3450

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 86

SECOND SCHEDULE.

INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE FOR NURSES, AND SYLLABUS OF SUBJECTS
FOR EXAMINATION UNDER THE NURSES AND MIDWIVES REGIS-
TRATION ACT, 1925.

Elements of Anatomy.

1. GENERAL structure of human body: Systems of body.

2. Osseous system: Number of bones; names; structure; classi-
   fication.

3. Articulatory system: Joints, definition of; classification; struc-
   ture; movements; levers of body.

4. Muscular system: Voluntary muscles—structure, uses; names
   and position of chief muscles of body; involuntary muscles—
   structure, uses ; where found.

5. Circulatory system: Uses and composition of the blood; general
   sketch of systemic, pulmonary, and portal circulations; organs
   of circulation; names and position of chief arteries and veins;
   thoracic duct and lymphatic circulation.

6. Respiratory system: Anatomy of various parts; anatomy of
   various organs in chest cavity, and position.

7. Digestive system: Mouth, tongue, teeth, pharynx, œsophagus,
   stomach; small and large intestine; liver; pancreas; salivary
   glands; peritoneum; position of various abdominal and pelvic
   organs; processes of digestion.

8. Secretory system: Names of glands; position.

9. Excretory system: Structure and functions of the skin, kidneys,
   ureters, bladder, and urethra.

10. Nervous system: Brain, its main divisions and coverings; spinal
    cord and its coverings; nerves, their structure; reflex action.

11. Organs of special sense: Eye, ear, nose.

Elements of Physiology.

1. Structure and uses of epithelium, connective tissue, adipose tissue,
   cartilage: Bone; tooth; tendon, ligament.

2. Muscle: Varieties; muscular movement; relation of muscles to
   nerves.

3. Circulatory system: Blood, its colour, composition, temperature,
   and uses; coagulation; heart, its structure and mode of action;
   heart sounds; cardiac impulse; frequency of heart's action;
   influence of age, posture, &c., on heart's action; arteries,
   veins, and capillaries, uses and structure of; pulse; sketch of
   course of circulation.

4. Respiratory system: Respiration, definition; respiratory ap-
   paratus with structure of each part; mechanism of respiration;
   respiratory rhythm; respiratory sounds; quantity of air re-
   spired; types of respiration; changes in air by respiration;
   changes in blood during respiration; conditions of gases in
   blood; regulation of respiration; apnoea; dyspnoea; asphyxia.

5. Digestive system: Classification of foods; object of digestion,
   mastication, and swallowing; secretory glands, with uses of
   their secretions; structure and position of various digestive
   organs; sketch of digestive process; absorption.

6. Secretion and excretion: Definition; differences between secreting
   organs; excretory organs—structure of kidney; urine; struc-
   ture and uses of skin.

7. Animal heat: Temperature of body; loss and gain of heat in
   body; regulation of body temperature.

8. Nervous system: Functions of cerebrum, cerebellum, pons, and
   medulla; afferent and efferent nerves; functions of spinal
   cord; reflex action.

General Nursing.

1. Qualifications of a nurse, and her limitations.

2. Ethics of nursing—i.e., nurse's duty to the patients, doctor,
   matron, patients' relatives, other nurses, and herself.

3. Bedmaking; washing and care of patient; sponging fever patients;
   moving to second bed.

4. How to take temperature, pulse, and respiration.

5. Administration of food, medicines, powders, and nauseous draughts.

6. Administration of enemata.

7. Baths—hot-air, steam, medicated.

8. How to report cases.

9. External applications: Poultices, fomentations, packs, blisters,
   leeches, strapping, &c.

10. Hypodermic medication.

11. Bed-sores, prevention and cure; handling and moving of helpless
    patients; uses of hot bottles, sand-bags, bed-cradles.

12. Consideration of personality of patient.

13. Invalid cookery; household hygiene.