'20 days protected learning' - students' experiences of an overseas nurses programme - 4 years on: a retrospective survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From September 2005 the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) introduced new arrangements for the registration of non-EU overseas nurses which requires all applicants to undertake '20 days of protected learning' time in the UK and for some, a period of supervised practice. A survey was undertaken at Bournemouth University, which offers a '20 days protected learning only' programme, to elicit overseas nurses' demographic details, experiences in completing the programme and their 'final destinations' once registered.

Methods

An online survey was devised which contained a mixture of tick box and open ended questions which covered demographic details, views on the programme and final destinations This was uploaded to http://www.surveymonkey.com/ and sent out to nurses w

SUBMITTER: Jordan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111357 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature