title: Why nursing needs to explore and shape its own future--the background to the NI2006 post congress conference.
abstract: Within this paper we describe the background context and discussions that lead to the selection of the theme for the NI2006 Post Congress Conference. The rationale for the choice of the overall theme is introduced, together with the selection of the five main sub-themes, on which the group discussions were based, and that lead to the production of the group papers that form the core of these Proceedings.
authors: United Kingdom.
authors: Peter J
authors: PJ
authors: Murray
authors: W Scott
authors: WS
authors: Erdley
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*