Active steps have been taken in recent months by the Health Department and hospital authorities to encourage girls to choose nursing as a career, according to advice received by the Auckland Hospital Board. Publicity work has included radio talks and addresses to women’s organisations and to schoolgirls, and arrangements have also been made for parties of girls to visit hospitals. These efforts are claimed to have resulted in a slight increase in the number of applicants, the improvement being marked in some instances, particularly in Wellington.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1939, Page 2
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