Is the future of nursing healthy or in a critical condition? 1 First With The News Edition 1
Implicit in these calls is the assumption that the current nursing shortage stems from the tertiary education of nurses and that the nursing crisis will only be solved by returning student nurses to the hospital workforce. It has been almost 20 years since federal legislation transferred nursing edu...
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| Published in | The Courier-mail |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Brisbane, Qld
Nationwide News Pty Ltd
15.12.2001
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| Summary: | Implicit in these calls is the assumption that the current nursing shortage stems from the tertiary education of nurses and that the nursing crisis will only be solved by returning student nurses to the hospital workforce. It has been almost 20 years since federal legislation transferred nursing education from an apprenticeship-based model to a tertiary education model. While there were some initial hiccups as hospitals moved to a fully qualified nursing workforce, the continued blaming of tertiary nursing education for the nursing shortage is becoming an ageing argument. as we better prepare nurses, we should not be surprised when some choose to leave the profession and enter other fields. It is primarily because nurses have an undergraduate degree that other avenues to study are now more accessible. Surely we would not want to deny nurses the right to a tertiary education simply because they might feel inspired to undertake further study, perhaps even outside nursing? |
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| ISSN: | 1322-5235 |