Draft Evidence by the Nursing Advisory Committee of the Trades Union Congress on nursing conditions & recruitment
1938-03-02 1938 1930s 9 pages - 2 - and consist of subjects (such as anatomy, physiology, hygiene, theory of nursing, first-aid, etc.,) which would assist in suiting them for the profession. (b) Previous training in special or children's hospitals should be recognised up to the Preliminary...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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2 March 1938
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| Summary: | 1938-03-02
1938
1930s
9 pages
- 2 - and consist of subjects (such as anatomy, physiology, hygiene, theory of nursing, first-aid, etc.,) which would assist in suiting them for the profession. (b) Previous training in special or children's hospitals should be recognised up to the Preliminary State Examination, provided satisfactory evidence of such service is produced. (c) Whilst the majority of girls who leave school to enter another profession are usually content to remain in that profession after they have reached the age of 18, it may well be that many of them will be attracted towards a modernised nursing service. Local Authorities, in those towns and cities in which a hospital training school is situated, should be encouraged to hold evening classes in the above subjects in order to stimulate any desire which may be felt for entry into the profession. (d) The majority of entrants into the profession are stated to come from rural or semi-rural districts. We consider that many of the young women resident in towns in which hospital training schools are situated, would be more attracted to the profession if they were allowed to live at home. We feel that this is a reform which is urgently needed not only for Probationers but also for other nurses and that this demand will have to be met in greater volume during the next few years. (e) The present tendency, with which we agree, is to recruit more ward maids for performing the more menial sections of nursing duties. Amongst many of these maids are girls who would make excellent nurses, and we consider that opportunities should be given to suitable ward maids to enter the profession as Student Nurses. Prevention of Wastage. 6. One obvious means of rectifying the existing shortage of Nurses is, of course, to present [prevent] the astonishing wastage which takes place, particularly during the first year of training. We agree with the estimate that about 30 per cent of probationer nurses either leave or are dismissed at the end of the first year, and that roughly 50 per cent only remain for the 3 years period of training. 7. This state of affairs by itself is the severest possible condemnation of the existing system. We know of no other profession which has to face up to a wastage of this description during the training period. Obviously something is radically wrong with the conditions of service. In this connection it is probably best to let the nurses speak for themselves. Conditions of Service. 8. A Nursing Journal recently held a plebiscite of its readers on the question "how can conditions in our Profession be improved". This attempt to obtain the views of the
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