A Nurses’ Place Is By The Bedside, UK

An all graduate profession will not deliver better patient care and is not the future for nursing warned UNISON, the UK’s largest health union. UNISON’s response to the latest DOH and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) consultations on nurse training found that the overwhelming majority of nurses see their place as by the bedside. The union is calling for a wide entry-gate into nursing to encourage more people into the profession and to nail the “too posh to wash” scenario.

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Filed under: Medical Students on February 19th, 2008