. The Canadian nurse . sing,as part of the basic course. Two casestudies, done by students shortly aftertheir affiliated course, showing how theyhad learned to apply psychiatric teach-ing to general nursing, were read. ThePrivate Duty Section reported thatprogress is noted in the definite accept-ance of the eight-hour day in centreswhere the plan is adopted, and in thepursuit of post-graduate studies in psy-chiatric nursing, pediatrics, obstetricsand laboratory work. Excellent reportsfrom the District Associations were pre-sented by their chairmen. The Membership Committee re-ported that the n


. The Canadian nurse . sing,as part of the basic course. Two casestudies, done by students shortly aftertheir affiliated course, showing how theyhad learned to apply psychiatric teach-ing to general nursing, were read. ThePrivate Duty Section reported thatprogress is noted in the definite accept-ance of the eight-hour day in centreswhere the plan is adopted, and in thepursuit of post-graduate studies in psy-chiatric nursing, pediatrics, obstetricsand laboratory work. Excellent reportsfrom the District Associations were pre-sented by their chairmen. The Membership Committee re-ported that the number of renewals re-ceived to date in 1939 exceeded thoseduring the previous year, thus indicat-ing a keener interest in the Associa-tion and in their individual responsibilityto their professional organization amongthose who had allowed their member-ship to lapse. The Committee in connection withthe Administration of the PermanentEducation Fund reported that, duringthe past three years, nine loans had been JUNE, 1939. Constance E. Brewster President) Registered Nurses Associationof Ontario granted to the total amount of$2, To be eligible to make ap-plication for a loan, a nurse must be amember of the Association for at leastone year. One of the changes in thepolicy of the administration of this Fundadopted by the general meeting was, inorder that the Fund be systematicallybuilt up, that in 1940 each member betaxed twenty-five cents as an experi-ment towards raising funds, for oneyear only. A report presented by the convenerof the Committee on Economic Secur-ity for Nurses showed that a carefulstudy of this question was being contributions received in 1939towards the Florence Nightingale Me-morial Fund amounted to $ committee announced that movingpictures taken by Miss McCorquodale,an International student at Bedford 319 320 THE CANADIAN NURSE College last year, were available andmay be rented by nursing organizationsor schools of nurses. We recommend


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