TY - JOUR
T1 - It's not cricket : the Ashes of nursing education
AU - Shields, Linda
AU - Purcell, Christine
AU - Watson, Roger
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The aim of this short discussion paper is to engender debate about the downturn in intellectual standing of nursing courses in Australia, where entry standards to nursing courses, and pass marks are being lowered to cater to the needs of health services for pairs of hands. We give examples of indicators of declining standards and reference them to the state of nursing education in the United Kingdom. We hope for debate and argument, and critical discussion, that might lead to a reassessment of nursing education in both countries.
AB - The aim of this short discussion paper is to engender debate about the downturn in intellectual standing of nursing courses in Australia, where entry standards to nursing courses, and pass marks are being lowered to cater to the needs of health services for pairs of hands. We give examples of indicators of declining standards and reference them to the state of nursing education in the United Kingdom. We hope for debate and argument, and critical discussion, that might lead to a reassessment of nursing education in both countries.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/553808
U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.015
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.015
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 314
EP - 316
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
IS - 4
ER -