PubMed · 5205398
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The nature of United Kingdom (UK) nursing education has changed significantly as the responsibility has been transferred from hospitals to the University sector. More information is needed on the outcome of the Project 2000 diploma and degree courses given the rapidly changing health care context. This paper focuses on the role socialization of graduate and diploma nurses. As part of a larger study, this research investigated the role orientations of 52 nursing graduates and 28 diplomates from two different universities at three time points; on graduation and at 6 and 12 months postgraduation. The Corwin Role Orientation Scale was selected and modified for the study. It comprised of three separate scales measuring professional, bureaucratic and service orientation. The data from the two groups of nurses were examined to identify nurses' ideal role orientations and role discrepancies over the transitionary period from graduate to qualified nurse. Although the results showed observed differences between the groups over time, none of these differences were statistically significant. The findings raise a number of questions about the value of the instrument as a measure in the contemporary nursing context. Furthermore, each of the Corwin subscales had a low internal reliability. A possible explanation may be that the instrument, which was developed in the United States of America (USA) in the 1960s, and modified, for this study, has little relevance for contemporary UK nursing. The study findings are also limited by the small size of the sample. In spite of these limitations, the study suggests there are few differences between the role orientations and socialization experiences of UK nursing graduates and diplomates. Indeed, both programmes commonly take place in university settings and students receive the same amount of clinical experience. Further instrument development and exploratory research is recommended to identify the role socialization and orientations of UK nurses through larger national studies.
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AIM: The aim of this literature review was to examine the policies and professional literature from the last 50 years about the introduction, the role and subsequent plight of the enrolled nurse (also known as second level nurses), and the need to convert to the first level of the UKCC nursing register. BACKGROUND: Nurse shortages within the NHS have been cyclical since its inception in 1948. The policy decision to cease the training of enrolled nurses within the frame of modernizing the education and training of the nursing workforce had two distinct implications for enrolled nurses. Firstly, they could choose to stay as enrolled nurses or convert to first level nursing. Nevertheless, enrolled nurses have cited the lack of funded conversion course places, and managerial support for non-conversion. METHODS: A critical review of the national policies and professional literature concerned with the evaluation of enrolled nurses' contribution to the NHS. FINDINGS: It was argued that national policy needs to be supported on the ground, whereby enrolled nurses are proactively supported to come forward for conversion and/or meaningful roles are created and sustained where enrolled nurses continue to make a valuable contribution to the NHS agenda. Finally, the paper challenges all NHS organizations to consider the profile and value of enrolled nurses and become proactive in their recruitment and retention of this nursing group.