This paper offers new information about genetics education provided by diploma level training programmes for nurses in the UK. Those responsible for the development and provision of curricula were asked to complete a ...
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This paper offers new information about genetics education provided by diploma level training programmes for nurses in the UK. Those responsible for the development and provision of curricula were asked to complete a questionnaire that attempted to assess the nature of genetics education and their attitudes towards it. The response rate was 84%. Whist genetics teaching is included on all but two training courses, variation in content, delivery and timetable allocation indicates disparity. Genetics is taught for 10 hours or less on most courses, utilizing a limited number of approaches. Most courses do not have compulsory assessment. The majority of respondents (81%) agreed that genetics will have a major impact on health ca re, and will become an increasingly important issue in education. A small majority (58%) agreed that genetics should have a higher profile in professional training yet many respondents (68%) felt that the teaching they were already offering was appropriate to meet patients' needs. In the absence of any clear national framework for delivery and assessment of genetics education, the author questions whether current training is sufficient to provide nurses with the basic genetic literacy needed to respond to developments in genetics as they impact on health care.
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Reimer, MarleneMills, ClaireMARLENE REIMER
R.N. M.N. is currently an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Calgary. She coordinated the Rural Hospital Nursing elective at Foothills Hospital School of Nursing from 1982 to 1984 and served as liaison instructor for students in two rural hospitals from 1977 to 1981. CLAIRE MILLS
R.N. BSc. coordinated the Rural Hospital Nursing elective at Foot- hills Hospital School of Nursing from 1984 to 1% and served as liaison instructor for students in a rural hospital from 1977 to 1981.
A rural hospital elective in a diploma nursing program is described. A need and opportunity for this unique practicum was identified in a Canadian province where one‐third of the acute care beds are in hospitals of u...
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In the UK, Project 2000 nurse education, introduced over the last eight years, aimed to increase the professional status of nurses and enhance skills, focusing on wider community care. This paper reports some of the r...
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In the UK, Project 2000 nurse education, introduced over the last eight years, aimed to increase the professional status of nurses and enhance skills, focusing on wider community care. This paper reports some of the results from a research conducted between 1994 and 1996, funded by the Department of Health (Project 2000 Fitness for Purpose 1996). It was hypothesized that the changes in Project 2000 training might attract those more academically qualified and lead to more rapid career progression. The results found in this study did not support either of these hypotheses and suggestions are made about the reasons for the In the UK, Project 2000 nurse education, introduced over the last eight years, aimed to increase the professional status of nurses and enhance skills, focusing on wider community care. This paper reports some of the results from a research project conducted between 1994 and 1996, negative findings. (C) 2000 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
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