title: Vocational training: its role in nursing.
abstract: The use of occupational standards in professional health care curricula is currently of great importance following support for their use from the NHS Executive and the employment department. In the first of two articles reviewing the role of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in nursing education, the author explains the background and development of NVQs, and the introduction and function of the Care Sector Consortium, identifying the links that now exist with nursing education.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom