THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NURSES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 590, 19 August 1909, Page 3

THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NURSES.

Tho question of- professional registration j . formed one of the' most ■ important subjects ] ■ of'<3iscussion during ( the International .C<jp- ] gress of Nurses (says-, an English writer), i . Although tjj'e 1 Premier.has not;seen his-way: • : to-give"much encouragement to. the'deputatim, which Recently put' before him the case. t for registration, it is none the loss certain j that '. registration . must ultimately . conio. in:, y this-as in other ..professions, ■ and. for simitai - - reason's.. . In.the a.resolution was. ( brought before\the International; Council of j Nurses .'at-- its.' second quinqu'enn-ial meeting,• ' held at the Church House/ Westminster, ' ■ on : 'July 19,? urging 'th'aV provision for the; registration of trained nursesshould mado' by tho State, "that-such..registration' should under tho Supervision; of a central professional -authority/ and that: admission , to the register of ; those' who hay© fulnUea . the prescribed' conditions :as ■ : to. training .' siiouw be by the single'portal of-a State"ex- ,• amination." • "■ , , ~, : - ;A. resolution.: congratulated tbo i trained.nurses of those countries.and Stares. 1 ■ in which woman t have; been' l ' granted .!'tno, i 'rights'of citizenshipj" and added that this., t council' is., convinced that the {jossessjon. of; 1 ,the Parliamentary, franchise, which places m r the 'hands of: women] power'and responsibu- t : ity, will raise the. standard; of women sworky 1 . and, .'in'consequence,-increase 'the /profes-- s sional. efficiency of trained ■ _ ; I . Among the subjects of tho debate, in addition- to registration, were;" The Nurse in. J Private Practice,"-''The Nurse. as.Citizen, "The Care of-the'lnsane," "The Relation of ] Nursing and Medicine," "Morality in Rela- ; ' tion-rto' Health.''- and;;" The ■ Nurse; m - the a Mission Field. . a ■ c