A year of triumph.
There have been troubled and triumphant times for nurses in 1991. A year of change, of success and celebration. Nursing has achieved a great deal over the past 12 months. It has increased its academic standing, more Project 2000 courses have come on stream, prescribing powers for community nurses are finally within our grasp and the UK Central Council's proposals for Post-registration Education and Practice (PREP) have come to fruition. Nursing has also received a significant boost with the extra £3.2 million for nursing development units and the concept of the 'named nurse' for every patient incorporated into the Patient's Charter.