This paper is based on the results of two studies carried out by the writer, over a period of 6
years (1991–1996), aimed to establish what happens in nursing practice in relation to …

The aim of this paper is to highlight the ways nurses understand and utilise the Australian
National Competency Standards for Registered Nurses, which have been used for over two …

The first year (2003–2004) of a three year nationally funded project focused on completing a
scoping exercise on the nature of practice education in five selected health care professions …

Aims and objectives. I will argue that overseas nurse recruitment is the consequence of a
care gap, which arose from several policy shifts in the 1990s and in part from the rhetoric of …

Abstract This article, by Cris Allen, describes a study that examined the issues and concerns
of stakeholders involved in preceptorship in pre-and post-registration mental health nursing …

The Sussex Education Consortium commissioned a development project to identify the
education and training needs of community mental health nurses (CMHNs). The project also …

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This article discusses the education and training needs of nursing staff undertaking the pre-
assessment of surgical patients in the context of role development within health care. The …

Controversy surrounds the way in which the ANMC Competency Standards for Registered
Nurses (the Standards) are understood and applied in the assessment of nurses' …

Critical Comparative Nursing Assessment (CCNA) is a theory about how the competence of
completing Bachelor of Nursing students in New Zealand is determined. Semi-structured …