Pride and revelation : stories from Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum / [Janie] Elizabeth Anne Mason.

Signed by the author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.

Janie Mason’s new book ‘Pride and Revelation - Stories from Charles Darwin University’s Nursing museum’ looks back on the history of nursing and details the personal stories of various nursing identities. The Northern Territory has a long history of training its own nurses with general nursing training commencing at Darwin’s first hospital in 1928 and continuing at Darwin’s second hospital at Myilly Point. In 1987 Darwin Community College began a new nursing program for Division 1 Registered Nurses with training then ceasing at Royal Darwin Hospital in 1988. In Alice Springs, the training of division two registered nurses (Enrolled Nurses) began at the hospital in the mid-1970s before ceasing in the late 1980s. From 1996 nursing students had access to Vocational Education and Training (VET) nursing courses for care attendants and Division 2 registration [Enrolled Nurses] at Northern Territory University. Today, CDU offers a range of higher education and VET courses in nursing and midwifery to train Territory nurses and continue the Territory’s long nursing history. It also looks at the history of CDU’s Nursing Museum, which was opened in 1987, with the book including photos to capture the various artefacts the museum holds.