title: The future nursing voice.
abstract: Based on some articles in the journal Nursing Ethics, the author outlines some of the areas of major importance for nursing in the future. These areas--the care of elderly people, long-term home-based care, genetics, international research and conflict and war--demand a new voice of nursing, which is a political voice. The rationale for a political voice is the ICN Code of ethics for nurses and the fourfold responsibilities laid on nurses: to promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health, and to alleviate suffering. Some indications are given on how nurses can engage in political work.
authors.affiliation: University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. vtschudin@fastnet.co.uk
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tschudin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005544:Forecasting; D005823:Genetics; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D015399:Nursing Research; D009739:Nursing Services; D011057:Politics; D014857:Warfare