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Who, what, where . Baroness Cox \VARM CO:\GRATULATIO:\S to Caroline Cox, Director of the nursing research unit at Chelsea College, University of London, who was made a life peer in December. Baroness Cox is one of five Conservative peers and four Labour peers created to be 'working legislators', as distinct from those awarded peerages in the Honours Lists. With Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, there are now two nurses in the House of Lords. Mrs Cox said that she fully intends to use her position to speak up for nursing and nurse education. She regards her peerage as both a privilege and a responsibility. Caroline Cox trained at The London Hospital, where she also worked as a staff nurse. After taking her degree she was appointed Lecturer in Sociology at the North London Polytechnic in 1969, and in 1974 sociology became head of the department there. Three years later she moved to her present post at Chelsea College. She is married to Murray Cox, Consultant Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital, and they have three children. Mrs Cox contributes a distinguished paper to this issue of Nurse Education Today. UKCC Elections AT A PRESS CO:\FEREI':CE in January, Maude Storey, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Central Council, announced that so far 95,000 nurses had 'opted in' to the electoral roll-a number she regarded as very encouraging. Fifteen nomination papers had been received for the English Nurse category, thirteen of whom were men and two women. The women were a Director of Nurse Education and a Senior Tutor in PostBasic Education; six of the men held teaching posts, six held management posts, and one was a post-registration student. No completed forms have been received from any practising district nurses, although a couple held district nursing qualifications. The closing date for receipt of optin forms was January 31. Anyone whose form arrives after that date will not be entitled to vote in the election. Candidates who have been nominated for election will be notified' that they are 'valid candidates' after' their nomination forms have been verified. Their manifestos will not be directly publicised by the UKCC, but the nursing journals have agreed to help,
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and candidates will be given the addresses and telephone numbers of all nursing, midwifery, and health visiting publications so that they may be contacted direct. The election will take place at the end of March/beginning of April, and the polls will be open for 28 days. Two new appointments Miss Anne Bent is joining the UKCC as the Professional Officer (Midwifery), on secondment for a period of up to two years from the Royal College of Midwives, where she is Director of Education. She will be concerned with the work of Council which involves the education and training of midwives, and will also advise on matters relating to the professional conduct and registration of midwives. !tUss Heather Williams, Principal Lecturer in Nursing Studies at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham, is joining the UKCC as Professional Officer (Health Visiting). She will be concerned with the establishment of the Health Visiting Joint Committee, and will provide the Council with expert advice on health visiting matters. Career development for nurses TOWARDS THE sxn of last year the Minister for Health, Mr Kenneth Clarke, announced that the Government would provide £150,000 to evaluate three experimental schemes for newly registered nurses to improve and develop ways in which the most able and experienced nurses can be encouraged to achieve their maximum potential while still in clinical practice. The aim is to develop a programme to prepare newly qualified entrants to the profession for their personal responsibility for maintaining and improving standards of nursing care, and to establish them on a planned professional career path. Separate funding THE ROYAL COLLEGE of Nursing has submitted to the Secretary of State a paper making recommendations for the separate funding of nurse education. Briefly, the Rcn proposes that the funding and employment of all teachers, and the funding of learners should become the responsibility of the National Boards. Student and pupil nurses would continue to learn to practise nursing in hospital wards and departments and to contribute to the service and to the'
care of patients, but in a learning environment controlled to meet the needs of the learner, and determined by the school. The Rcn also recommends that Directors of Nurse Education should be accountable to the Governing Bodies of the new Colleges of Nursing, when established; and that post-basic nursing education should also be funded by National Boards, as should the salaries of Nurse Allocation Officers. Nursing topics project TIlE PROJECT at Newcastle Polytechnic Library, carried out by Senga Bond, the Northern Regional Nursing Research Liaison Officer, and Alison Hagel, a Senior Lecturer, is nearing the end of its evaluative stage. It involved developing collections of selected literature on topics relevant to nurses, together with an annotated bibliography 'guiding users to the literature and a list of relevant audiovisual material. To date five units are available: mother-infant interaction; temperature taking; reality orientation; management of in-dwelling urinary catheters; and body image. Newcastle Polytechnic is prepared to lend units to borrowers, provided postage is paid in advance. Please send your name and address, clearly indicating the unit you wish to borrow, and stamps to the value of £1.57 (mother-infant interaction, and body image), or £1.20 (temperature taking, reality orientation, and management of in-dwelling urinary catheters) to Graham Walton, Health Studies Librarian, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic Library, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NEI 8ST. (No borrowing costs for North Region users.) Reports and booklets Health Education in Nursing: report of a workshop for nurse tutors by Jane Randell, Assistant Director (Training), Health Education Council, available from Joanna Noel, Health Education Council, 78 New Oxford Street, London WC1A lAH.
Evaluation of the District Nurse Course (SRN/RGN): second interim report, by Dr Brian Salter, Senior Research Officer, and Mrs Sandra Battle, Research Officer, Panel of Assessors for District Nurse Training. Copies are available from the Panel of Assessors, Clifton House, Euston Road, London NWI 2RS (tel: 01387 5731).
