Practice Learning

Quality with Compassion: the future of nursing education. Report of the Willis Commission. 2012. Moving to an all-graduate nursing profession is not simply desirable, but essential. Service users and their representatives should be more closely involved in both recruitment and education.The requirement to put evidence-based care at the heart of nursing education is not yet fully met; questioning practice constantly and looking for evidence to improve performance will improve patient outcomes. Research must not be seen as an optional extra and greater attention must be paid to the next generation of nursing academics. The pre-registration programme provides the basis on which to build a lifelong nursing career but high quality mentorship, preceptorship and continuing professional development are crucial to improving patient outcomes