title: Daisy Ayris Lecture. Looking back, looking forward.
abstract: This was the second time that Mary Spinks, a former Chairman of NATN, has given the Daisy Ayris Lecture. This unprecedented move indicates the Association's respect for Mary's influence and commitment to patient care in her current role as Director of the Florence Nightingale Foundation. Her address, given below in full, covers key themes of education, reasoning and communication.
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale Foundation.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spinks
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D005582:Foundations / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange / Q000266:history; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000266:history*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000266:history; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000266:history*; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D014146:Training Support / Q000266:history; D006113:United Kingdom