Evaluating the NMC proficiencies framework: perspectives of students and educators 5 years on
Abstract
It is now half a decade since the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) launched Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. Applicable nationally, this proficiencies framework dictates specific elements of nursing praxis that all pre-registrants must achieve in order to qualify as registered nurses, before going on to gain employment in either the NHS or adjacent healthcare providers. The NMC proficiencies framework is subdivided into seven proficiencies and two annexes, each of which contains multiple specific criteria detailing the skillset pre-registrants must demonstrate, in order to be signed off by a qualified educator. Subsequently, in the last 5 years the standards have brought about significant alterations to the delivery of nursing programmes at UK higher education institutions. This article reports the results of a pair of service evaluations, which gathered feedback from both pre-registrant students and educators in relation to their direct experiences of the NMC's proficiencies framework. The authors compare the contemporary perspectives collated here against earlier academic appraisals of the guidance framework, in order to outline its past and present reception at the level of delivery.Citation
Whaley, V., Cooper-Caiger, L., Hay, J., & Stone, J. (2024). Evaluating the NMC proficiencies framework: perspectives of students and educators 5 years on. British Journal of Nursing, 33(1), 22-26. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.1.22Publisher
MA HealthcareJournal
British Journal of NursingAdditional Links
https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.1.22Type
ArticleDescription
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in the British Journal of Nursing, copyright © MA Education, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.1.22.ISSN
0966-0461EISSN
2052-2819ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.12968/bjon.2024.33.1.22