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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    Facilities for practice [There should be a satisfactory ratio of qualified nurses; non-nursing duties should be undertaken by other per- sonnel. ] Educational programme Each student is given a programme covering the 6 months’ course; this includes :— 2-day orientation course 3 months in the wards (including 4 weeks on night duty) 6 weeks operating theatre 6 weeks intensive care unit (including 2 weeks on night duty) Night duty will, when possible, be arranged on an internal rota basis. Half a day’s study including tutorials, is arranged weekly by the tutor and three case histories are com- pleted during the course. Each student takes an oral and written test at the end of the course. B. SYLLABUS (1) Programme of lectures and demonstrations A half-day study weekly, except during the 4 weeks on night duty; within the six months’ course (excluding annual leave) this allows for 19-20 half-day study periods. Lectures— 6—Revision anatomy and physiology with emphasis on applied physiology (lectures given by medical staff and the tutor to the course). 20—Medical and surgical conditions of the thoracic and cardio- vascular systems—given by members of the medical staff. 16—Surgical treatment of diseases of the chest, cardiovascular system and oesophagus—given by consultant surgeons or registrars. 4—** Management of ward unit ’’—given by the Tutor to the Course or the Departmental Sister in charge of the unit. 2—‘‘ Management of the operating theatres’—given by the Theatre Superintendent. 3—“‘ Intensive care unit’: nursing management of patients, principles of resuscitation, hypothermia—given by the sister in charge. 1—Pre- and post-operative care of patients by physiotherapist— given by a physiotherapist. 1—Welfare of patients—given by a medical social worker. 1—An appreciation of the machines used in this field of work (continuous E.C.G. monitoring equipment of varying types)— given by doctor or technician. 1—Community services and liaison with the hospital services with particular reference to cardiac and thoracic patients— given by a health visitor. (2) Practical [The syllabus would normally be taught by the tutor to the course, ward sisters and theatre sister by less formal methods of teaching, e.g., seminars,