Northern Ireland Region Schools Timeline - 1974 |
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Central School of
Psychiatric & Special Care Nursing Belfast |
In 1974 the Northern Ireland Region's central School of Psychiatric & Special Care Nursing was based at Belfast. This school had training places places for XX SRN and XX RMN student nurses plus XX SEN (XX) pupil nurses per year. There was no record of a hospital cadet/cadet nurse to help feed recruitment. |
All were part of the then still mushrooming growth of the NHS following its inception in1948. An NHS which was to cater for all. Cradle to the grave. An NHS attempting to cover almost all known medical conditions. Not surprising then that since that beginning there had developed a plethora of nursing specialties, some sub-divided into highly specialized categories, all designed to meet particular needs. The nurses to meet those needs - General, Sick Children's, Mental, and Mental Subnormality Nurses, were all, by 1974, being trained under the auspices of the General Nursing Councils. One for England and Wales; one for Scotland; and one for Northern Ireland.
Purdysburn Hospital Downshire hospital Downe Hospital Quoile Hospital Hollywell Hospital Muckamore Abbey Windsor House Lissue Hospital |
SRN/RMN RMN RNMS SEN (XX) |
*X Figures sought. Postcode Sought. | |
This 1974 timeline is about the
Central School of Psychiatric and Special Care Nursing, which trained the
vast majority of nurses who then initially practiced in the area. About the courses. About
the students who followed them to become registered nurses. About the awards
they gained on the way. About their teachers, including ward staff. About the
hospitals. About nursing practice. Above all it is about the reality of the
practice of nurse education and training in the '70's. Perhaps you were one of
them. If so why not tell us all about it on our forum. Welcome!!
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