This conference brought together different professionals involved in caring for sick children. The conference was opened by the chairman of the Children's Committee who described this committee's advisory role to the Secretary of State on development and co-ordination of health and personal social services for children. Other speakers covered the ...
In recent years, the concept of the expanded role of the nurse has aroused much discussion; some hostile, some favourable, amongst the medical, nursing and administrative professions. This paper explores and documents the vast body of literature covering this area and includes an invaluable bibliography of American and British sources. ...
This conference considered that continuing education is the mark of a profession and it looked at the following questions: How does one enthuse British nurses, who generally are not committed to continuing education?; Why the difference in attitude between them and American nurses, who on the whole are more continued ...
This package evolved from the writers' forum for nurses at the King's Fund Centre in 1978-79. The workshops were designed to present a systematic, logical development of an article or a book for publication. Projects used during the workshop and topics for homework papers were carefully selected with the librarian. ...
These notes are offered as a memory jog for those attending the colloquium. In it is included a delegates list and questions for group discussion. The questions were: selecting students for courses; what are the expectations of graduate nurses? (to include consideration of the underlying philosophy of the undergraduate courses); ...