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April 27-28, 2017 Las Vegas, USA
19th Global Nursing Education Conference
Volume 6, Issue 2 (Suppl) J Nurs Care
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal Global Nursing Education 2017
April 27-28, 2017
Return to practice nursing programme - Attracting nurses back to the profession
Irene Kennedy
Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Workforce planning in Scotland suggests there will be a need for an increased number of nurses to meet service, quality and
safety needs within Health and Social Care settings. Whilst Scottish Government has been having an increasing education
commissions in recent years, these will not start to yield an increase in registered nursing staff numbers until 2017/18 at the earliest
and other options had to be considered. Having established links with our local NHS Boards and NES, the Return to Practice
nursing programme was developed collaboratively with users and care givers and service providers who are committed to providing
a programme to encourage nurses with a lapse of registration back into the workforce and ensuring they are prepared to deliver
quality based patient focused care. The programme is funded by Scottish Government and has recently won the Student Nursing
Times Award 2016. Flexibility in the blended pattern of delivery ensures all students can accommodate their studying around other
commitments and is truly student centered ensuring progression is high and attrition low. The course takes the specific demands and
interests of return to practice students as it is driving force, encouraging its students to publish and placement staff to work closely
with the students.
Biography
Irene Kennedy is a Senior Lecturer from Glasgow Caledonian University and has an MSc and PGCHE from Edinburgh Napier University. She is the Programme
Leader for the Return to Practice Nursing Programme. She has recently won the Student Nursing Times Awards for the best Return to Practice Course 2016.
Irene Kennedy, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:2 (Suppl)