Do nursing degree curricula meet students’ needs?
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Do nursing degree curricula meet students’ needs?

Nick Evans Health journalist

Critics of the NMC’s 2018 education standards say field-specific learning has been edged out by generic courses

It is five years since the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) overhauled its nurse education standards. The publication of Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses was meant to herald a new dawn for the profession. But have they had the intended impact – and unintended consequences?

Nursing Children and Young People. 35, 6, 12-14. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.35.6.12.s5

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