the following: general nursing; midwifery and maternity nursing; child welfare work; nursing of infectious diseases; tuberculosis; sick nursing; health visiting; and occasionally inspection of boarded-out children and mental defectives. A fully trained nurse who wishes to become a Queen’s Nurse, 1.€., a member of the Queen’s Institute of District Nursing, is required to spend at least six months in a recognised Tvaining Iiome attached to one of the local Nursing Associations. During her training, the nurse receives a salary of {60 a year with uniform, board, lodging and laundry, and undertakes to work for at least one year anywhere that her services may be required after her training has been completed and at a, higher salary. KINDRED SERVICES 36. There are many professions which are akin to nursing and for which the qualifications of State Registration in Nursing is of immediate value.. Such a qualification may permit of a reduction in the length of training period, as in Midwifery, Health Visiting and Occupation Therapy (see pamphlet No. 22); or may be a qualification for admission to courses which are restricted to certain classes, as in Dietetics (see pamphlet No. 9); or may assist in the obtaining of an initial or a higher post, as in Radiography and Massage. RADIOGRAPHY 37. The term Radiographer is applied to the trained non- medical man or woman who assists and works under direction of the Radiologist. The Radiologist is a doctor who undertakes diagnosis and treatment by means of X-rays and radium. I2
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