Time for change in children and young people’s nurse education
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Time for change in children and young people’s nurse education

Danielle Edge Lecturer in child health nursing, University of Plymouth
Matt Carey Associate professor in child health nursing, University of Plymouth

We teach nursing students about intuition, or ‘gut feeling’, to understand its role in identifying children’s deterioration. However, since changes heralded by the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) standards of proficiency, nurses and nurse academics have been raising concerns about their education.

Nursing Children and Young People. 35, 6, 5-5. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.35.6.5.s1

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