Creating the right environment for return-to-practice candidates

Nottingham, Elizabeth RGN
Foreman, Karen MSc, RGN, ONC

Elizabeth Nottingham RGN, is Return-to-Practice Facilitator, Department of Care and Quality, Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust, and Karen Foreman MSc, RGN, ONC, is Project Nurse, Walsgrave Hospital.

Date of acceptance: February 7 2000.

These key words are based on the subject headings from the British Nursing Index.

This article has been subject to double-blind review.

Nursing Standard 14(32):p 44-45, April 26, 2000.

Summary

With a recognised national shortage of qualified nurses in England, a trust and university joined forces to provide a return-to-nursing course (ENB 902). This article describes how they provided clinical support and encouraged nurses to return to practice.