Sketch of the history & progress of district nursing : from its commencement in the year 1859 to the present date, including the foundation by the "Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute" for nursing the poor in their own homes / by William Rathbone ; with an introduction by Florence Nightingale.

  • Rathbone, William, 1819-1902.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Sketch of the history & progress of district nursing : from its commencement in the year 1859 to the present date, including the foundation by the "Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute" for nursing the poor in their own homes / by William Rathbone ; with an introduction by Florence Nightingale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    enable a nurse to be placed on the roll, it may interest the public to know in detail the reasons for such con- ditions, and the steps by which the required proficiency can be attained, as the preparation for district nursing differing in some ways from the preparation for private nursing or Hospital appointments. The primary object of the Queen’s Institute is the efficient nursing of the poor in their own homes. We must, therefore, consider what is the training necessary to fit nurses for these special duties. In regard to the first condition {a) Training at some approved General Hospital or Infirmary for not less than one year, it would be desirable for all those intending to become district nurses, and especially for those intending to become district superintendents, to have obtained a Hospital certificate. In many Hospitals this means two or three years’ service. In those cases where the district nurse can only have one year’s Hospital training, this year should be spent as far as possible with a view to what is specially necessary to district work. It would be advisable to divide the year somewhat as follows:— Three months in surgical and three rnonths in medical wards, evenly divided among men, women, and children j