title: The implications of NVQs for nursing.
abstract: By December 1992, nearly 900 National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) covering the employment functions of up to 80 per cent of the working population had come into being (1). The implications for a major employer such as the National Health Service are enormous, but nursing seems to have been slow to grasp its significance. Pat Hughes reviews the issues from practice, management and education perspectives.
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom