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The Royal Victorian College of Nursing was first constituted in 1901 as the Victorian Trained Nurses' Association. Its role was to improve and protect nursing by registering trained nurses, to introduce a uniform curriculum of training and examination, to look after the welfare of nurses by establishing a benefit scheme and generally to promote the interests of nurses. The prefix 'Royal' was obtained by Royal Charter in 1904 from Edward VII.
In 1934 the RVTNA changed its name to the Royal Victorian College of Nursing which reflected its greater involvement with nursing education. It had transferred its role of registering nurses to the Governments' Victorian Nursing Council in 1924.
In October 1975 the Royal Victorian College of Nursing amalgamated with the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), which had previously been the RANF Employees' Section or the body which represented the industrial aims of nurses. They now formed the new Royal Australian Nursing Federation, Victorian Branch. The Royal prefix was dropped both federally and in Victoria in the 1980s.
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Melbourne. Published by the Royal Victorian College of Nursing, Infant Welfare Section
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