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The Back to Nursing Movement and Prospective Employers

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The back to nursing movement has established itself over the past five years, partly in response to a national shortage of qualified staff, and partly as a result of the UKCC’s stated commitment1 to introduce mandatory updating programmes for nurses and health visitors returning to practice after a specified minimum break in service. Initiatives on recruitment and retention of staff were highlighted by a major national campaign run jointly by the Department of Health and Nursing Times in 1988.

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Reference

  1. UKCC, Annual Report (London: UKCC, 1984).

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Recommended reading

  • ‘Agency nursing’, Nursing Standard Special Supplement, 16 July 1988.

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  • J. Baker, What Next: Postbasic Opportunities in Nursing (Basingstoke: Macmillan Education, 1988).

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  • J. Englefield, ‘Part-time staff: a blessing in disguise?’, The Professional Nurse, 3 (1988) pp. 524–6.

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  • ‘Independent health sector nursing’, Nursing Standard Special Supplement, 27 August 1988.

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  • ‘Nursing Abroad’, Nursing Standard Special Supplement, 17 September 1988.

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  • J. Rogers, ‘Clinical career structures — a lot to consider’, The Professional Nurse, 3 (1988) p. 377.

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  1. Alison Morton-Cooper RGN
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Morton-Cooper, A. (1989). The Back to Nursing Movement and Prospective Employers. In: Returning to Nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10538-0_5

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