Trusts look for proof of basic nursing skills.

A Grounded Theory of Directors’ of Nursing Perceptions on Caring: Post-Francis Paradoxes

Aim: This paper reports findings from a study of the perceptions of Directors’ of Nursingfrom NHS acute Trusts, on caring practices.Background: The NHS Constitution states that the “NHS is there to improve and health andwellbeing, and it touches our lives at times of basic human need, when care and compassionare what matter most” (DH 2013:2). It is contended that the majorit...

Design, implementation and evaluation Operational Program for Improving the Quality of Basic Clinical Skills in Nursing and Emergency Medicine Students based on Kern method

The primary and secondary care interface: the educational needs of nursing staff for the provision of seamless care.

AIM To identify nurses' perceived deficits in the knowledge and skills required to provide effective seamless care, so that appropriate training could be provided. BACKGROUND A clear understanding of nursing staff roles, skills and resources is paramount to work at the primary/secondary care interface. Nursing staff require an educational model that will provide a clear understanding of how t...

Overseas nurses in the National Health Service: a process of deskilling.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This paper shows that overseas nurses (OSN) recruited to UK hospital trusts become deskilled in technical aspects of clinical practice. BACKGROUND Existing research reports that many newly recruited OSN are prevented from using technical skills acquired in training abroad, to the detriment of the National Health Service (NHS) and the concern of the nurses themselves. DES...

A skills development pathway for HCAs.

Recommendations by the Willis Commission for trusts to review processes for healthcare assistant development were echoed in the Francis report. HCAs are not regulated nationally, nor do they have a guaranteed standard of training. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has responded to this challenge by setting up an HCA development pathway focusing on quality and patient safety. This article expla...