PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Arnold Elliott AU - Paul Freeling AU - John Owen TI - District nurse training DP - 1980 Feb 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 69--74 VI - 30 IP - 211 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/30/211/69.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/30/211/69.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1980 Feb 01; 30 AB - Training for district nursing is being reviewed. By 1981 district nurses will have a new administrative structure, a new curriculum, and a new examination. Training for nursing, like that for general practice, is to become mandatory. The history of the development of district nurse training is briefly described.