Margaret Dorothy Green OBE FRCN (1929–2017) was a senior Royal College of Nursing employee from 1966 to 1990 and was instrumental in setting up the UKCC, the forerunner of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Through UKCC, Green introduced major changes to nurse education such as Project 2000 and PREP.
Margaret Dorothy Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 2017 |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Employer(s) | Royal College of Nursing and United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting |
| Known for | Project 2000 |
Early life
editGreen was born on 22 August 1929
Education and career
editGreen qualified as a nurse in 1955 at the Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital Maidstone, the Royal London Hospital and the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, registering in July 1955.[1]
Green first joined the Royal College of Nursing in December 1965 as a Tutor in the then Education Division where she helped to organize ward sisters' courses for UK and overseas nurses. In 1966, when the Salmon Report was published, she planned two of the first experimental first-line management courses for staff nurses and ward sisters. In June 1973 Green become Head of the Professional Nursing Department.[2]
In 1976, she took up the post of RCN Director of Education and Principal of the Institute of Advanced Nursing Education,[3] a post she held until her retirement in 1990.[4]
Green was instrumental in setting up the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC)[1] and was Chair of the English National Board.
In 1986, Green chaired the committee[4] which initiated a major UKCC plan to modernise nursing education by the end of the millennium, called Project 2000. This major scheme sought to expand the provision of nursing degrees in the United Kingdom to ensure that entry level nursing qualifications for registered nurses were at degree level.[5]
Green was involved in UKCC's Post-registration Education and Practice (PREP). PREP took several years to introduce, with the final framework being agreed in 1994, and the scheme itself being introduced in 1995.[6] PREP developed into the current scheme of Revalidation which was implemented in April 2016.[7]
Personal life
editUpon her retirement Green moved to Ebford, Exeter, Devon. She became a visiting professor at Exeter University. Green was a Director of Exeter Hospiscare from 16 December 1997 until 23 September 2008.[4] She was also governor and then chair of the board of governors at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. She was also a director of the Florence Nightingale Foundation until 1992.[4]
Death
editGreen died on 30 March 2017. Her funeral took place on 18 April 2017, at Christ the King Church, Bagshot.[8]
Honours
editGreen was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1986 Birthday Honours List.[9]
A devout Roman Catholic, she was made a Dame of St Gregory (DSG), conferred on her by the Diocese of Plymouth.
In 1987, Green was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing (FRCN). [10]
Publications
edit'An examination of the professionalisation of the nursing profession in Great Britain and its concomitant status implications' B.A. dissertation. 1971
'Report on the enquiry amongst those who obtained the Sister Tutor's diploma in the years 1966-1970' (n.d.)
References
edit- ^ "General Nursing Council, Register of Nursing". Ancestry. 1955–1956.
- ^ "New RCN Post for Margaret Green". Nursing Times. 69 (4).
- ^ "Rcn: new posts in professional department". Nursing Times. 70 (42).
- ^ a b c d Cole, Andrew (7 June 2017). "Margaret Green – education pioneer: The RCN director of education during a time of major upheaval in nursing, Margaret Green, who has died aged 87, was a leading figure in the move towards a graduate-entry profession". Nursing Standard. 31 (41): 26. doi:10.7748/ns.31.41.26.s24. ProQuest 1920038560.
- ^ Project 2000, UKCC: A new preparation for practice. United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. 1986. ISBN 0951144006.
- ^ "UKCC approval puts PREP on course for implementation". Nursing Standard. 8 (23).
- ^ Day-Calder, Mandy (18 November 2015). "Record as you learn: Mandy Day-Calder outlines the importance of having a clear and accurate portfolio that demonstrates your learning activities ahead of revalidation". Nursing Standard. 30 (12): 63. doi:10.7748/ns.30.12.63.s50. PMID 26576917.
- ^ "Green; Margaret Dorothy (1929–2017); nurse leader (epexio.com)". 2023.
- ^ "Page 1 | Supplement 50551, 13 June 1986 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows".