Following recent moves at government level apparently aimed at reversing the recent integration of nursing into higher education, the authors consider this latest hurdle for nurse education within the historical context of the developing nursing curriculum. This paper traces a pattern (and some future indicators) from the various obstacles and constraints which have inhibited the progress of nursing in its troubled search for full professional status.
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