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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    (See paragraph 38) AND CHARGE NURSES etc., available. A. OUTLINE OF COURSE Duration Object Content Available experience Instruction Facilities for study Tutor to the course Selection of students B. SYLLABUS Two weeks (10 days) To give some formal training to Ward Sisters and Charge Nurses already in post in the administrative and teaching aspects of their post. The course covers subjects related to the admin- istrative and teaching functions of Ward Sisters and Charge Nurses. It includes study of the hospital in relation to the Health Services and 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. Visits and projects are undertaken. [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 which includes 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, a senior nurse administrator and the tutor to the course. [The tutor to the course need not be a registered tutor but must have a knowledge of the prin- ciples of teaching. ] By the Regional Nursing Officer and her staff, on notification by employing authorities.