THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATIONAL-THEORY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NURSE TRAINING TO EDUCATION IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM

This paper discusses the development of nurse training to education fr om its historical apprenticeship-style approach to the current positio n of professional education through diploma-level programmes. The infl uence of education theory on nurse training over the years is explored . The slowness of the transition from training to education is shown t o have been dependent on the view of what is considered as appropriate preparation for the role. Historically, one can see that it was exped ient that preparation for the role began as training, and the developm ent to education was thwarted by the lack of resources, the shortage o f nurses, and the medical and political ideologies of the day. The imp lementation of Project 2000, with students being supernumerary to the workforce, and the programme being educationally led, created the need for the development of professional education from the traditional tr aining model.