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Complementary therapies as a means of developing the scope of professional nursing practice
Author(s) -
Cole Alison,
Shanley Eamon
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00643.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , scope (computer science) , perspective (graphical) , nursing , bureaucracy , work (physics) , professional development , scope of practice , medicine , object (grammar) , engineering ethics , psychology , medical education , political science , computer science , politics , mechanical engineering , health care , artificial intelligence , law , programming language , engineering
The development of the extended role in nursing has been seen by some as primarily a means for nurses taking on tasks that have traditionally been the work of junior doctors. Others object to this view and ascribe to the ‘new nursing’ perspective of Salvage. She sees the extended role as moving towards increasing autonomy and operating in a professional rather than a bureaucratic occupational model. This view militates against the development of nurses as mini‐doctors. This paper discusses the controversy surrounding the development of the extended role, focusing particularly on the use of complementary therapies as a legitimate component of the ‘new nurses’ role.