Ensuring fitness for practice
David Sines Is professor, Community health care nursing
Debbie Harris Is head of adult nursing both at the faculty, Health and social care, London South Bank University
Julie Firth Is assistant director, Nursing education
Louise Boden Is chief nurse, Both at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
David Sines, Debbie Harris, Julie Firth and Louise Boden report on a collaborative approach between trust and university staff to ensure students are fully competent before qualification
IN 1999, the then nursing and midwifery regulator, the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC), commissioned Sir Leonard Peach to undertake an independent review of fitness for practice of pre-registration nurses.
Nursing Management.
13, 8, 28-31.
doi: 10.7748/nm.13.8.28.s20
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