Tag Archives: training

What Future for Nursing and Nurses?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

A contribution to 2020health’s recent report ‘Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing’ By Jenny Aston, Advanced Nurse Practitioner; Chair RCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner Forum; Chair Nursing Group RCGP General Practice, Foundation Sawston Medical Practice Nursing has … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the role of the non qualified nurse

Posted on March 4, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

Contribution to 2020health’s recent report ‘Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing’ By Gail Beer, Director of Operations, 2020health We often hear that it was all much better before nurses got degrees, and that if we went … Continue reading →

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Have we overqualified yet undertrained today’s nurses?

Posted on March 1, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

Contribution to 2020health’s recent report ‘Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing’   By Maura Buchanan, BA RGN, PGDip, Clinical Neurosciences, PGDip Health law, Independent Nursing & Healthcare Adviser; Past President, Royal College of Nursing Major criticism of nursing and nurses … Continue reading →

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Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses for Excellence and for the Reality of Employment

Posted on February 28, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

Contribution to 2020health’s report ‘Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing’ By Professor David Sines CBE, Pro Vice Chancellor, Buckinghamshire New University In 1959 Isabel Menzies Lyth produced her classic paper “The functioning of social systems as a defence … Continue reading →

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Train Our Nurses!

Posted on March 31, 2010 by 2020health Guest Blogger

The Royal College of Nurses yesterday unveiled that a third of nurses are unable to access core training; and the reasons for this? Staff shortages and a lack of appropriate cover are to blame. These resource shortages come up time … Continue reading →

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