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RCN Education Forum International Conference and Exhibition 2013 - call for abstracts
Published: 24 April 2013
Opportunity for nurse educators to meet and discuss the development of nursing education globally
Willis Commission: Quality with compassion: the future of nurse education
Published: 24 April 2013
Launched on 5 November this report, Quality with Compassion: The Future of Nursing Education, was based on more than six months’ work and contains evidence from patients, academics, students and other experts.
Editorial
Published: 27 March 2013
Welcome to the first Edlines of 2013. Health care is under the spotlight this year more than ever before as we monitor and consider how the Health and Social Care Act is unfolding and affecting frontline care.
View from the Chair
Published: 26 March 2013
As we are forced to acknowledge the appalling failings outlined by the second, independent inquiry by Robert Francis QC into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, it is important to reflect for a moment about what this means for education in nursing. Carol Hall writes in a dark period for nursing and health care.
A passion for compassion
Published: 26 March 2013
Education Forum committee member Ruth Taylor reflects on her own motivation and passion for nursing education and asks some pertinent questions in the light of the Francis report.
The image of nursing and nursing education
Published: 26 March 2013
Education Forum steering committee member and senior lecturer at Bournemouth University Rick Fisher explores the issue of nursing education's image.
What do student nurses think about their practice placement experiences?
Published: 26 March 2013
Mentors often feel they are unable to provide an appropriate level of support to their students, and, similarly, students frequently report a lack of quality time with their mentors. Forum committee member Anne Corrin investigated this issue in a qualitative research study for her professional doctorate. Read the interim project findings.
Letter from the Editor
Published: 11 December 2012
Welcome to our end-of-year edition of Edlines. It has been a busy year for the RCN as a professional organisation and we have been in the headlines several times.
Closure of RCN UK library
Published: 10 December 2012
Work is beginning early next year to transform the RCN UK library in London into a dynamic learning space for members and the public to socialise, research, study and celebrate nursing.
Letter from the Chair
Published: 28 November 2012
Nursing education is going through particularly exciting times. There is so much going on at the moment that it is difficult to know where to start.