Summary
Hand-written student nurse's notebook written during nursing training at a mental health hospital, Mayday Hills, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1955.
Physical Description
The notes appear to have been written by a nursing student and cover such topics as: Important points to be remembered when giving a soap and water enema; when giving a stom- ach washout; when giving a throat irrigation; when laying out the dead. The notes appear to have been taken by a student training at Mayday Hills Psychiatric Hospital, Beechworth, in the 1950s.
Significance
Example of nursing training undertaken at Victorian mental health hospitals
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mayday Hills Hospital, 01 Oct 1992
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Acknowledgement
Copyright note from Marija Bajic 18/9/2023. 'This object falls under "unpublished manuscript" category of works and its copyright status depends on whether the work has been made public. If it hasn't been made public (communicated to public in any way, including public display) before 1 January 2019 then the copyright lasts Date made + 70 years, but if it has been made public before 1/1/2019, then it's Date made public + 70 years. In any case copyright still applies but given the author is unknown (I didn't see any notes in EMu pertaining to the author) it can be risk managed for MV given it doesn't contain any privacy restricted information. It should be released under All Rights Reserved (except the image of the notebook covers which can be CC BY).' Added by Eloise for Marija.
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Place & Date Used
Mayday Hills Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1955
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Inscriptions
Front pages contain Index and Florence Nightingale Pledge.
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - nursing, Rules & regulations
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
18 cm (Length), 2 cm (Width), 23 cm (Height)
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Dimensions
230 mm (Length), 180 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Mental Health, Mental Health Institutions, Nursing, Psychiatric Hospitals, Training Manuals, Making History - Psych Services
