When I started my general nurse training in the 1970s, there were two main sources of knowledge on which I was taught to base my nursing practice. The first was textbooks – one on medical nursing and another on surgical nursing. The second, and a far more powerful influence, was what the ward sister said.
‘Sister says’ was a very common phrase uttered by nurses as a way of giving credibility to practical procedures and actions. Obedience was a cornerstone of nursing in those days and the majority of the nurses and patients would never dream of questioning the wisdom and knowledge of the ward sister.
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