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At the end there is a list of historic nursing organisations. This list is based on the British Library UK Web Archive Nursing Collection. [1] This list does not include any of the 80+ providers of nursing education courses, these can be searched via UCAS. [2] Neither does it include NHS nursing departments or directorates.
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Nursing in the United Kingdom is the largest health care profession in the country. It has evolved from assisting doctors to encompass a variety of professional roles. Over 700,000 registered nurses practice, [1] working in settings such as hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, communities, military, prisons, and academia.
The chief nurse is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The chief nurse is the senior nursing management position in an organization and often holds executive titles like chief nursing officer (CNO), chief nurse executive, or vice-president of nursing. They typically report to the CEO or COO.
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Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century: The Quest for Independence (2010) Hay, Ian. One Hundred Years of Army Nursing (1953) McEwen, Yvonne. In the Company of Nurses: The History of the British Army Nursing Service in the Great War (2014) Noakes, Lucy. Women in the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex, 1907-1948 (2006) Piggott ...
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Navy.The Service unit works alongside the Royal Navy Medical Branch.. As of 1 January 2006, according to former Ministry of Defence junior minister Don Touhig, the QARNNS had a total strength of 90 Nursing Officers and 200 Naval Nurses (ratings) out of a requirement of 330.
In 1921, there were 25,981 patients in nursing and convalescent homes. In the 1931 census, there were 54,920. The standards of nursing care, however, were low. [11] In 1977, there were 1,249 Registered Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes in the UK with 34,546 beds. These figures include 117 private hospitals with facilities for surgery.