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Over 700,000 registered nurses practice in the UK, [1] working in settings such as hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, communities, military, prisons, and academia. Most are employed by the National Health Service (NHS). Nursing is split into four fields: adults, children, mental health, and learning disability.
UK HealthCare is the health care system that is based on the campus of the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington, Kentucky. It consists of the university's hospitals, clinics, outreach locations, and patient care services along with UKs health profession colleges.
Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century: The Quest for Independence (2010) Hay, Ian. One Hundred Years of Army Nursing (1953) McEwen, Yvonne. In the Company of Nurses: The History of the British Army Nursing Service in the Great War (2014) Noakes, Lucy. Women in the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex, 1907-1948 (2006) Piggott ...
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the regulator for nursing and midwifery professions in the UK. The NMC maintains a register of all nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses and nursing associates eligible to practise within the UK. It sets and reviews standards for their education, training and onduct epic super ...
The chief nurse is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The chief nurse is the senior nursing management position in an organization and often holds executive titles like chief nursing officer (CNO), chief nurse executive, or vice-president of nursing. They typically report to the CEO or COO.
In the UK, training as a district nurse requires registration as a nurse in the adult branch, and consolidation of pre registration nurse education. A degree or postgraduate diploma course is then undertaken which is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Primary nursing is a system of nursing care delivery that emphasizes continuity of care and responsibility acceptance by having one registered nurse (RN), often teamed with a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and/or nursing assistant (NA), who together provide complete care for a group of patients throughout their stay in a hospital unit or department. [1]
The College of Nursing Ltd was founded on 27 March 1916, with 34 members, as a professional organisation for trained nurses. [5] On a proposal from Dame Sarah Swift (then matron of Guy's Hospital) and Arthur Stanley, chairman of the Joint War Organisation, developed with Rachael Cox-Davies (matron of the Royal Free Hospital) and Alicia Lloyd-Still (matron of St. Thomas Hospital) the College ...