The ideas of the Slow movement continue to gain support among
those weary of the apparent incessant need for speed endemic in the
21st century. Currently the demands of efficiency require, if not
doing more with less, then at least doing more within existing resources.
Nursing education has not escaped this efficiency requirement
and nurse academics will be familiar with pressures that
accompany demands to accomplish more with less. For good reason
the pre-registration nursing curriculum remains under review, and
revisions tend to add content to an already crowded curriculum.
Without additional time then either something must be removed
or something must be done faster. Given that things are rarely removed
from the curriculum then it would seem that nursing education
must speed up even if the educational value of faster learning
and teaching remains dubious.