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Editorial: Call yourself a nurse? Time to get precious

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posted on 2023-07-26, 13:26 authored by Claudine Wetherall
The beginning of wisdom, according to Confucius, is to call things by their right names. Language should always bear the same meaning, so that the meaning of words (names) and the duties and responsibilities which go with them are universally understood. However, when applie to the word ‘nurse’, particularly in the UK, this is clearly not the case. The evident confusion among the public, press and in some sections, the nursing profession around who or what this constitutes, has meant that ‘nurse’ appears to be a default term of reference to describe someone involved in the delivery of care in hospital and healthcare settings. The continued torpor of the profession in acknowledging, let alone challenging, this state of affairs, is to put it mildly, alarming, not least because of the currently hostile economic and cultural climate in which UK nursing finds itself.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

21

Issue number

19-20

Page range

2809-2811

Publication title

Journal of Clinical Nursing

ISSN

1365-2702

Publisher

Wiley

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  • other

Legacy posted date

2013-09-18

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018)

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