Debating nurse education and future career pathways
Two important consultation documents were published on 1 November; one on pre-registration education and the other on post-registration career pathways (England only). These consultations are part of the work around modernising nursing careers.
Modernising nursing careers has four key aims:
- To develop a competent and flexible workforce
- To update career pathways and career choices
- To prepare nurses to lead in a changed health care system
- To modernise the image of nursing and nursing careers.
The original modernising nursing careers report can be downloaded from the Department of Health website.
The pre-registration consultation document can be found a on the NMC website.
The post-registration consultation document can be found on the Department of Health website.
Further supporting information is also available to download:
- Pre-registration nurse education programmes: Recruitment and attrition (PDF 21KB) [see how to access PDF files]
- Evidence of outcomes of child health nurses (PDF 36KB)
- Projected cost and access implications of non-child specific pre-registration preparation (PDF 19KB)
- Preparing the child health nurse - fit for the future (PDF 61KB).
If you have any questions about the implications of modernising nursing careers for children’s nurses please contact Alison Twycross, Chair of the RCN’s Children and Young People’s Field of Practice Advisory Panel. Email: atwycros@hscs.sgul.ac.uk or telephone: 0778 552 5986.