Editorial EDITOR Nick Lipley Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3166 Email: [email protected] CONSULTANT EDITOR Debbie Mazhindu Reader in clinical nursing practice and innovation at Buckinghamshire New University and Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, London EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Jane Brookes Ward manager (paediatric medical), Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Nottingham Geraldine Cunningham Associate director of culture change, Barts Health NHS, London Naomi Elliott Director of international initiatives, school of nursing and midwifery, Trinity College Dublin Gemma Ellis Consultant nurse in adult critical care, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Anastasia Mallidou Assistant professor, school of nursing, University of Victoria BC, Canada Ada ter Maten Nurse researcher, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Healthcare, Netherlands Niall McCrae Lecturer at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London Jane Naish Deputy chief nurse and head of quality, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Natasha Phillips Assistant chief nurse, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and visiting research fellow, National Nursing Research Unit, King’s College London Elaine Strachan-Hall Governing body nurse, NHS South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group Donna Swinden Senior therapist, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Ray Walker Director of nursing and secure services, Mersey Care NHS Trust, Liverpool Frances Wong Professor and associate dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Haiou Xia Professor at the school of nursing, Fudan University, China
Let’s take a fresh look at learning This month we feature news on the latest proposals to make nursing education fit for purpose (page 7). Health Education England (HEE) published Raising the Bar, the final report from the Shape of Caring review, which was led by Lord Willis. One of its main messages for senior nurses is that a year of post-graduation preceptorship should be an established part of nursing education. The year would be part of what is described as a ‘2+1+1’ model, which also includes a year of ‘acute specialism’.
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Lord Willis says: ‘I want employers to invest in that specialist stream together with the universities and then to carry it on into preceptorship so there is a greater joined-up support for people on their journey into nursing.’
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He describes current preceptorship arrangements as ‘very much haphazard’, depending on where people work. If the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the review’s ‘co-sponsor’, gives the proposals the go ahead, there will therefore be big changes in resourcing in terms of nursing numbers and schedules.
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s input will ensure the effects of the Shape of Caring review will be felt across the UK
Nick Lipley Editor
That said, Lord Willis argues if it’s good enough for doctors, it’s good enough for nurses too: ‘When medics get their degree and they start their first year, it is very much as a training post. I want to see that same model for nursing.’ The Shape of Caring review was commissioned by an England-focused organisation but its effects surely will be felt across the UK, if for no other reason than the NMC is a UK-wide body and changes to how nurses are educated in one of the countries is likely to affect staff everywhere. Lord Willis notes: ‘This is the first time we’ve seen HEE and the regulator working together to formulate futureproofed solutions. We must seize that moment. The NMC has been hugely supportive in terms of saying, “You tell it like it is and we will promise to look at it.” I don’t think you can ask for more.’ What do you think? Could we? Read the report’s proposals at tinyurl.com/q8wrttv and let us know your views by emailing me at [email protected] or by going to rcni.com/hub and joining the Nursing and Leadership forum.
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Let’s take a fresh look at learning This month we feature news on the latest proposals to make nursing education fit for purpose (page 7). Health Education England (HEE) published Raising the Bar, the final report from the Shape of Caring review, which was led by Lord Willis. One of its main messages for senior nurses is that a year of post-graduation preceptorship should be an established part of nursing education. The year would be part of what is described as a ‘2+1+1’ model, which also includes a year of ‘acute specialism’.
Acting assistant editor Jennifer Sprinks Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3186 Email: [email protected] Senior production editor Julie Hickey Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3148 Email: [email protected]
Lord Willis says: ‘I want employers to invest in that specialist stream together with the universities and then to carry it on into preceptorship so there is a greater joined-up support for people on their journey into nursing.’
Administration manager Helen Hyland Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3138 Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch BUSINESS UNIT Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333
He describes current preceptorship arrangements as ‘very much haphazard’, depending on where people work. If the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the review’s ‘co-sponsor’, gives the proposals the go ahead, there will therefore be big changes in resourcing in terms of nursing numbers and schedules.
NURSING MANAGEMENT RCNi, The Heights, 59-65 Lowlands Road Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW Nursing Management is indexed, abstracted and/or published online in the following media: British Nursing Index, Medline and Ovid ABC APPLICATION APPROVED 6,523 (Jan-Dec 2013) SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT Royal College of Nursing Journal subscription department, Copse Walk, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff CF23 8XG. Tel: +44 (0)345 772 6100 Print edition rates Personal: from £73 a year in the UK and Europe, and from £121 a year in the rest of the world. Institutional: from £446 a year Email: [email protected] ©2015 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers. ISSN 1354-5760 (print). ISSN 2047-8976 (online) Printed by Stephens and George, Merthyr Tydfil, on acid-free paper Acceptance of an advertisement does not constitute a recommendation or an endorsement of a product or service, either by the RCN or RCNi WEBSITE nm.rcni.com AUTHOR GUIDELINES journals.rcni.com/r/nm-author-guidelines OPEN ACCESS journals.rcni.com/r/open-access-faq
NURSING MANAGEMENT
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s input will ensure the effects of the Shape of Caring review will be felt across the UK
Nick Lipley Editor
That said, Lord Willis argues if it’s good enough for doctors, it’s good enough for nurses too: ‘When medics get their degree and they start their first year, it is very much as a training post. I want to see that same model for nursing.’ The Shape of Caring review was commissioned by an England-focused organisation but its effects surely will be felt across the UK, if for no other reason than the NMC is a UK-wide body and changes to how nurses are educated in one of the countries is likely to affect staff everywhere. Lord Willis notes: ‘This is the first time we’ve seen HEE and the regulator working together to formulate futureproofed solutions. We must seize that moment. The NMC has been hugely supportive in terms of saying, “You tell it like it is and we will promise to look at it.” I don’t think you can ask for more.’ What do you think? Could we? Read the report’s proposals at tinyurl.com/q8wrttv and let us know your views by emailing me at [email protected] or by going to rcni.com/hub and joining the Nursing and Leadership forum.
Our mission Nursing Management inspires and shares professional excellence in nursing leadership and patient care. The journal is editorially independent and opinions expressed in it do not necessarily reflect the policy of the RCN, nor that of any contributor’s employing organisation, unless specifically stated.
Follow us: @NMJournalRCN
Read more at: rcni.com
Visit us at: Nursing Management April 2015 | Volume 22 | Number 1
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