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Background
The worldwide shortage of registered nurses [Buchan, J., Calman, L., 2004. The Global
Shortage of Registered Nurses: An Overview of Issues And Actions. International Council
of Nurses, Geneva] points to the need for initiatives which increase access to the
profession, in particular, to those sections of the population who traditionally do
not enter nursing. This paper reports findings on the costs associated with one such
initiative, the British National Health Service (NHS) Cadet Scheme, designed to provide
a mechanism for entry into nurse training for young people without conventional academic
qualifications. The paper illustrates an approach to costing work-based learning interventions
which offsets the value attributed to trainees’ work against their training costs.
Objective
To provide a preliminary evaluation of the cost of the NHS Cadet Scheme initiative.
Data source
Questionnaire survey of the leaders of all cadet schemes in England (n=62, 100% response)
in December 2002 to collect financial information and data on progression of cadets
through the scheme, and a follow-up questionnaire survey of the same scheme leaders
to improve the quality of information, which was completed in January 2004 (n=56,
59% response).
Principal findings
The mean cost of producing a cadet to progress successfully through the scheme and
onto a pre-registration nursing programme depends substantially on the value of their
contribution to healthcare work during training and the progression rate of students
through the scheme. The findings from this evaluation suggest that these factors varied
very widely across the 62 schemes. Established schemes have, on average, lower attrition
and higher progression rates than more recently established schemes. Using these rates,
we estimate that on maturity, a cadet scheme will progress approximately 60% of students
into pre-registration nurse training.
Conclusions
As comparative information was not available from similar initiatives that provide
access to nurse training, it was not possible to calculate the cost effectiveness
of NHS Cadet Schemes. However, this study does show that those cadet schemes which
have the potential to offer better value for money, are those where the progression
rates are good and where the practical training of cadets is organised such that cadets
meet the needs of patients which might otherwise have to be met by non-professionally
qualified staff. |
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9 |
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peerReviewed |
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45 |
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Norman, Ian ; Normand, Charles; Watson, Roger; Draper, Janet ; Borg-Longhurst, J;
Jowett, Sandra and Coster, Samantha (2008). Calculating the costs of work-based learning:
the case of NHS Cadet Schemes. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45(9) pp.
1310–1318. |
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Norman, Ian ; Normand, Charles; Watson, Roger; Draper, Janet ; Borg-Longhurst,
J; Jowett, Sandra and Coster, Samantha (2008). Calculating the costs of work-based
learning: the case of NHS Cadet Schemes. International Journal of Nursing Studies,
45(9) pp. 1310–1318. |
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Calculating the costs of work-based learning: the case of NHS Cadet Schemes |
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