National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland (NBS) 

Route to Enhanced Competence in Forensic Mental Health Nursing

Carol Watson, Professional Officer at the NBS kindly agreed for these competencies  to be placed on my website so they can get the widest possible circulation. Carol feels that it is important to note though that the NBS facilitated the development; and it was an expert group of practitioners educationalists, and strategic and operational managers who generated the competencies. Carol can be contacted directly by email at: Carol.Watson@nbs.org.uk


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Developing a Framework for Post-registration Competencies for Local Forensic Services - Report on Forensic Consensus Conference 

A Route to Enhanced Competence in Forensic Mental Health Nursing (Note File Size is 1.2mb) 

Continuing Professional Development Portfolio (Note File Size is 1.2mb)    


Link to Forensic Nursing Resource Homepage


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