Table of Contents:
  • Why Nursing Needs to Explore and Shape Its Own future
  • The Background to the NI2006 Post Congress Conference / Peter J. Murray and W. Scott Erdley
  • Reflections on an Evolving Discussion of the Future
  • An Overview of the NI2006 Post Congress Conference / Peter Murray
  • Technology Developments Applied to Healthcare/Nursing / Karl Oyri, Susan Newbold, Hyeoun-Ae Park, Michelle Honey, Amy Coenen, Anneli Ensio and Elvio Jesus
  • Changes in Society at National and International Levels / June Clark, Marion Ball, Robyn Carr, Connie Delaney, Sun-Mi Lee, Heimar Marin, Virginia Saba and Satoku Tsuru
  • Healthcare in the Year 2020
  • Practice and Policy / Moya Conrick, Graham Wright, Aleksander Radenovic, Evelyn Hovenga, Insook Cho and Kimikazu Kashiwagi
  • What If Nurses Get What They Have Always Sought: Totally Personalized Care? Trends Affecting Nursing Informatics / James P. Turley, Peter J. Murray, Kaija Saranto, Margareta Ehnfors and Gyeong-Ae Seomun
  • Health Care in 2020 / Charlotte Weaver, Rosemary Kennedy, W. Scott Erdley, Jeongeun Kim, Polun Chang, Ulrich Schrader and Margaret Maag
  • Why Nursing Needs to Explore and Shape Its Own Future
  • Closing Summation and Remarks / W. Scott Erdley and Peter J. Murray
  • Impact of ICT on Health, Healthcare and Nursing in the Next 20 Years / June Clark.