South East Metropolitan Region Schools Timeline - 1974 |
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Dartford and Darenth
School of Nursing Kent |
In 1974 the South East
Metropolitan Region's Dartford and Darenth School
of Nursing was based at Darenth Park Hospital, Dartford, Kent DA2
6LZ. This school had training places places for
21 Combined RMN/RNMS students, 48 SRN, 15 RMN, 18 RNMS student nurses plus
90 SEN (60* General + 14 Psychiatric MI + 16 Psychiatric MS)
pupil nurses per year. There was also a cadet nurse scheme with
24 places 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.
Darenth Park Hospital Stone House Hospital Mabledon Hospital Joyce Green Hospital West Hill Hospital |
SRN RMN RMN/RNMH SEN (Psychiatric MI) and (PsychiatricMS) |
NB. Pro-forma badges - will be replaced with actual asap. | |
This 1974 timeline is about the
The Dartford and Darenth School of 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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