The role of the nurse in the millennium

The paper emphasizes the changing role of the nurse in the millenium. The changes will be in three basic fields: 1. Education: In education, the criteria for acceptance to nursing school will become higher, so that the requirement for trained nurses will increase. The new nurse will be focused on the role of management and leadership. 2. Service: The nursing service will be the guider which will lead the discipline of nursing treatment via knowledge, new nursing technologies and new managing techniques. The service will change the professional independence of the nurse into full partner and collaborator with other professions. 3. Community: The new nurses role will be derived from a new concept of "health for all" which will lead to a wider view of the entire community. Management will be the major qualification needed by the community nurse, using judgement, advanced knowledge and the ability of decision making and determining priorities. The nurse will have to fit her abilities and qualifications to the changes needed, using authority, responsibility and advanced knowledge.