Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland : A Strategy for Professional Development in a Changing Health Service

Ireland's health

services are transforming. Within the health services, nursing and midwifery

are currently undergoing a great period of change, driven principally by the Report

of the Commission on Nursing, published in 1998, and the Health Service Reform Programme, announced in

2003.

In Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland,

Yvonne O’Shea sets out to define the role nursing and midwifery will be expecte...