Elizabeth Raybould

Elizabeth Raybould, OBE, FRCN is British nurse and nursing educator responsible for helping to create a new organisational structure for nursing education in Northern Ireland.

Her main interests are nursing schools' libraries, the history of nursing, the development of nursing as a profession, and the preparation and training of safe practitioners. She helped to change the status of the learner from apprentice-based learning to student status.

Elizabeth Raybould retired in 1983 from nursing and nurse education after some 25 years. She was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing for her services to the British healthcare system.

Quotes
She has stated that in the future "all involved in care are properly prepared for the job they are required to do, remembering that the patient is the important person".

Publications

 * Co-author of Basic Nursing (1963)
 * Co-author of A Guide to Medical and Surgical Nursing (1965)
 * Co-author of A History of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales (1969)
 * Editor: A Guide for Teachers of Nursing (1975)
 * Editor: A Guide for Nurse Managers (1977)

Legacy

 * Elizabeth Raybould Centre (Kent, England)

Links

 * http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Hospital.aspx?id=RXYE1&v=6