New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 53

Page 2101

✨ Nurses and Midwives Training Regulations



JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2101

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

Elements of Anatomy.

  1. General structure of human body: Systems of body.
  2. Osseous system: Nature of bones; names; structure; classification; principal bones.
  3. Articulatory system: Joints, definition of; classification; structure: 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: 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, oesophagus, stomach; small and large intestine; liver; pancreas, salivary glands; peritoneum; position of various abdominal and pelvic organs.
  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.
  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 apparatus with structure of each part; mechanism of respiration; respiratory rhythm; 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; structure and uses of skin.
  7. The ductless glands and their functions.
  8. Animal heat: Temperature of body; loss and gain of heat in body; regulation of body temperature.
  9. Nervous system: Functions of cerebrum, cerebellum, pons, and medulla; afferent and efferent nerves; functions of spinal cord; reflex action.


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🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 June 1928
Nurses, Midwives, Training, Regulations, Hospitals, Recognition, Revocation