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Changes in Nursing Practice

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By the time a nurse qualifies and becomes eligible for registration on the UKCC’s Professional Register, she will have satisfied the competencies (relevant to her specialism) for the registered nurse as set down in Rule 18 of the Nurses, Mid wives and Health Visitors Rules Approval Order 1983 S-I-1983 No 873.

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Morton-Cooper, A. (1989). Changes in Nursing Practice. In: Returning to Nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10538-0_8

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