Modernising Nursing Careers NMC Consultation The Future of Pre-registration Nursing Education NIPEC workshop 26 th

1. Modernising Nursing Careers NMC Consultation The Future of Pre-registration Nursing EducationNIPEC workshop 26th November 2007 Lesley Barrowman

2. Modernising Nursing Careers (DOH 2006) Modernising Nursing Careers is a Four UK county initiative. Aim is to secure a nursing workforce equipped with relevant competencies: work is around 4 key areas • Develop a competent and flexible workforce • Update career pathways and career choices • Prepare nurses to lead in a changed system • Modernise image of nursing and nursing careers to address a range of priorities and actions

3. NMC Consultation Purpose of the workshop • Engender debate • Help to formulate opinions • Provide feedback to help prepare organisational responses

4. Modernising Nursing Careers There are a number of work-streams associated with Modernising Nursing Careers. The NMC is taking the lead for the review of pre-registration nursing education and has published a consultation document, influenced by: • Nursing: Towards 2015 (Longley et al 2007) – summary circulated, copy of full document tabled • Fitness for practice and purpose (UKCC 1999) – previously circulated and discussed at July workshop

5. Modernising Nursing Careers New nurses must be enabled to care even more effectively: • In a complex and diverse society where social inequality exists • Inside and outside hospital and across health and social care • For an increasing older population • For those with long-term conditions • In supporting lifestyle changes • Using disease prevention and health promotion interventions

6. Modernising Nursing Careers New nurses must be enabled to care even more effectively: • By treating patients as partners in healthcare and maximising choices • Through the use of technological advances • Providing value for money and quality care • In new and emerging roles which cross professional boundaries • As leaders and members of multidisciplinary teams

7. Overview: Nursing: Towards 2015 (Longley, Shaw and Dolan, 2007) Chapter 1: Health Policy and Health Care Demand for healthcare • Population • Health needs • Health preservation • Self-care • Complementary therapy • Health inequalities • Patient and carer expectations

8. Overview: Nursing: Towards 2015 (Longley, Shaw and Dolan, 2007) Supply of healthcare • Workforce recruitment and retention • Voluntary (third sector) • Commercial sector • Information and IT • Genetics and personalised medicine • Telecare • Biotechnology, bioengineering and robotics

9. Overview: Nursing: Towards 2015 (Longley, Shaw and Dolan, 2007) Health policy • Taxpayer and electoral pressures: efficiency and performance • NHS Structures • Quality and safety • Regulation • Evidence based rationing • Patterns of specialist and generalist healthcare • Social care • Ethical issues

10. Overview: Nursing: Towards 2015 (Longley, Shaw and Dolan, 2007) Chapter 2: Nursing: Key drivers Nursing workforce • Age profile (includes HCA role) • Medical workforce (includes changing roles for nurses) The future nurse (includes generalist/specialist issues) • Changing nature of nursing Specialist and advanced practice

11. Overview: Nursing: Towards 2015 (Longley, Shaw and Dolan, 2007) Chapter 3: Nurse education: Key drivers • Fitness for practice programmes • Access, recruitment and retention • Current profile of recruits • Structure of pre-registration nursing education • Level of award • Responsive education • Inter-professional education • European perspectives

12. Overview: Nursing: Towards 2015 (Longley, Shaw and Dolan, 2007) Chapter 4: Scenarios for UK nursing in 2015 • Steady as she goes • More specialisms for all • No more generalists

13. NMC Consultation NMC has now published a consultation document The consultation is about the future – target of 2015 The consultation document is presented in 4 sections with questions asked in each section

14. NMC Consultation Preamble pages 1 to 8 Section A - overarching principles • Academic level • Stepping on and stepping off • Learning in practice • Community • EC Directives

15. NMC Consultation Section A - overarching principles 6. Shared Learning 7. Common foundation programme 8. Common Core 9. Common pathways and themes 10. Sub specialisation

16. NMC Consultation Section B - Branch Preparation Section C - Generalist preparation Section D - Post-registration consolidation

17. NMC Consultation Each table is being given two areas to work on Table 1 Principles 1-2 and Sections B, C and D Table 2 Principles 3-6 and principles 1-2 Table 3 Principles 6-10 and principles 3-6 Table 4 Sections B, C and D and principles 7-10

18. NMC Consultation • Please appoint a scribe and reporter • Please have free discussion with reference to the document - Nursing Towards 2015 - before answering the question and add comments where relevant in the questionnaire. • Try to give as much information as possible. • Please capture your discussion on the table mats and use the flip chart to identify the main areas for feedback to the wider group

19. NMC Consultation • Group work will last one hour. • Feedback will last 40 minutes • Each group will have up to five minutes for feedback to allow time for additional discussion • The outcomes will be circulated to workshop members and to Directors of Nursing by mid-December to help with organisational responses

20. Presentations This presentation will be available for download at http://www.nipec.n-i.nhs.uk/presentations