Scrapping nursing student bursaries makes no sense.
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I'm a nursing student and have just worked 85 hours in the last 8 days. I've had 1 day off in that period of time. I've not seen my daughter in days and I can't get a paid part time job as, let's face it, I have to actually sleep.'
PMID: 27461284 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - July 26, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Scrapping of student bursaries confirmed.
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Student bursaries for nurses will be scrapped from next year, the government has confirmed. Undergraduate nursing and midwifery students in England will now face tuition fees and student loans from August 2017.
PMID: 27461285 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - July 26, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Longhurst C Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Brexit vote prompts warning over bursary.
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Unions have put pressure on the government to suspend proposals to scrap the nursing student bursary in the wake of the Brexit vote.
PMID: 27380659 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - July 5, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Longhurst C Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Development and implementation of a DQE technique to assess image quality for digital radiology systems in the Saolta University Healthcare Group
Detective quantum efficiency (DQE) historically has been a commonly used metric to assess overall image quality of radiographic systems. It is defined as the ratio of the squared image signal-to-noise ratio to the number of incident X-ray photons. The DQE describes how efficiently a system translates incident X-ray photons into useful signal (relative to noise) within an image. However it is a relatively complex technique and therefore very few Medical Physicists working in Diagnostic Imaging Departments actually use the technique in practice and instead apply QA protocols based on sets of Imaging test objects whose result...
Source: Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics - June 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Matthew Donoghue, Brendan Tuohy, Niall Colgan, David Lavin, Wil van der Putten Tags: Poster Session – for Consideration for the IEL Bursary IEL5 Source Type: research
Students share their views of funding plans.
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The chief nursing officer for England has met with nursing students to hear first-hand their views on government proposals to cut NHS bursaries.
PMID: 27353898 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 28, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Let's not forget attrition.
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The heated debate about the ending of bursaries for nursing students has given scant attention to one important issue: drop-out rates.
PMID: 27353917 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 28, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Buchan J Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Answer the question.
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If the proposed bursary changes lead to an increase in students, where will the additional clinical placements be found?
PMID: 27305245 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 14, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Hunt J Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Your views on educaton funding are vital, says Crystal Oldman.
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The way nurse education is funded in England is undergoing reformation. From September 2017, nursing students will have to pay their own tuition fees and the bursary will go.
PMID: 27305239 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 14, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Oldman C Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
nursingstandard.com.
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1 Dame Vivienne Westwood spoke to hundreds of protesters at a rally outside the Department of Health in London. The event followed a march to protest against government proposals to get rid of the NHS bursary for nursing students from 2017. Read more tinyurl.com/Dame-Westwood.
PMID: 27305226 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 14, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Mayor of London pledges support to keep bursaries.
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The mayor of London has pledged to urge the health secretary to abandon plans to scrap nurse training bursaries.
PMID: 27305225 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 14, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Students take protest to politicians.
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Opponents of plans to replace the bursary with a loan marched in solidarity with the students who will be worst affected by the change.
PMID: 27286583 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 7, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Without the bursary, two thirds would not have chosen nursing.
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Two thirds of nurses would not have joined the profession had a bursary not been available during training, a major new survey has revealed.
PMID: 27286584 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - June 7, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Keogh K Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Gordon F. Kirkbright Bursary Award, 2017
Publication date: Available online 7 June 2016 Source:TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry (Source: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry)
Source: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry - June 7, 2016 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Will the end of bursaries lower student nurse applications to UK universities?
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Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses the recently launched Government consultation on the future funding of nurse education and the abolition of student nurse bursaries.
PMID: 27231742 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: British Journal of Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Nursing - May 25, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Glasper A Tags: Br J Nurs Source Type: research
