Fitness to practise for student nurses: principles, standards and procedures
David, T.I.; Lee-Woolf, E.
Nursing Times 106(39): 23-26
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 21287847 Document Number: 644179
Since 2009, all schools of nursing have been required to establish a fitness to practise committee to consider any pre-registration student health or character issues (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2008). In 2009, fitness to practice standards were published (NMC, 2009a). This article outlines how fitness to practise procedures apply to nursing and midwifery students in the U.K. and explains the key differences between how they are applied to trainees and to registered nurses.