News
comment from the Royal
College
of Nursing (RCN), UK.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) today launched new guidance to help sexual
and reproductive health nurses to provide the safest, most effective practice.
The Safer Health Competences document, available online, outlines the skills
that sexual and reproductive health nurses from primary, secondary and community
care settings across the UK need to develop in order to provide safe, effective
and accountable care to patients.
The framework is designed as a template that can be modified to suit local
needs. It is intended to help managers and individual practitioners to review
their strengths and identify gaps in their skills and abilities to determine
specific training and development needs.
Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College
of Nursing, said:
"Nurses play a vitally important role in sexual and reproductive
healthcare. This guidance will help to inform the commissioning, development
and delivery of appropriate education and training to ensure these nurses
have the best possible skills to suit the needs of the patients in their local
area."
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