The post-certificate training and education of nurses / [report by a Sub-Committee of the Standing Nursing Advisory Committee].

  • Great Britain. Standing Nursing Advisory Committee. Sub-Committee on the Post-Certificate Training and Education of Nurses.
Date:
1966
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Credit: The post-certificate training and education of nurses / [report by a Sub-Committee of the Standing Nursing Advisory Committee]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (See paragraph 33) proposed. A. OUTLINE OF COURSE Duration Object Content Available experience Instruction Tutor to the Course Selection of students Facilities for study 6 months’ course for registered nurses. To acquire nursing skills and specialised techniques as a registered nurse in cardiac and thoracic nursing. The course covers the medical and surgical aspects of diseases of the chest, the cardiovascular system and the oesophagus, also anaesthetics and radiology in relation to this specialty. Preventive medicine and rehabilitation are included. The hospital is recognised by the Regional Hospital Board or Board of Governors as a thoracic and cardio- vascular centre. [If cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery are not undertaken in the same unit secondment should be arranged. The Unit should have not less than 40 beds (men, women and children) in addition to operating theatres, out-patient clinics, X-ray facilities, pathological services and physiotherapy. ] Lectures are given by consultants and registrars, including physicians, surgeons and anaesthetists. Clinical instruction by means of ward rounds and ward classes, is also given by medical staff. Nursing lectures and demonstrations are given by the tutor in charge of the course in conjunction with experienced ward and departmental sisters and charge nurses. Talks by a physiotherapist and a medical social worker are also given. Courses are organised by the Tutor to the Course who is experienced in thoracic and cardiac nursing. [The tutor need not be a registered tutor but must have knowledge of the principles of teaching]. Undertaken jointly by the Matron and Tutor to the Course. [A classroom, facilities for film and slide projection, and the use of a library which includes books and journals relating to thoracic and cardiac surgery.]