Royal British Nurses Association
The Royal British Nurses Association is a professional association for nurses in the United Kingdom founded in 1887 . The association was founded on the initiative of Ethel Bedford-Fenwick , using the British Medical Association for medical staff as a model. Bedford-Fenwick won Helena of Great Britain and Ireland as a supporter, who also became the association's first female president. Founded as the British Nurses Association , the association was named Royal in 1881 .
One of the most important goals of the association was the compulsory registration of nurses, analogous to the registered nurses in the United States of America . After six unsuccessful attempts, the British Parliament finally passed the Nurses Registration Act 1919 in 1919 .
literature
- Brian Abel-Smith: A History of the Nursing Profession Heinemann, 1960 (English)
- Anne Borsay, Billie Hunter: Nursing and Midwifery in Britain Since 1700 Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 ISBN 978-0-230-24703-1 chap. 3 (english)
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