title: Reflections on a perioperative career: 1970-2008.
abstract: This paper is a personal journey through nurse training and perioperative practice. Nurse education is also explored alongside some of the social, academic and political changes that have influenced healthcare in the United Kingdom between 1966 and 2008. The views expressed are those of the author only, and the anecdotal descriptions are anonymous.
authors.affiliation: AfPP, Daisy Ayris House, 6 Grove Park Court, Harrogate, HG1 4DP.
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003020:Clothing / Q000266:history; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000266:history; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000266:history; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000266:history; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000266:history; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000266:history*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom