The Canadian nurse . it was de-cided to expand the usefulness of theNewsletter prepared regularly by the executive secretary and to curtail pub-lication of The International NursingReview to half-yearly issues at thesame subscription price — in Canada,one dollar a year. Indicative of a new awareness, inboth the national associations and , of the importance of economicsecurity for nurses was the very com-prehensive report of the EconomicWelfare Committee. This special com-mittee was set up in 1947 to collectand interpret information regardingthe salaries, pension schemes, andworking co
The Canadian nurse . it was de-cided to expand the usefulness of theNewsletter prepared regularly by the executive secretary and to curtail pub-lication of The International NursingReview to half-yearly issues at thesame subscription price — in Canada,one dollar a year. Indicative of a new awareness, inboth the national associations and , of the importance of economicsecurity for nurses was the very com-prehensive report of the EconomicWelfare Committee. This special com-mittee was set up in 1947 to collectand interpret information regardingthe salaries, pension schemes, andworking conditions of graduate is interesting to note that Canadawas the only .member country thatdoes not have a recognized pensionplan available to all nurses. It is im-possible to present a complete sum-mary of this 56-page report, but itwill be valuable for reference pur-poses. A new avenue of study to beconsidered during the next quadren-nium is the question of compensationfor nurses who contract tuberculosis. Committee Chairmen 688 Vol 49. No. 9 A THE IN BRAZIL during the course of their work. The liveliest discussion of the wholemeeting centred around the report ofthe Exchange of Nurses chief point at issue was: Shouldnurses be reasonably fluent in the lan-guage of the new country in whichthey wish to work before they journeythence? Majority, opinion decided thatin order to understand the doctorsorders and to interpret them to thepatients adequately, the nurse musteither have a good working knowledgeof the language or be willing to acceptthe status and salary of an auxiliarynurse until such language proficiencywas acquired. Margaret Kruse, chair-man of the committee, countered,Come to Denmark with your ownlanguage and we will teach you Dan-ish! It was stressed throughout thatnurses wishing to work in a countryother than their own should write totheir national association office forinformation regarding the ways oflife, the history and cultur
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