Returning to practice: Will this be another millennium bug?

Article Abstract:

Return-to-practice programmes for nurses will be a statutory requirement by the year 2000, as part of the PREP framework of post-registration education and practice. After a break of five years a return-to-practice programme will have to be completed, however provision is often patchy with certain practice areas particularly poorly served. A survey of qualified nurses no longer practising found that information on return-to-practice programmes would be the most help in returning to nursing, followed by access to careers guidances, opportunities for flexible work hours practical re-training, and short study courses.

Methods, Practice, Nursing, Occupational retraining

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Preparing for the future

Article Abstract:

The UKCC's proposals on Post Registration Education and Practice (PREP) will mean that for the first time there will be an explicit link between the educational qualifications of an individual health professional and their practice. Requirements for effective registration will include undergoing at least five days study for professional development each three years; completing a personal professional profile; and, every three years, filling in a notification of practice form to show which qualifications are being used in professional practice.

Nurses, Training

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Specialist practice: the long road to a set of standards

Article Abstract:

The UK statutory bodies for nursing have been debating the issue of standards for specialist nursing education for a number of years. Project 2000 recommended, in 1986, that there should be post-registration qualifications, and the United Kingdom Central Council (UKCC) began to develop a framework in 1989 which led to a requirement that all registered nurses follow a basic course of study. The UKCC also began the process of defining specialist nursing and developing educational programme standards for specialist practitioners.

Standards, Nursing specialties

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