Introductory Information Packs for Student Nurses

Date:
c.1960s
Reference:
DGH1/6/13/3/4
Part of:
Records of Crichton Royal Hospital
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Four sets of information packs issued to student nurses containing various leaflets and information sheets relating to the study of psychiatric nursing, a career in nursing, and the different wards and services at Crichton Royal Hospital and its history. The material comprises: 1) Crichton Royal School of Nursing brochure, 1960s (see DGH1/6/13/3/3) 2) Map of the hospital grounds, 1960s 3) Leaflet about Crichton Royal Hospital, September 1965 4) 'The Early History of Crichton Royal' by James Harper, reprinted booklet from the Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, vol. XXXIII, 1954-1955 5) 'Dr W. A. F. Browne. A Biographical Sketch' by James Harper, article, c.1960 (further copy in DGH1/6/16/13) 6) 'Crichton Royal Memorial Church', information sheet, n.d. 7) Copy of the text of Elizabeth Crichton's Dedicatory Prayer read at the laying of the foundation stone of Crichton Royal Institution on 20 June 1835 (original prayer found in DGH1/1/2/2) 8) 'Recreational Therapy in Crichton Royal', information sheet, n.d. 9) 'Social Therapy at Crichton Royal', information sheet, n.d. 10) 'Crichton Royal Hospital Children's Unit', information sheet, n.d. 11) 'Crichton Royal Hospital Industrial Therapy Unit', information leaflet, n.d. 10) 'Occupational Therapy in the rehabilitation of the Psychiatric Geriatric Patient at Crichton Royal, Dumfries', article by K. Beresford-Cooke, 1964. (further copy DGH1/6/16/10) 11) 'Psychiatric Geriatric Assessment Unit, Crichton Royal Mental Hospital', information sheet, August 1965 12) 'Aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry, Haematology, Nutrition and Cancer in Old Age - The Practice of a Psychiatric Geriatric Unit', by R. A. Robinson (Psychiatrist in charge of setting up geriatric unit at Crichton Royal Hospital under Dr Harper in 1958), n.d. 13) 'Some Problems of Clinical Trials in Elderly People', by R. A. Robinson, n.d. (further copy DGH1/6/16/13) 14) Galloway House wards procedure details, information sheet by Sister A. Gibson, n.d. 15) 'Hospice - Ward Layout', by H. Baird, article, n.d. (further copy DGH1/6/16/13) 16) 'Nurse Psychiatric Social Worker', John McDonald, R.G.N., Charge Nurse, Crichton Royal, Dumfries, describes his work giving after care to mentally ill patients, n.d. (further copy DGH1/6/16/13) 17) 'Community Aspects of Mental Health, Observations on recent Legislation', by J. Owens, Research Fellow, Crichton Royal, reprinted from Health Bulletin, vol. xix, no. 3, July 1961 18) 'Observations by Deputy Sister Lesley Miliken during the three weeks which she spent working in the outside community', information sheet, n.d. 19 ) 'Clinical Therapy in the Psychiatric Geriatric Unit', paper presented at 'Vervolmakingskursus voor Geriatrie', Sint-Idesbald-aan-zee, Belgium, author unknown, June 1962 20) 'Challenge of Therapeutic Community, Psychiatry and Hospital Treatment' article by a Consultant Psychiatrist, n.d. 21) 'Prisoners of Neglect', by Peter Townsend (author of 'The Last Refuge', a survey of residential institutions and homes for the aged, published in 1962), reprinted article in the 'Sunday Observer', Weekend Review, 5 April 1964 22) 'Mental Health Legislation', by James Harper, article, n.d. (further copy DGH1/6/16/13) 23) 'Spiritual Therapy: Modern Medicine's Newest Ally', information sheet, n.d. 24) 'Sketches', poem by Ben Burroughs, n.d. 25) 'The Beatitudes of One Who Is Old', poem, author unknown, n.d. 26) Scottish Association for Mental Health Annual Report 1965-66 27) 'Mental Deficiency Retrospect and Prospect' by Ronald C. MacGillivray (Physician Superintendent of Lennox Castle and Lecturer in Mental Deficiency in the University of Glasgow), based on an address given to the Edinburgh Association for Mental Welfare, June 1962, booklet 28) 'Mental Health, How the Community Can Help', booklet issued by the Scottish Home and Health Department, 1966 29) 'Surely the Most Rewarding Job in the World', booklet prepared for the Scottish Home and Health Department by the Central Office of Information, October 1965 30) 'Twenty Questions about Nursing in Scotland', booklet prepared for the Scottish Home and Health Department by the Central Office of Information, September 1966 31) 'A career for men and women, Psychiatric Nursing of mentally ill or mentally deficient people', booklet prepared for the Scottish Home and Health Department by the Central Office of Information, February 1967 32) 'Proud badge of service, a close look at the rewarding job of an Enrolled Nurse', booklet prepared for the Scottish Home and Health Department by the Central Office of Information, September 1965 33) 'Men in professional Nursing, a career with status and prospects', booklet prepared by the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Central Office of Information, August 1966 The packs do not all contain the same leaflets, but a mixture of the above.

Publication/Creation

c.1960s

Physical description

1 folder

Copyright note

Enquiries for reproduction for commercial purposes should be directed to the Archivist, Dumfries and Galloway Archives and Local Studies

Terms of use

The papers are available at Dumfries and Galloway Archives subject to conditions of UK Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and NHS Records Management Code of Practice 2012. Subject to these restrictions, this material is being digitised by the University of Glasgow as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project. Material that is digitised will be accessed freely online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.

Ownership note

These packs were originally housed in a box file, 'College of Nursing: file of introductory references for students - Audrey Kelly, Director of Nurse Education.

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