New role eludes specialty
News that the government has rejected the Francis report’s recommendation to create a role of older person’s nurse will be disappointing, but unsurprising, to many in the specialty (page 5). Instead, it has promised to ‘go further’ through targeted pre- and post-registration training to develop nurses’ skills in caring for older people, including those with complex needs and frailty, across all settings.
Nursing Older People.
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doi: 10.7748/nop2013.05.25.4.3.s1
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