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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

(3.) Institutions such as consumptive sanatoria, chronic wards,
fever wards, cottage hospitals, or other subsidiary hospitals under the
control and administration of the Hospital Board and its officers may
be regarded as wards in which practical instruction may be given,
provided—
(a.) That such institutions are managed by a registered nurse ;
(b.) That the time spent by a pupil-nurse away from the main
hospital does not exceed six months.
(4.) There shall be provided for the instruction of pupil-nurses at
every hospital approved as a training-school,—
Model of bony skeleton ;
Suitable diagrams ;
The text-books and reference books as recommended by the
Board ; and
Such other equipment as the Board from time to time may
specify.
(5.) Courses of lectures on the subjects set out in the Second
Schedule hereto and on such other subjects as may be added thereto
by the Board by notice published in the Gazette shall be given by
duly registered medical practitioners, registered nurses, or other
competent instructors approved by the Registrar, and shall be
attended by all pupil-nurses.
(6.) The course of lectures shall as nearly as possible be given
at regular intervals during the three years of training, and unless
otherwise approved by the Board the minimum number in each
year shall be twelve for the first year, eighteen for the second year,
and twenty-four for the third year.
7. (1.) In the course of the training of pupil-nurses the governing
body of the hospital shall cause to be conducted by competent persons
the following examinations at which every pupil-nurse shall present
herself :—
(a.) An examination in elementary anatomy and elementary
physiology, to be held during the term of training after
the end of the first year ;
(b.) An examination in general nursing, medical nursing, surgical
nursing, and hygiene, to be held after the end of not less
than two years and nine months of training ;
(c.) An examination in cookery for invalids, of a standard
approved by the Board, to be held at any time during
the period of training.
(2.) A certificate shall be given by the governing body of the
hospital to every pupil-nurse passing the aforesaid examinations.
8. The governing body of every hospital approved as a training-
school shall in each year prior to the thirty-first day of March cause
to be forwarded to the Registrar on forms provided for the purpose
a report dealing with the year ended on the thirty-first day of
December immediately preceding, and showing—
(a.) The daily average of occupied beds in the hospital during
the year ;
(b.) The names of the teaching staff ;
(c.) The subjects of lectures and the number of lectures delivered
in each course between January and December ;
(d.) The names of the pupil-nurses under training ;
(e.) The date on which each pupil-nurse began her studies ; and
(f.) The names of the pupil-nurses who have attended the lectures
delivered in each subject.

Maternity Nurses.

9. (1.) The governing body of every hospital which desires to
   establish at the hospital a training-school for maternity nurses and to
   have it recognized for the purposes of the said Act shall apply for
   such recognition to the Registrar.
   (2.) No hospital shall be recognized by the Board as a training-
   school for maternity nurses unless—
   (a.) The Matron or Sister in charge of the hospital, if a maternity
   hospital, or of the maternity annexe of the hospital, is
   specially qualified for the training of maternity nurses and
   is approved by the Board ;
   (b.) There can be given at the hospital the course of instruction
   hereinafter referred to ; and
   (c.) The other requirements in regard to the training of maternity
   nurses can be adequately complied with.