How to become a nurse : the nursing profession : how and where to train, being a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of nurse training schools in the United Kingdom and abroad and an outline of the prinicipal laws affecting nurses, etc. / edited by Sir Henry Burdett, K.C.B.

Date:: [1905?]

Credit: How to become a nurse : the nursing profession : how and where to train, being a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of nurse training schools in the United Kingdom and abroad and an outline of the prinicipal laws affecting nurses, etc. / edited by Sir Henry Burdett, K.C.B. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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amination. Recreation, 2^ hours daily ; half-day alternate Sundays; 2 weeks’ holiday yearly for probationers; 3 weeks’ holiday for sisters. Premium, nil. Salary, 1st year, nil; 2nd year, £12; 3rd year, £21. Sisters, £26 to £35. Laundry and indoor uniform are provided. Out- door uniform is not provided. Nurses and probationers do not have separate bedrooms. lYlanchester.—Chorlton Union Infirmary, West Didsby. Beds, 750. Lady Superintendent ; Assistant Matron ; Home Sister ; 1 Night Superintendent; 10 Sisters ; 65 Probationers. Applications average 100 and vacancies 18 yearly. After a personal interview (when possible) and 3 months’ trial, appli- cants are received for 3 years’ training (the trial months counting as part of that period). Candidates must produce evidence as to character, education and health. Lectures are given by the matron and medical staff on anatomy, physiology, pathology and by the assistant matron on nursing. A course of sick cookery is given. Examinations are held 4 times yearly. A certificate is granted on satisfactorily completing engagement and passing examination. Re- creation, 2 hours daily (sisters, 2J hours) ; half-day weekly ; 1 day monthly; 2 weeks’ holiday annually; (sisters, 3 weeks). Salary, 1st year, £12; 2nd year, £16 ; 3rd year, £20 ; sisters, £30 to £35. Laundry and indoor uniform provided. Each nurse and probationer have a separate bedroom. lYlanchester. —Crumpsall Infirmary. Beds, 1350. Lady Superintendent ; First Assistant Superintendent ; Second Assist. Superintendent; 1 Home Sister; 2 Night Superintendents. 20 Charge Nurses; 60 Nurses ; 20 Yearly Pupils. After a personal interview and 3 months’ trial, applicants are re- ceived for 3 years’ training. Candidates should be between 22 and 32 years of age, and must produce satisfactory evidence as to character, education, health and physique. Lectures are given by the resident medical officers and the superintendents. A certificate is granted on satisfactorily completing engagement and passing final examination. Recreation, 2 hours daily (sisters 3J hours); 3 half-days monthly (sisters 1 long day in addition); 3 weeks’ holiday yearly. Salary, 1st year, £8 ; 2nd year, £12; 3rd year, £20. Charge nurses, £28 to £34. Laundry and indoor uniform provided. Each nurse and probationer has a separate bedroom. Paying Probationers are also received between the age of 22 and 36 years for 12 months’ training, during which time they act as assistant nurses. Applicants have to come for 1 month on trial. A certificate is

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