Impact of NMC Future Nurse standards on Pre-registration Children’s Nursing programmes

Hayward, Melanie (2024) Impact of NMC Future Nurse standards on Pre-registration Children’s Nursing programmes. In: RCN Education Forum National Conference & Exhibition 2024, 23 - 24th April 2024, York.

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Abstract

The aim of this cross-sectional survey was to investigate how the introduction of the NMC standards (2018) has impacted on the structure of pre-registration Children’s nursing programmes in the UK. The NMC database of approved nursing education programmes lists 160 Pre-registration Child nursing programmes available at 67 approved educational institutions in the UK. An online anonymous survey was designed to map out the current content of the programmes and the identify the level of change. Recruitment was carried out through email to every Programme/course or Professional/field lead, through social media platforms and the Children and Young people academic network. The survey recruited 54 Academics linked to 97 pre-registration children's nursing programmes representing all four countries in the UK. The results from this survey show that since the introduction of the NMC Standards (2018), 50% of the respondents (programme, field, or professional leads) reported that the theoretical content has changed. In particular, in over a third reported a decrease in child-specific content. Child field teaching methods accounted for less that 30% of all programmes whereas cross field teaching methods (Adult, Mental Health, Learning Disability and Child learners together), such as lectures, seminars, and clinical skills accounting for the remainder of the programme content. Thematic analysis of qualitative data identified three themes: genericism as the focus, the challenge to achieve standards of proficiency, and dilution of child specific content. The result show there are great disparities across the UK in how HEIs have interpreted the NMC standards and highlight academics concerns around the growing genericism within preregistration children’s nursing education nationally. These findings will form a basis for the next stage of the project comparing the impact of greater or lesser degrees of genericism on the outcomes of programme for newly qualified child health nurses.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Depositing User:	RED Unit Admin
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2024 11:35
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2025 13:28
URI:	https://bnu.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/19087

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