title: Re-valuing nursing's currency: shifting away from hierarchical binary opposition.
abstract: This paper starts a discussion amongst nurse educators internationally regarding the nature of curricula for initial nursing licensure. Nursing is compelled by traditional views of nursing into taking a long-established and expected place in the health care hierarchy, which is reflected in current curricula. In order to establish a re-valued nursing currency within healthcare, nursing educators are required to re-examine these established norms and re-design these curricula, based on the premise that nursing is now set in a complex and unpredictable system.
authors: Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing, Mail Code: SN-6S, 3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd., Portland, OR 97239, United States. Electronic address: rossam@ohsu.edu.
authors: Amy Miner
authors: AM
authors: Ross
authors: University of Cumbria, Department of Nursing, Fusehill Street, Carlisle CA1 2HH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: diane.fotheringham@googlemail.com.
authors: Diane
authors: D
authors: Fotheringham
authors: Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing, Virtual Campus, United States. Electronic address: crusoe@ohsu.edu.
authors: Kristen
authors: K
authors: Crusoe
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing
keywords: Binary opposition; Complex health care systems; Complexity; Nursing education; Nursing's Value; Pre-licensure curriculum