New Zealand Gazette – 1930 – No. 51

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✨ Nursing Education and Examination Syllabus



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

FIRST 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, œsophagus, 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: Varities; 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.

General Nursing.

  1. Qualification 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.


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