Kenny Gerard
School of Maternal and Child Health, Glenside Campus, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK.
Nurse Educ Today. 2004 Feb;24(2):84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2003.09.001.
The publication of Fitness for Practice [UKCC Commission for Nursing and Midwifery Education, 1999. Fitness for Practice (Chair Sir Leonard Peach). UKCC, London] in the United Kingdom (UK) came at a time when anxiety was being expressed by UK government and the National Health Service (NHS) over the suitability of newly trained nurses to be 'fit for purpose'. There had been growing disquiet that the education reforms of the 1990s, which had seen nurse education move into higher education, had failed to deliver skilled nurses for the modern healthcare system. Fitness for Practice (loc. cit.) became the driving force behind government's attempts to bring about change nurse education policy. In the process of these reforms, nurse educators were marginalised and portrayed a negative light. The implementation time of the report was one to two years. This makes the policy ripe for discussion and analysis to explore the complexity of its recommendations, and its implications for UK nurse educators within a higher education context.
《实践适用性》（英国中央护士及助产士委员会，1999年。《实践适用性》（主席：伦纳德·皮奇爵士）。英国中央护士及助产士委员会，伦敦）在英国出版时，英国政府和国民医疗服务体系（NHS）正因新培训护士是否“适用于目标岗位”而感到焦虑。人们越来越不安地感到，20世纪90年代的教育改革使护士教育进入高等教育阶段，但未能为现代医疗体系培养出技术娴熟的护士。《实践适用性》（同前）成为政府试图改变护士教育政策的背后驱动力。在这些改革过程中，护士教育工作者被边缘化，并被置于负面形象之中。该报告的实施时间为一到两年。这使得该政策已成熟，适合进行讨论和分析，以探究其建议的复杂性及其在高等教育背景下对英国护士教育工作者的影响。
