title: PREP: present requirements for nurses and future possibilities.
abstract: All nurses know the requirements for PREP, with its practice, continuing professional development and re-registration standards. However, the system relies on nurses' honesty in completing their PREP record and does not assess a person's fitness to practice as a nurse. Would a system such as the medical re-accreditation process be more appropriate?
authors.affiliation: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Lincolnshire. kevin@teasdale.demon.co.uk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teasdale
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D006113:United Kingdom