Talk:Nursing

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[edit] Nursing portal

I have created a nursing portal in progress at Portal:Nursing. The first step should be to get the primary articles in good condition: mainly "Nursing" and "Nurse". -THB 02:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old discussions archived

Discussion prior to September 2006 has been archived and may be accessed through the box at the top of the page. -THB 01:30, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] General direction of nursing pages

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If we are to pursue the strategy of a number of articles which are linked to the main article on nursing then we need to start expanding the smaller articles. I am still inclined toward the idea of merging them. This may be stating the obvious but what we need is an easy way for someone who doesn't know much about nursing to easily find out what it is about. I am not sure if at the moment we have achieved this. --Vince 11:03, 12 November 2006 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nursing_practice"

There has been some really good work recently but I have added the comment here to invite any further discussion on the general direction that the development of the nursing pages should take.

Vince, I have mixed feelings about how all the articles mesh together. Before, I thought that "Nursing" is universal and "Nurse" deals with education and legal aspects which are on a country-by-country basis and they should be separate articles, but now there are separate articles for "Nursing in xxxx country" dealing with the educ. and legal aspects, which is sort of contradictory. The topic does seem to be getting splintered.
You're right, there should be one main article when people look for information about the profession. Because there are separate articles for each country, perhaps "Nurse" and "Nursing" should now be combined again with a redirect.
Also, I think that some topics should be developed more fully in separate articles, as were education and legal issues by country. I don't have strong feelings about including other particular topics in the primary article or separate articles, except that the main article should remain of manageable size and I would lean towards more smaller than fewer larger if it had to go too far in one direction or the other (which it doesn't have to). Most people looking for information about nursing probably don't want to know about all the categories of nurses in the UK or every certification available in the US, and if they do, the information is available.
I'll think about all of this some more and would be interested to hear more detail about how you and others think things should develop. It is important to have an overall structure. Feel free to cut and move all of this conversation to the nursing portal/project discussion page or wherever you think the most people will see it. -THB 21:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


I edit 1 link on the Nursing Portal page (NCLEX-RN Guide) - editied for formatting. I also added a link to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). 69.133.80.139 15:44, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of material to nurse article

I am aware that this is a drastic removal of material from the UK section of this article. However, as I understand it, material on education/regulation needs to be in the nurse article. No content has been lost. I think we need to think of some new material to go here.

I am still of the opinion that there are just too many articles related to nursing and it would be easier to have fewer articles containing more material. However, this edit I believe is consistent with the current consensus. --Vince 18:37, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

I have removed the link to the Nursing Times for the following reasons:

  • There already exists a page on the Nursing Times
  • It is a UK magazine/journal and this is a general page about nursing in the international context.
  • If we add this, then we should then add a link to every nursing journal as there is no reason that the Nursing Times is any more worthy of note than any other journal.

--Vince 23:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] comparing

Are Nurses professionals with an equal status as other professionals? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.155.108 (talk) 16:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] views?

what are the views of public about nursing as a professional? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.155.108 (talk) 16:22, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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