Probation year raises difficult questions
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The introduction of probation year in order to ensure the competence of the newly qualified nurses has raised many questions. These changes are increasing pressures on students as well as staff alike and it has to be considered that whether preregistration year is capable of solving the problems faced by the newly qualified nurses, or whether it would merely add to them.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2005
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Putting nursing back on the road
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The reasons for which district nursing and health visiting are struggling to fill posts and attract new recruits are presented. The number of health visiting and district nursing vacancies that took more than three months to fill increased by 39 and 28 percent respectively between March 2003 and March 2004.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2004
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GP contract reveals nursing opportunity; with the new GP contract about to come into force next month, Mahua Chatterjee looks at how the changes to the structure of general practice will impact on the nursing profession
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Implementation of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract will bring radical changes in the way that the nurses work and the role played by them in healthcare organizations. With the opportunities provided by GMS, the nurses could substitute for general practitioners who opt out of 24-hour care.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2004
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