 The course mixes supervised practice with academic study |
A training programme is helping to combat a shortage of nurses in Scotland, it has been claimed. The first cohort of overseas students has completed a course run by Stirling University which allows nurses trained outside the EU to practice in the UK.
The first six students have completed the programme and a further 13 have now enrolled on the course.
Last year the Royal College of Nursing warned Scotland's nursing shortage was affecting patient safety.
Meet regulations
Isobel Chisholm, who leads the programme run by the university's department of nursing and midwifery, said: "Many of the students on this programme, which combines supervised practice and academic study, already hold degree qualifications from their own country.
"Completing the programme enables them to practice in the UK and, in addition, achieve academic credit towards a degree programme with the University of Stirling."
The course, the first of its kind in Scotland, will also meet new Nursing and Midwifery Council regulations which come into force later this year.
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