title: Code spells out the core duties of care.
abstract: The draft Code spells out the "fundamentals of basic care" nurses and midwives must deliver. Critics say the new document is unnecessarily detailed and insults nurses. But some nurse managers at organisations striving for improvements, say the explicit focus on core duties is timely and appropriate.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osborne
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D009721:Nurse Midwives; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom