The Registered Nurses’
Association of British Columbia
will ask Minister of Health
Dennis Cocke to assign a

registered nurse consultant to .

conduct a pilot project in
psychiatric nursing con-
sultative services,

The RNABC Board of °

‘Directors also decided at a
meeting = in Vancouver
November 16 to request that the
project be conducted in
cooperation with the RNABC.
: Following assessment of the
need for consultative services in
psychiatric nursing, the nurse

) the
herald

implement the service in
general hospitals and com-
munily mental health centres in
British Columbia.
The nurse consultant and the
RNABEC also would explore the
need for a multidisciplinary
consultative service...
(The RNABC provides a
consultative service te nursing
service departments of B.C.

‘hospitals, The total cost of this

heavily used service, designed
to improve nursing care in
hospitals, is covered by the
RNAEC). 7 .

Sexism in social. work

75 soclal workers. meeting
Friday evening (November 15,
1974) and Saturday November
16th, 1974 at the School of Social
Work; -University ‘of Brilish
Columbia, were challenged by
MLA Rosemary Brown ' and
Professor Mary Schwartz of
Buffalo, New York, to look at
sexism in. social work, They
were urged to recognize and
join logether to eliminate sexist
‘social: policies which ‘oppress’
both women in the profession
and women clients. Such al-
litudes are perpetuated in social
work education, treatment ‘of
clients and personnel practices
within the social work
profession.

Friday evening; MLA
Rosemary Erown urged the
group to consider the degree lo
which the profession has in-
ternalized sterotyped sexual
conditioning into ils
curriculum, : practice and in-
ternal power structure. She
urged secial workers to con-
sider -politics as a, valid
professional role in which to
pursue social change on behalf
of their.clients and she outlined

‘the: landmarks in social
legislation enacted by the
N.DP. since coming. (a power.
While stating more needed to be
done, she underlined thal it has

been women wha have received

., Major benefit by such programs
“as~~Mireome; ~~“ hmproved

f -
daycare, humane social

assisiance programs,
preventative. programs to
support families and ex-
periments for women seerching
for more fulfilling life styles
through. such programs a5
Transition House.

Saturday, the workshop heard
social work educator Mary Sch-
wartz of Buffalo identify the
irony of a traditionally
‘womens’ profession'’
repeating in its awn training,
practice and leadership, the
sexist bias of the North
American culture, She called.
upon women social workers to
recognize the problems, lo
begin to share thelr dilemmas
with each other and support
each other in working toward a
reform of social work
educational institutions, social
services and the professional
association.

The workshop . participants ~

discussed in‘ detail issues and
policies affecting woman social

workers and clients and ap-

proved resolutions for further
action. The sponsoring bodies
of the workshop were the B.C.
Association of Social Workers,
the Continuing Education
Department of the School: of
Social Work and the. School's
Student Association, who will be
organizing further actlon as a

~~ pesult of these meetings.” *.°<-

_-, praise to God.

In other action the Board of
Directors named Joanne Perry
lo represent the RNABC on a

. B.C, Medical Centre committee

lo review the need for establish-

ment of program for.

respiratory technologists. Miss
Perry is a respiratory clinical
nurse specialist formerly on
staff at St. Paul's Hospital and
now a student in‘ the master's
nursing. program al the
University of British Columbia.
’ The Board also named
Heather F, Clarke, R.N.
assistant professor in. the
department of health care and
epidemiclogy of the facully of
medicine al UBC, ta chaira new
RNABC Committee on Health

“Light a Candle for:

~ Mental

In a brief. ceremony. held
loday in the Legislative
Buildings the Honourable
Dennis Cocke, Minister of

* Health, addded his support to

the current membership. drive
of the Canadian Mental Health
Association (B.C, Division).

Mr. Cocke was presented with
his membership card by Mr.
Douglas Carter, the
Association's Executive

Director, together, with a

candle, which is symbolic of the
Associalion’s ‘present theme,
“Light a Candle for. Mental
Health.” oo
Mr. Cocke spoke highly of the

™G00D WORD
from the Bible SP

And Jesus said to him,
receive your sight! Your
faith has saved. you. And
immediately he receivad his
sight and'followad him,glo-
rifying God. And when they
saw it, all the people gave

* Quesnel; Elise Clarke,
. Kelowna; Ella D. Fraser, Fert

Care Delivery.

. Other members who will be

inviled to act on the committee
are Gloria L. Healy and
Stephany Grasset of Van-
couyer; Inez M. Jacques of

St. John; and Jean M. Alex,
Vieloria, .

One of the first lasks of the
committee will be ta suggest
ways lo improve com-
munication between the

RNABC and nursing. -

‘representatives ‘on health
planning and advisory com-
_Mmittees of: health care
organizations and agencies,

Health” |

significant contributions made -

by the CMHA in the fields of
research, prevention, treat-
ment and rehabilitation. “I
encourage everyone in British
Columbia who has an interest in
Mental Health, and who could
like (to support ongoing
programs, to take out a
membership during this current
campaign,” the Minister said.
Mr. Carter explained that the
candles used in the drive were
made by volumteers and
mentally handicdpped persons
in workshops located in Van-
couver, Quesnel, Kelowna and
* Kamloops. The workshops are
sponsored by the Canadian
Mental Health Association and
provide rehabilitalive training,
enabling the individual to be
productive and gain a measure
of self-reliance,

A message wrapped around

each candle says, ‘“Thisis a gift ~

to .you for joining with the
Canadian Mental Health
Association, in combatting

mental illness ‘and promoting -
good mental health in. your:
oe, community and throughout . __

~ "Lokecl a: 42,43¢~” Biltish Columbia, Sipps

The Terrace Rotary Club for its i4th
Annual Radio-TV Auction over the ~.
. facilities of CFTK Radio-TV and
Above Rotary Past
President Bert Goulet accepts a gift
from Mr. Fred Taylor of Taylor's.
Men's Wear (formerly Don's Mens
. Wear). The firm donated a suit valued
_at $175. which ‘will be auctioned on’
Saturday November 30. The auction
goes on from 8:00 p.m. Friday evening
lay evening.

editor
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