The two research papers in this issue concerned how the self-management training to help the HIV/AIDs clients achieve the quality of care and the validation of the application of the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale in Chinese Version in Hong Kong. Both papers were emphasised on caring, client-centered and helping the patients cope with the illness. In education column, the paper raised an important issue that there is a lack of government support to provide sufficient fund for nursing research. Indeed, advancing nursing practice is much depended on the amount of contribution of research study.
We have entered in the era of Post Modernism. According to the reflection paper in this issue, nursing has moved into Post Modern Transpersonal Caring Healing developments. Such move is focused on Transdisciplinary approach and holistic care. In fact, nowadays, the length of stay is shortened and the recovery period is thus shifted back to the responsibility of the family with the support of community-based care. The change of caring approach would certainly give a greater challenge to nurses work closely with the family and allied health professions as an independent and accountable practitioner to provide a home based nursing care for the discharged client. It is no doubt that nurse would still be regarded as a formal carer as well as a healer to the patient and the family. Therefore, the future for nursing profession is that there would be more contribution than ever in health care delivery.
On behalf of the editorial board, we wish you all have a Happy Lunar New Year.
Gemma Wong
Issue Editor