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Training to promote multidisciplinary working
Multiprofessional working is central to good care and Health Education England has introduced a programme to make it central to all healthcare interventions
How interprofessional learning improves care
Students from different disciplines who learnt together developed interpersonal and teamwork skills and gained knowledge of how other professionals work
'Student plan based on an ‘alternative’ recommendation'
The loudest “noise” in the nursing profession following the Francis report and the government response has been around the proposal that prospective student nurses should spend a year working as a healthcare assistant before starting a nursing degree.
Dutch students on placement with private hospital
A private hospital in Lincolnshire has been playing host to two student nurses from the Netherlands.
RCGP sets competency levels for practice nurses
A framework to support practice nurses in achieving and maintaining competency levels across all areas of their generalist role has been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Winners of this year's Student Nursing Times Awards unveiled
Carla McClintock, from the University of Ulster, has been named the “most inspirational student nurse of the year”.
Brighton nurses to train Zambian colleagues in paediatrics
Brighton University has been awarded a £30,000 government grant to help set up the first paediatric nursing course in Zambia.
Katy Meade: 'The link between understaffing and neglect must not be ignored'
The whole tone of the government’s response to the Francis report concerns me, says Katy Meade
Guy's and St Thomas' embarking on major nurse recruitment drive
A major London hospital has highlighted “real concerns” that it will have a “severe shortage” of nurses over the next 12 months due to a reduction in student places in the capital.
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Create the right conditions for staff to deliver quality care
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Charity condemns HCA year for student nurses
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Trainee nurse drop-outs 'waste' £100m
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Willis: Give patients access to HCA training records
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Awards launched for members of RCN Wales
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More education ‘key’ to use of Liverpool Care Pathway
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How well do universities and placements communicate?
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Sustaining mentorship for student nurses
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Exclusive: student opinion divided over need to work as HCA
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Appraisals to include feedback from nursing colleagues and patients
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New course for aspiring nurse researchers
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Exclusive: fears raised over HCA apprenticeship schemes
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60 seconds with ... Sarah Kendal, Lecturer at the University of Manchester
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Aims of Cavendish review into HCA training revealed
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Revalidation for nurses on hold till NMC gets house in order
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Making lectures more engaging
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Improving learning with personal response systems
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Recommendations on student nurse training
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Practice nurses 'as good as GPs' at treating low complexity cases – especially burns
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Student nurses working as HCA poses safety risk, warn Deans
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Minimum training standards for support workers launched
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DH rejects 'older person's nurse' role
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Francis response: Hunt announces measures targeting HCAs and students
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Caring experience to be compulsory for new nurse recruits
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SOS campaign backed by Florence Nightingale Foundation
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Employers reject HCA regulation and creation of 'older person's nurse'
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Midlands trust 'investing' in advanced nurse practitioners
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English test can ID potential nursing course strugglers
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Nurses asked to petition government on staffing levels and HCA standards
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Fresh review must not push HCA regulation into 'long grass', warn unions
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NHS facing potential nurse workforce crisis, study warns
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Journalist to lead new review of healthcare assistants
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Every potential student nurse to face aptitude test in wake of Francis
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MP voices concern over lack of neonatal nurses
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Francis calls for nurses to include patient feedback in annual CPD portfolio
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Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: 'Students will be told how to get caring right from day one'
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Improving continence education for nurses
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Extra funding unveiled for nurse education in Wales
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Child deaths spark extra asthma training for school nurses
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Jan Quallington: ‘Compassion must be a central element of all nursing degree programmes’
