...Ruth Deery; Mari Phillips Integration of midwifery and nurse education into higher education was completed in 1996. This article highlights issues which emerged prior to, during and post‐integration. It focuses on the process itself, student support, status, titles and employment contracts...

...Sandra Hill; Des McNulty This article is a case study which focuses on organisational and cultural change associated with the incorporation of a college which provided pre‐ and post‐registration nursing and midwifery education into a much larger institution within the university sector. Among...

...George Blair Notes the worsening situation with regard to nursing shortages. Considers responses such as the commission of increased places on Project 2000 courses and the introduction of NVQ III staff. Points to this success, particularly with regard to the latter of these solutions, but notes...

...Jane Hemsley‐Brown Discusses the interpretation of nursing statistics, the problem of counting how many nurses there are in the workforce, and the need to be aware of how statistics are compiled when presenting numerical data to support arguments relating to nursing and the nursing workforce...

...Eileen James Addresses the transfer of nurse education from schools of nursing, previously located within health authorities and, more recently, hospital and/or community trusts, to institutions of higher education. The pressures this has produced for both providers and participants...

...Ching‐Jong Liao; Chien‐Yuan Kao Suggests that with the shortage of nursing personnel, hospital administrators have to pay more attention to the needs of nurses to retain and recruit them. Also asserts that improving nurses’ schedules is one of the most economic ways for the hospital administration...

...Mike Dent; Elizabeth Burtney Considers the impact of recent government policy on the organization of primary care in England and Wales. Discusses the notion and practice of “teamworking” currently in vogue, and analyses implications for doctors, nurses and managers working in/attached to general...

...Jane Hemsley‐Brown; John Humphreys States that the number of enrolled nurse conversions completed during the last ten years has had a significant impact on the number of registered nurses (RNs) available for employment in the National Health Service (NHS), and the contribution made by the enrolled...

...John Edmonstone; Shirley Watt The downsizing of many areas of the NHS is now affecting nurse education as it moves into the Further/Higher Education sector. Many staff are terminating their employment relationship through early retirement. Describes a career management workshop run for such staff...

...Patrick Asubonteng; Karl J. McCleary; George Munchus Chronicles the role of nurse practitioners from their early beginnings to the present. Not only examines this group′s history but also explores their present role in health care delivery. Discusses interprofessional relationships along...

...James Buchan; Ian Seccombe Examines in detail the issue of absence among nurses in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Three main objectives are to:investigate levels and reasons for absence among nurses; assess the abilities of NHS management to monitor and control nurse absence...

.... The time is ripe for a rethink of the role of doctors, the way they are trained and the competences they need to gain. There also appears to be a need for a fundamental rethink of the roles of all staff in health care organizations. It would be easy to broaden the role of the nurse to fill the service...

...James Buchan; Siân Thomas Nurse banks are locally organized in‐house sources of temporary nursing staff. Reports on a study of policy and practice in the management of nurse banks in the National Health Service in Scotland. The study was based on a census survey of all 55 NHS units in Scotland(100...

...Graeme Martin Examines the introduction of PRP into occupations like nursing. Essentially a literature review, examines the theoretical case for and practical problems of PRP in its “natural setting” in the private sector and highlights the issues of performance measurement, motivation and control...

...Nigel Brunsdon; Roy Massey Describes the results of a project carried out at Derby City General Hospital to introduce new pay and grading arrangements for nurses and midwives, consistent with their locally developed reward strategy. Identifies the factors critical to the success of the project...

...James Buchan; Marc Thompson Discusses the merits and demerits of performance‐related pay (PRP)with respect to nursing in the NHS but concludes that justification for it remains unproven through the absence of hard evidence in support of its efficiency. Sees previous experience of the practicalities...

...Penelope J. Short; Phillip C. Wright In Britain, Canada and the USA, a chronic shortage of registered nurses has existed since World War II. This situation is predicted to become worse. Reviews both the general and nursing literature in human resource planning, and recommends a system which can...

...James Buchan Discusses labour market characteristics for nurses, competing demand for nurses and the role of pay in nursing labour markets, in the light of a recent report. Examines the relevance of current plans for decentralization and the possible demise of the review body. © MCB UP Limited...

...John Edmonstone; Carole Chisnell The creation of clinical directorates in acute hospital services has directed attention towards the clinical director role. The two“support” roles of clinical nurse manager and business manager have received less attention. Reports on an action research study...

...Doris M. Dunn Investigates the values of Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales(BARS), in assessing and training student nurses at work. Seven experienced practitioners had been asked to state what they thought they would be saying about any student whom they placed at each behavioural level...