In a previous post Dr D indicates (in previous threads) that on odd occasions, duty nursing staff may have to witness a caning. Knowing quite a few nurses, I find it hard to imagine any of them even remotely agreeing to either attend or allow such a thing to happen. Maybe Australian nurses are of a different breed entirely, even the younger ones?
Possibly – it may be, at least, that the type who wind up as nurses in schools, especially highly traditional boys schools are. Our Matron is certainly a supporter of corporal punishment – and is allowed to use it herself, though she does so only rarely – and the other nursing staff (who are a more fluid presence in the school) seem to have some supporters and some opposed. But even those who are opposed understand their primary role in these matters is to ensure the boy is not medically compromised and I think they are professional enough to put personal feelings aside.