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Combined Graduation at Ngawhatu
For the first time, psychopaedic and psychiatric nurses at the Braemar and Ngawhatu hospitals, took part in a combined graduation ceremony last month. Five of them were psychopaedic nurses, and three were psychiatric nurses. The ceremony was held in the gardens of the medical superintendent at Ngawhatu, Dr W. O'Reilly, and the gardens were also the setting for an afternoon tea which followed the ceremony.
Staff Nurse J. Nock
Staff Nurse J. Holmes
Staff Nurse E. Ward
Staff Nurse N. Ely
Staff Nurse J. Blackie
Staff Nurse P. McLennan
Staff Nurse P. Lock
Staff Nurse P. Ferguson
Officials at the function: Mrs M. L. Campbell, Mr B. Pahl (head male nurse, Braemar), Miss B. A. Gleadow (matron of training school), Mrs Shirley M. Bohm (director of the division of nursing), who gave the address and presented medals and certificates, and Dr and Mrs O'Reilly.