| Company type | Charity |
|---|---|
| Industry | Nursing/Healthcare |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Headquarters | Keswick, South Australia, , |
| Website | www |
The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) is a not-for-profit community health and care provider with headquarters in Keswick, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has progressed through a series of iterations:
- It was established in 1894 in South Australia as the District Trained Nursing Society (DTNS).
- In 1937 District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia
- In 1965 Royal District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia
- In 1973 Royal District Nursing Society of South Australia.
- In 1993 Royal District Nursing Service of SA.
- In 2011 the organisation merged with Silver Chain, and is now known as RDNS in South Australia and Silver Chain throughout the rest of Australia.