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Who, what, where . Baroness Cox \VARM CO:\GRATULATIO:\S to Caroline Cox, Director of the nursing research unit at Chelsea College, University of London, who was made a life peer in December. Baroness Cox is one of five Conservative peers and four Labour peers created to be 'working legislators', as distinct from those awarded peerages in the Honours Lists. With Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, there are now two nurses in the House of Lords. Mrs Cox said that she fully intends to use her position to speak up for nursing and nurse education. She regards her peerage as both a privilege and a responsibility. Caroline Cox trained at The London Hospital, where she also worked as a staff nurse. After taking her degree she was appointed Lecturer in Sociology at the North London Polytechnic in 1969, and in 1974 sociology became head of the department there. Three years later she moved to her present post at Chelsea College. She is married to Murray Cox, Consultant Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital, and they have three children. Mrs Cox contributes a distinguished paper to this issue of Nurse Education Today. UKCC Elections AT A PRESS CO:\FEREI':CE in January, Maude Storey, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Central Council, announced that so far 95,000 nurses had 'opted in' to the electoral roll-a number she regarded as very encouraging. Fifteen nomination papers had been received for the English Nurse category, thirteen of whom were men and two women. The women were a Director of Nurse Education and a Senior Tutor in PostBasic Education; six of the men held teaching posts, six held management posts, and one was a post-registration student. No completed forms have been received from any practising district nurses, although a couple held district nursing qualifications. The closing date for receipt of optin forms was January 31. Anyone whose form arrives after that date will not be entitled to vote in the election. Candidates who have been nominated for election will be notified' that they are 'valid candidates' after' their nomination forms have been verified. Their manifestos will not be directly publicised by the UKCC, but the nursing journals have agreed to help,
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and candidates will be given the addresses and telephone numbers of all nursing, midwifery, and health visiting publications so that they may be contacted direct. The election will take place at the end of March/beginning of April, and the polls will be open for 28 days. Two new appointments Miss Anne Bent is joining the UKCC as the Professional Officer (Midwifery), on secondment for a period of up to two years from the Royal College of Midwives, where she is Director of Education. She will be concerned with the work of Council which involves the education and training of midwives, and will also advise on matters relating to the professional conduct and registration of midwives. !tUss Heather Williams, Principal Lecturer in Nursing Studies at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham, is joining the UKCC as Professional Officer (Health Visiting). She will be concerned with the establishment of the Health Visiting Joint Committee, and will provide the Council with expert advice on health visiting matters. Career development for nurses TOWARDS THE sxn of last year the Minister for Health, Mr Kenneth Clarke, announced that the Government would provide £150,000 to evaluate three experimental schemes for newly registered nurses to improve and develop ways in which the most able and experienced nurses can be encouraged to achieve their maximum potential while still in clinical practice. The aim is to develop a programme to prepare newly qualified entrants to the profession for their personal responsibility for maintaining and improving standards of nursing care, and to establish them on a planned professional career path. Separate funding THE ROYAL COLLEGE of Nursing has submitted to the Secretary of State a paper making recommendations for the separate funding of nurse education. Briefly, the Rcn proposes that the funding and employment of all teachers, and the funding of learners should become the responsibility of the National Boards. Student and pupil nurses would continue to learn to practise nursing in hospital wards and departments and to contribute to the service and to the'
care of patients, but in a learning environment controlled to meet the needs of the learner, and determined by the school. The Rcn also recommends that Directors of Nurse Education should be accountable to the Governing Bodies of the new Colleges of Nursing, when established; and that post-basic nursing education should also be funded by National Boards, as should the salaries of Nurse Allocation Officers. Nursing topics project TIlE PROJECT at Newcastle Polytechnic Library, carried out by Senga Bond, the Northern Regional Nursing Research Liaison Officer, and Alison Hagel, a Senior Lecturer, is nearing the end of its evaluative stage. It involved developing collections of selected literature on topics relevant to nurses, together with an annotated bibliography 'guiding users to the literature and a list of relevant audiovisual material. To date five units are available: mother-infant interaction; temperature taking; reality orientation; management of in-dwelling urinary catheters; and body image. Newcastle Polytechnic is prepared to lend units to borrowers, provided postage is paid in advance. Please send your name and address, clearly indicating the unit you wish to borrow, and stamps to the value of £1.57 (mother-infant interaction, and body image), or £1.20 (temperature taking, reality orientation, and management of in-dwelling urinary catheters) to Graham Walton, Health Studies Librarian, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic Library, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NEI 8ST. (No borrowing costs for North Region users.) Reports and booklets Health Education in Nursing: report of a workshop for nurse tutors by Jane Randell, Assistant Director (Training), Health Education Council, available from Joanna Noel, Health Education Council, 78 New Oxford Street, London WC1A lAH.
Evaluation of the District Nurse Course (SRN/RGN): second interim report, by Dr Brian Salter, Senior Research Officer, and Mrs Sandra Battle, Research Officer, Panel of Assessors for District Nurse Training. Copies are available from the Panel of Assessors, Clifton House, Euston Road, London NWI 2RS (tel: 01387 5731).
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