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"A wealth of knowledge"
— the employment experiences of older nurses, midwives and the NHS | | Author(s) | Jane Wray, Roger Watson, Anne Stimpson |
| Corporate Author | Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Hull; School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield |
| Publisher | University of Hull, Hull, 2006 |
| Pages | 99 pp (+ appendices) |
| Source | University of Hull, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Hull HU6 7RX. email: j.wray@hull.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Nurses ; National Health Service ; Employment of older people ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Between 1983 and 1998, the average age of working registered nurses increased by more than four years from 37.4 to 41.9. An age bulge of nurses in their mid-30s to mid-40s is working its way through the population, reflecting the large intakes of new qualified nurses in the 1970s and early 1980s. The aim of the project reported here was to study the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives by: examining employment policy and procedure in relation to age, ethnicity, ill-health and disability; identifying a range of positive practices with regard to supporting nurses and midwives in the workplace; and providing recommendations to support future anti-discriminatory practice in this field. This report describes the methods used, and provides a review of the literature. It discusses the human resources (HR) policy documents received from 26 NHS Trusts and 18 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). The results of the survey and interviews are reported on: age; discrimination; continuing professional development (CPD); quality of life and psychological morbidity; and work-life balance. Signposts to good practice for NHS Trusts and PCTs working with older nurses and midwives are suggested. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061116201 B |
| Classmark | QTE: L4: GC: 3F |
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