Abstract
We are frequently told that developments in medical science mean that nursing has changed and this is often cited as a reason for changes in nurse education or even for new roles in healthcare. It might be more accurate to say that the environment in which nurses’ practice has changed. Many countries have seen a change in demographics and there has been a worldwide increase in non-communicable diseases. New technologies, notably information technology, together with changes in political systems, have led to significant changes in care delivery systems in some countries. Does this mean that the core principles of nursing have changed? I don’t think so, I still recognise the nurse my mother was, even if the tasks undertaken today are different. In 1960, the International Council of Nurses adopted Virginia Henderson’s definition of nursing:
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