title: Fifty years of oral orthopaedic history. Welsh voices.
abstract: It is important that nurses reflect upon and understand the past, learn the lessons this experience teaches, and apply the knowledge to the nursing practice of today. As stated by Hezel and Linebach (1991) cited in Kirby (1998), the future of nursing may well depend on the study of its history. Nurses must be able to recognise how nursing's past can contribute to the present, and can provide nurses with informed arguments to use in the making of future practice decisions. Nurses have learned that just because a particular type of care was undertaken in the past, ritual care, Walsh (1994) it is not necessarily correct for today's evidence or outcome-based care.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing Studies, University College of Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales.
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furness
mesh_terms: D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000266:history; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000266:history*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000266:history; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000266:history; D014852:Wales