. The Canadian nurse . of nursing care. Cold, hardfacts, at the best of times are unkind,crude and very revealing, but usuallyare honest. In any commodity that one plans topurchase and use, there are two mainfactors — quality and is always foremost. Thequantity required depends on thecommodity — the type of use, thelength of time of use, the amount ofuse, and the durability in use. Howcan the commodity of nursing carebe measured ? First, let us look at the quality ofnursing care. The nurses of Canadahave already taken an honest look atthe quality of nurse that they feelwould b
. The Canadian nurse . of nursing care. Cold, hardfacts, at the best of times are unkind,crude and very revealing, but usuallyare honest. In any commodity that one plans topurchase and use, there are two mainfactors — quality and is always foremost. Thequantity required depends on thecommodity — the type of use, thelength of time of use, the amount ofuse, and the durability in use. Howcan the commodity of nursing carebe measured ? First, let us look at the quality ofnursing care. The nurses of Canadahave already taken an honest look atthe quality of nurse that they feelwould best give adequate nursing carein Canada. This has been done throughthe Pilot Project for the Evaluationof Schools of Nursing in Canada on which much has been said and impending follow-up of thisproject by our National Association ismost gratifying. Already study andtask groups are hard at work to put inaction the recommendations of moreimmediate concern, as presented byMiss Helen K. Mussallem, in Spot-. Taylor MAY. 1961 • VOL. 57. No. 5 433 light on Nursing Education. The qual-ity of the commodity nursing care isbeing attacked with vision, precision,knowledge and experience by our keywomen in nursing education and nur-sing service across Canada. A survey of the quality and thequantity of the commodity of nursingcare is being made this year not onlyin Alberta but, I understand, in Mani-toba as well. Although these surveysare government sponsored and con-trolled, the nurse and her professionalassociation are well represented. Thesesurveys are preliminary steps. Thematerial, facts and knowledge of situa-tions, gathered in this way, are to forma basis for future study of the needsof nursing care. In the meantime, a study of thequantity of nursing care required maybe done at local level by any individualor groups of individuals concerned,using their own methods, their ownknowledge and experience in order toapply it to their situation. A directorof nursing, superint
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