Special Report: OH nurse education, registration and practice

A guide to the NMC consultation on new SCPHN standards

Summary:

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has launched a public consultation on new draft standards for specialist community and public health nursing. John Ballard discusses the background to the consultation and considers whether the proposed standards for proficiency and post-registration education are sufficient to prepare trainee OH nurses for professional practice.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a public consultation on its draft standards for specialist community and public health nursing (SCPHN), which apply to health visitors, occupational health (OH) nurses and school nurses¹. The NMC draft standards set out the knowledge and skills needed to gain post-registration qualifications. They also set out requirements for the institutions delivering the education and training, as well as their ‘practice-learning partners’ (the organisations that provide students with the required practical learning). The outcome could have significant implications for the future of OH nursing…

John Ballard is editor of Occupational Health [at Work].

Author: Ballard J

Tags NMC - Nursing and Midwifery Council

Occupational Health at Work June/July 2021 (vol. 18/1) pp17-25

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