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Continuing education for district nurses

Nurse Education Today, 1989
This paper describes a co-operative venture between Essex Institute of Higher Education and Southend Health Authority designed to meet the continuing education needs of district nurses by allowing them to analyse and develop their role in relation to the realism of service goals and resources.
A, Mackenzie, R, Sims
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Planning for continuity of carer in nursing

Journal of Nursing Management, 1995
The introduction of primary nursing and the named nurse reflects a growing recognition of the importance of continuity of carer in nursing rather than simply continuity of care. Continuity of carer is fundamental to the development of therapeutic inter-personal relationships with patients.
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Continuing Nursing Education: A Perspective

The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1990
ABSTRACT This article takes a renewed look at continuing education (CE) within the discipline of nursing. Increasing complexity in the personal, professional, and social environments in which nursing is practiced, as well as changes in the present educational foundation of nurses all signal a need for a broader, more comprehensive concept of ...
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The essence of continuing education in nursing

British Journal of Nursing, 2005
A few years ago nurses were rushing like lemmings to take up courses in higher education. Now, with the problems of staffing and tighter financial controls, continuing education opportunities are drying up.
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Continuing Education in Gerontological Nursing

Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1990
Programs are needed to evaluate staff because more elderly with multiple health-care problems are being hospitalized. Current formal training programs do not always have gerontology content based on up-to-date standards. Stimulation exercises give healthy young and middle-aged health-care workers an idea of challenges confronting the elderly with loss ...
R S, Crenshaw, P A, McLin, D J, Lewis
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Continuing Education in Neuroscience Nursing

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 1988
Since its inception in 1968 the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) has devoted the majority of its energy and resources to establishing and maintaining excellence in continuing education (CE). Building and sustaining a program for CE is both challenging and rewarding.
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A survey of nurses' views on indicators for continuing competence in nursing

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2001
The study, commissioned by the Australian Nursing Council Inc. (ANCI), sought to develop an approach to the maintenance of continuing competence in nursing broadly acceptable to nurses in all States and Territories and included the conduct of a postal survey of registered nurses (RNs) throughout Australia.
Pearson, Alan., Fitzgerald, Mary.
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The Continuing Need for Mentors in Nursing

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development (JNSD), 2008
Peer-reviewed nursing research was surveyed to find progress or change in how nurses guide and nurture other nurses in their practice. Discussions on the characteristics required in an effective mentor, the selection process for a mentor, the role expectations of the partnership, the agreement between the mentor and the mentee, and the preparation for ...
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Nursing homes: the debate continues

Nursing Standard, 1994
I have just heard the news regarding nursing homes and I feel extremely sad because a lot of good nurses work extremely hard and try to keep standards high. But sometimes it is impossible.
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The importance of nursing in continuing care

British Journal of Nursing, 1997
It is not surprising that the UKCC has come to the conclusion in its latest report on the nursing and health visiting contribution to continuing care for older people that: ‘Continuing care remains an ambiguous concept both in its definition in professional and policy literature and in its operationalization in practice.’
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