 It was renamed the District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia in 1937; in 1965 it became the Royal District and Bush Nursing Society of South Australia and in 1973 the Royal District Nursing Society of South Australia.In 1993 its name changed to Royal District Nursing Service of SA, and in 2011 it merged with Silver Chain and is now known as RDNS in South Australia and Silver Chain throughout the rest of Australia

The Royal District Nursing Society of South Australia, initially the District Trained Nursing Society (D.T.N.S.