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E Meerabeau

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PubMed2004

Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever: a counter reformation in English nursing education?

The bulk of nursing education in England moved gradually into higher education in the 1990s. There were debates over the wisdom of this move and in late 1998 and early 1999, it seemed that nursing education might return to the NHS. There was considerable discussion in both the nursing and the general press. In this paper I concentrate on the latter, and analyse the media discussion of nursing at that time, in particular its emphasis on bodily care and excretion, and relate this discussion to the literature on the management of pollution in nursing, the gendered nature of caring, and the division of labour in nursing.

Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate↗
PubMed2001

Back to the bedpans: the debates over preregistration nursing education in England.

AIMS OF THE PAPER: This paper aims to examine the recent debates in both the general and professional press over the future of preregistration education in England, in the light of the sociological literature on the professions, and the nature of nursing knowledge. The literature on the Project 2000 reforms, although by now well worn, will also be discussed briefly. BACKGROUND/RATIONALE: The bulk of nursing education in England moved into higher education in the 1990s. Unlike other higher education in England, it is not funded by the Department for Education and Employment, but commissioned by the National Health Service (NHS), to which it is expected to be highly responsive. DESIGN/METHODS: This paper is based on a brief literature survey, plus policy documents and media reports. FINDINGS/CONCLUSION: It will be argued that the process of professionalization is not a straightforward one, and has its potential for reversals of fortune, and that nursing occupies a marginal place in higher education in England.

Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate↗
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Can a purchaser be a partner? Nursing education in the English universities.

Since the early 1990s, public sector management in England has been exhorted to follow the example of the private sector, and 'quasi-markets' have been established, for example in the health service. A quasi-market also exists between the NHS and higher education for the purchasing (or procurement) of nursing education. This paper uses policy documents such as the National Health Service Executive Circular (March 1999) on 'Good Contracting Guidelines' for Non-Medical Education and Training, plus other relevant literature on the commodification of higher education, quasi-markets and contract theory to examine this market, and the confusion of two rhetorics, those of competition and partnership. Nursing occupies a marginal place in higher education in England, having only recently become part of it. The emphasis of the quasi-market on the output of a trained 'fit for purpose' labour force combines with professional attempts to create an academic discipline, in complex ways which are as yet underanalysed.

Education, Nursing↗
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In line for promotion.

Many nurses are unfamiliar with the issues surrounding public health promotion. Elizabeth Meerabeau reports on what they mean for education and training.

Community Health Nursing↗