Community Nursing Practice Teaching Standards

The Queen’s Nursing Institute has published new Standards of Education and Practice for Community Practice Teaching.

The new Standards were developed over 2021-22 involving stakeholders from a wide range of key organisations, listed in the appendices to the Standards.

The new Standards comprise a set of benchmarks and guidance outlining the transition from a Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor role to that of a Community Practice Teacher, the attributes required for community practice teaching, and the support and educational framework needed for learners undertaking the SPQ/SCPHN. The Standards align with the four pillars (domains) of advanced practice of the Health Education England Advanced Practice Toolkit Framework.

Leading stakeholders including Experts by Experience, Higher Education course/programme leads, practitioners and commissioners from all four countries of the UK have contributed to the project through a Standards Advisory Group, Chaired by Professor John Unsworth OBE, QNI Chair of Council. The project was led and managed by Angie Hack QN. 

Other Resources

Read our blog by Melanie Hayward, a RN-Child and SCPHN-SN here: ‘Continuing to Develop Educators for SCPHN and SPQ Students’.

Download an example of a practice education programme by Buckinghamshire New University below.

Download the information sheet about the Practice Assessor module at the University of the West of England.