New specialist standards: what do they mean for nurses’ careers?

Major changes are afoot to advanced community nursing qualifications.

So, what do they mean for nurses’ careers? And what do employers, universities and other providers delivering education and training need to do?

This episode explores the new standards for specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) and specialist practice qualifications (SPQs) introduced by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Guests NMC executive director of professional practice Geraldine Walters and NMC assistant director of professional practice Anne Trotter explain what nurses need to know about the changes hailed as the most significant shake-up to advanced community nursing qualifications for 30 years.

They speak to Nursing Standard editor Flavia Munn about what the standards entail, how nurses can gain one of the qualifications and how the courses are quality assured.

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