Nursing recruitment. First impressions.

ABSTRACT

Preparations for developing a standard induction programme across 15 trusts for overseas nurses in Manchester revealed a wide variation in the terms and conditions on which nurses were being employed. Some nurses were not paid at all, others were paid as auxiliaries and some were paid as staff nurses. Some induction programmes in operation lasted a couple of days, others three or four weeks. There should be a minimum two-week induction period. The standard programme developed for the area recommends that overseas nurses should be paid a minimum of 12,000 Pounds.