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The evolution of the RSCN
Author(s) -
FRADD ELIZABETH
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1992.tb00424.x
Subject(s) - group cohesiveness , nursing , quality (philosophy) , order (exchange) , medicine , public relations , psychology , political science , social psychology , business , philosophy , epistemology , finance
Summary• The first English Child Branch students will complete their programme of training in September of this year. It is timely, therefore, to review again the role that has emerged for nurses interested in the care of children. • The status of children's nursing has in the past been uncertain, and their role poorly understood. The evolution of high‐quality care in an increasingly complex field is explored and some issues which remain, are discussed. • As the care of children becomes more specialized the need to ensure a cohesiveness exists is essential in order to move practice forward in a logical and comprehensive fashion. The field is too small to survive fragmentation and it is not in the best interest of the child and its family. • Throughout the paper the child is the focal point which, together with the need to enable families to knowledgeably participate in their own child's care, has been the major thrust behind recent changes. • The paper explores not just the past and present, but some of the issues that need to be considered in the future.