TERTIARY LEVEL INSTITUTIONS UNIT
PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING - DOMINICA
Princess Margaret School of Nursing
Goodwill
COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA
Telephone:(767) 448-2231-2
Fax:(767) 448-6086
February 1999
Brief Description of the Princess Margaret Hospital School of Nursing - Dominica
The teaching of Nursing Education started as an apprentice type system of training at the Princess Margaret Hospital in 1959. Matron Francisca Dorival gave practical lectures on the ward and Ms Dorothy Harrison delivered classroom type lectures.
In 1962, the Government of Dominica requested the services of Mrs Gertrude Swaby, a Jamaican nurse, to assess the performance of the nurses in Dominica. Based on her report the government decided in the same year (1962) to establish the School of Nursing at the Princess Margaret Hospital. The School was headed by a religious Sister called Sister Marie Rudolph a Belgian, trained in England.
The Mission
The mission of the Princess Margaret Hospital School of Nursing is to facilitate the preparation of efficient graduate nurses to provide preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative care to individuals and families in a variety of health care settings. The programme is available to both males and females and non-nationals between the ages of 18 and 35.
Source: Princess Margaret Hospital School of Nursing
TLIU April 1998
PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING - DOMINICA
STUDENT ENROLMENT BY PROGRAMME
REGISTERED NURSES
1994-1997
YEAR |
GENDER |
NURSING EDUCATION |
TOTAL |
1994/97 |
M |
1 |
1 |
F |
24 |
24 |
|
T |
25 |
25 |
Sources: Princess Margaret Hospital School of Nursing
TLIU April 1998
PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING - DOMINICA
STUDENT ENROLMENT BY PROGRAMME
NURSE ASSISTANT/MIDWIFERY
1996-1997
YEAR |
GENDER |
NURSING ASSISTANTS |
MIDWIVES |
| 1996/97 | M |
- |
- |
F |
21 |
12 |
|
Total |
21 |
43 |
Note: No student intake for 1991/92 and 1994/95
Sources: Princess Margaret Hospital School of Nursing
TLIU April 1998
PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING - DOMINICA
INFORMATION ON PROGRAMMES
| PROGRAMME | ENTRY REQUIREMENTS |
| Level I - Basic Nursing | 4 CXC or GCE in English and Maths, Science |
| Level II - Nursing Assistant | 3 CXC or GCE English & Science, Maths |
| Primary Care | 3 CXC or GCE English & Science, Maths |
| Mental Health | 3 CXC or GCE English & Science, Maths |
| Post Basic Midwifery | Registered Nurse and 2 Years experience |
Sources: Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI) 1992
Princess Margaret Hospital School of NursingTLIU April 1998