title: Changing paediatric orthopaedic education and certification for the RN in Northern Ireland?
abstract: This article highlights the development of orthopaedic nurse education in Northern Ireland and how it equates with the United Kingdom and United States when focused on children's nursing. It also examines the historical development of initial preregistration nurse education and equates it to children's nursing where children are generally acknowledged as a vulnerable group. This article concludes by offering recommendations that may further enhance the development of Northern Ireland's orthopaedic nurse education that demonstrate standardization and equality for all practicing nurses within the specialty of orthopaedics.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Nursing, RN (children's nursing), RGN, PGCE, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University, Belfast.
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009660:Northern Ireland; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States