Though noble, NMC’s standards are an assault on mental health nursing.

Warrender, Dan

Abstract

The Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses have noble aims and yet their impact has been an assault on mental health nursing as a specialism. Outnumbered in the profession as a whole, mental health nursing has often been undervalued and misunderstood, and the idea of what it means to be a nurse is becoming synonymous with that of general adult nursing. 'Generic' nurse education is not truly generic. While the NMC set standards, these are then interpreted by higher education institutions (HEIs). This has led to a postcode lottery with HEIs offering different depth of mental health content.

Citation

WARRENDER, D. 2022. Though noble, NMC's standards are an assault on mental health nursing. Mental health practice [online], 25(6), pages 5. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.25.6.5.s1

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Oct 20, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Oct 20, 2022
• Publication Date: Nov 3, 2022
• Deposit Date: Dec 12, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 12, 2022
• Journal: Mental health practice
• Print ISSN: 1465-8720
• Electronic ISSN: 2047-895X
• Publisher: RCN Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.25.6.5.s1
• Keywords: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC); Standards of proficiency; Registered nurses; Mental health nursing
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1832088