Purpose and objectives

Purpose

• Sharing knowledge, expertise and good practice
• Offering a framework of practice development
• Disseminating good practice, guidance and policy
• Shape, develop and influence health care practice for disabled children and young people
• Promoting and defining the role of the "children’s disability nurse"

Objectives for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011

• Shape and develop the community – communicate with our 660 members and recruit new through RCN website, bulletin and newsletters
• Represent the nursing perspective to drive and influence Every Disabled Child Matters campaign
• Represent children's disability nursing within the Council for Disabled Children and the British Academy of Childhood Disability and internationally with the European Academy of Childhood Disability
• Publish the children's disability nursing a) definition of childhood disability b) role definition
• Review "Supporting parents when they are told of their child's health disorder or disability"
• Review "Managing children with health care needs – delegation of clinical procedures (training and accountability issues)"