The role of the nurse has expanded greatly during recent years, as nurses are now often responsible for prescribing medication, undertaking complex medical procedures, including advance life support techniques, and front-line assessments to name but a few.
Contemporary nursing practice requires the utmost knowledge and skill and this, in combination with an attitude of heart and mind, supports people in need of professional care.
The knowledge required by nurses to maintain highly skilled levels of practice takes years of study, commitment and often personal sacrifice.
In Wales, nurses undertake a three-year degree-level programme and in this respect are no different to our colleagues in the rest of the UK, in that after qualification, they embark on a treadmill of life-long learning to ensure that their knowledge level for practice keeps pace with the developments in health care and the technological advances.
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However, nurses are expected to continue to develop and to expand their extensive knowledge base as they progress through their career pathway and, with the new pay scales coming in to the NHS, we hope they will be adequately rewarded.
The Royal College of Nursing strongly believes that an educated nursing workforce, which has equity in terms of opportunities, will lead to higher standards of patient care and improved health outcomes.
The recruitment and retention of nurses remains a real concern for us in Wales...
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