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' The Hospital in relation to the patient's home, work and
responsibilities.'
" The practical work was to include one half-day home
visiting with a Health Visitor and one half-day with a Home
Nurse, one half-day at a Welfare Clinic during an Infant Welfare
session and one half-day at a Case Conference to discuss all cases
visited by the student nurses."
Ten student nurses took part and the comments of the
persons concerned are given below :—
Matron, Connaught Hospital :—
" I would like to say that they have appreciated and
enjoyed this Course very much indeed, and they all assure me
that it has. given them a much wider knowledge of the work
done for the patients outside, the Hospital. I feel sure that this
Course will be influential in interesting some Nurses to take
up Health Visiting or Queen's District Nursing after completion
of their general training."
Superintendent Health Visitor :—
" The Student Nurses of Connaught Hospital enjoyed the
lectures and practical work. I was impressed by the great
amount of interest shown by them and the intelligent questions
they asked at the Case Conferences.
" I agree that the Course should prove influential in
interesting certain of the nurses to take up either health visiting
or district nursing and act as a stimulus in that direction.
" Apart from this, it also makes them realise the patient
is not just a bed number with an illness but an individual
having a home, friends and background, which is part of their
lives. To have lasting benefit from treatment in hospital, it is
essential to bring all these into the picture."
Superintendent Home Nurse :—
" The Nurses came and went out with the Queen's Sisters.
All enjoyed their visit and were very interested in the work
of the District Nurses. I am quite sure it will be the means
of encouraging them to take up either health visiting or
district nursing."