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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    accordingly. APPENDIX III (See paragraph 36) etc. available. A. OUTLINE OF COURSE Duration Object Content Available experience Instruction Facilities for study Tutor to the course Selection of students Four weeks (20 days) To prepare Staff Nurses about to be appointed to Ward Sister or Charge Nurse posts, for the administrative and teaching aspects of their new posts. The course covers subjects related to the administrative and teaching functions of Ward Sisters and Charge Nurses. It includes study of the hospital in relation to the Health Service and the community, applied psychology, ward administration and teaching, and other general topics related to the work of the Ward Sister and Charge Nurse. [Organizations arranging courses must employ com- petent lecturers and teaching staff.] Lectures are given by medical staff, lay administrators, nurse tutors, and administrative nursing staff, besides the Tutor to the Course. Visits and projects are also under- taken. [Not more than 3 lectures would normally be given each day so that there is time for discussion, group work and visits. ] [A classroom, facilities for film and slide projection and the use of a library, to include books and journals related to the subjects of the course. ] Courses are planned within the framework advised by the Regional Steering Committee, by a nursing educationalist, senior nurse administrator and the tutor to the course. [The tutor to the course need not be a regis- tered tutor but must have a knowledge of the principles of teaching. ] By the Regional Nursing Officer and her staff, on notification by employing authorities.