Saturday 24 September 2011
Globalisation
I'm off to Seattle next week to meet with academics from two universities. It's a real opportunity to compare their healthcare issues and nursing education with what's going on in Scotland and the UK. Having read the document that is proposing the way forward for nursing in the States, it is clear that (while there are some contextual differences) the key issues are the same. The drive for safe, efficient and person-centred care seems to lie at the heart of the debate, as it does here. The shift towards degree education (with an aim of 80% degree output for the States) mirrors the policy shift in the UK. I will be interested to talk to Seattle colleagues about curriculum, selection of students, and the future of healthcare. Interesting times, and a real opportunity to learn something more about international healthcare.
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Hello Ruth,
ReplyDeleteI would be very interested to hear how you got on. Whilst it is true that we are moving to an all degree registered nursing cohort, I also find it slightly sinister that there is a move to NHS apprenticeships; my interpretation would be that we have smaller group of degree educated practitioners, with a large cohort of non registered associate practitioners. Thus we have re-invented the enrolled nurse!
The only evidence I have for this is that our commissioned numbers for the current degree are declining year on year by about 10%, and I would be interested in hearing from other institutions to see if that is a universal phenomenon.
PETER