Mental Nursing in British Columbia

There is one school of psychiatric nursing which is at the provincial mental hospital, and works through two main teaching methods. These are, first, dividing the class into small groups, to discuss lectures and prepare for classes. Secondly, ward practice, which correlates classroom and clinical learning, and helps tutors and nursing staff to appreciate what the students are learning and what they should have the opportunity to practice. Nurses train for two academic years, of three terms each, including a thrse-month period with one of the schools for the subnormal. The training programme has a variety of aims, including the development of perception of human needs and the use of the nurse's personality