The introduction in 2016 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation process, which involves several standardised steps, has represented a major change for UK nurses and midwives, and is now a compulsory requirement of reregistration. This article presents preliminary results of a survey about revalidation, undertaken in June 2016 at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Dartford, focusing on how nurses and midwives feel about the process. The article considers the effect of different variables, including pay band, seniority and directorate, on nurses’ and midwives’ perceptions of revalidation, and suggests it is regarded more positively by senior, more experienced staff than by those who are less experienced.
Nursing Management. 24, 6, 21-26. doi: 10.7748/nm.2017.e1583
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone declared
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Received: 29 September 2016
Accepted: 14 August 2017
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