Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers' views.

Managers in healthcare services have ever-increasing demands to consider in relation to front line care, including the continuing professional education needs of qualified practitioners who are advancing their roles. One advancement is non-medical prescribing, and this article reports part of the findings from a survey undertaken in Scotland which explored managers' views of the clinical support of staff enrolled on a non-medical prescribing programme. The article discusses how managers have an important role to play in supporting these learners in practice, and suggests all stakeholders should be aware of the pressure this adds to managers, and seek creative solutions to support the process of learning.

Non-medical prescribing assessment - An evaluation of a nationally agreed multi method approach.

Unlabelled: In the United Kingdom, legislation permits nurses and allied health professionals to prescribe for patients within their care. Preparation for this role includes learning, teaching and assessment that is embedded in practice, supervised by a designated medical practitioner (DMP) and evidenced in a reflective learning in practice portfolio.

Aim: The objectives were to explore; (1) which assessment in the practice portfolio was ranked most valuable in terms of achieving safe, effective prescribing practice and, (2) whether a practice based assessment (SDEP) was an acceptable alternative to an Observed Simulated Clinical Examination (OSCE).

The development of service users in the provision of verbal feedback to student nurses in a clinical simulation environment.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, has a sustained history of working in partnership with service users in their role as patient volunteers. The patient volunteers make a pivotal contribution towards the delivery of clinical skills as "real" patients. They work within a scenario context, overseen and facilitated by academic staff.

Bereavement and bereavement care in health and social care: provision and practice in Scotland.

The interview study described here aimed to explore current views of and practice in bereavement care and identify priorities for service development in Scotland. Fifty-nine participants who worked with the bereaved in some way, or whose interest was in bereavement or bereavement care, were interviewed. They represented National Health Service organizations, chaplaincy departments, educational institutions, academic departments, voluntary groups, and other related bodies, such as funeral directors.