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David Charles Benton

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David Charles Benton
Born (1957-10-29) 29 October 1957 (age 66)
Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
NationalityScottish
CitizenshipBritish
Known forNursing and Health Policy
SpouseElizabeth Denise Benton (nee Macrae)
Academic background
Alma materRobert Gordon University
University of Stirling
Abertay University
Complutense University of Madrid
Academic work
DisciplineNursing
InstitutionsNational Council of State Boards of Nursing
Websitewww.inrc.com/ncsbn.htm

David Charles Benton (born 29 October 1957) is a British nurse and regulatory and health policy expert who is the 5th Chief Executive Officer of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.[1][2][3] Benton was previously Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses in Geneva, Switzerland.[4] Benton publishes on nursing and health policy, leadership, occupational licensure and nurse regulatory models, workforce and migration, and research methods, including the use of social network analysis, and bibliometric analysis.

Education

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Benton is a Registered Nurse who qualified in both general nursing (1983) and mental health nursing (1984) at the Highland College of Nursing and Midwifery in Inverness which later became part of the University of Stirling. He was educated at Elgin East End School and Elgin Academy, Moray and holds a BSc in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (1978) from Robert Gordon Institute of Technology (now Robert Gordon University), an MPhil (1988) from Abertay University and an MSc and PhD (2013) from Complutense University of Madrid.[5]

Professional life

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Benton started his nursing career working clinically in general medicine and then in acute psychiatric nursing in Inverness before moving to a specialist post as District Research Nurse in 1988 at the then North East Essex Health Authority.[6]

He then worked as the Chief Nurse and Director of Quality for the then Tower Hamlets Health Authority in London in 1990, Regional Nurse Director for the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Health Authority, Chief Executive Officer The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland (now NHS Education for Scotland) in 1998 during which time he represented all four of the National Boards on the group reviewing the future of the UK nursing regulatory model which ultimately resulted in the creation of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.[7][8][9]

Benton became Director of Nursing of the then NHS Grampian Acute Hospitals Trust (2001) before moving to work for the International Council of Nurses (2005).[10] He served as a special advisor to the Scottish Parliament’s workforce committee and served as a member of the then Health Minister’s committee for nursing on “Facing the Future”. Benton was elected Chair of the Scottish Nurse Directors group from 2003 to 2005.[11] Benton became Chief executive officer of the International Council of Nurses in 2008 before assuming his present position as 5th Chief Executive Officer of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) in 2015.[12]

Awards and recognition

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Benton is a Fellow of the Florence Nightingale Foundation (2001)[13][14] a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (2003)[15] and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2007).[16] He was a recipient of the inaugural Nursing Standard Leadership award (1993)[17][18] and the Nuffield Traveling Fellowship for Research and Policy Studies in Health services (1999).[19] In 2017, he received the Spanish Grand Nursing Cross: Gold Category, the highest award for nursing in relation to work on health policy and nursing regulation.[20]

Personal life

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Benton is married to Elizabeth Denise Benton (née Macrae) and they have three children.[1]

Bibliography

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Benton's publications are listed on Web of Science. His three most-cited articles are:[21]

  • Campbell, J; Cometto, G; Rasanathan, K; Kelley, E; Syed, S; Zurn, P; de Bernis, L; Matthews, Z; Benton, D; Nove, A (2015). "Improving the resilience and workforce of health systems for women's, children's, and adolescents' health". The BMJ. 39 (h4148): h4148. doi:10.1136/bmj.h4148. PMID 26371216.
  • Benton, DC; Perez-Raya, F; Fernandez-Fernandez, MP; Gonzalez-Jurado, MA (2015). "A systematic review of nurse-related social network analysis studies". International Nursing Review. 62 (3): 321–339. doi:10.1111/inr.12161. PMID 25496051.
  • Rao, M; Wilkinson, J; Benton, D (1991). "Screening for undescended testes". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 41 (2): 119–128. doi:10.1136/adc.66.8.934. PMC 1793430. PMID 1681788.

References

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  1. ^ a b (2018). Who's Who in Scotland. Kilmarnock, Scotland: Carrick Media.
  2. ^ "A conversation with NCSBN CEO David Benton Part I" (PDF). In Focus. Retrieved 21 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "A conversation with NCSBN CEO David Benton Part II" (PDF). In Focus. Retrieved 21 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Harrington, J (2008). "ICN appoints a new chief executive officer". International Nursing Review. 55 (4): 370–372. doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00692_1.x.
  5. ^ "ANÁLISIS COMPARATIVO INTERNACIONAL DE LA REGULACIÓN DE LA PRÁCTICA ENFERMERA" (PDF). Complutense University of Madrid. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. ^ Benton, David (1991). "Points of view". Nursing Standard. 5 (50): 43. doi:10.7748/ns.5.50.43.s44. PMID 27682797. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  7. ^ Benton, David (1993). "Commission impossible". Nursing Standard. 7 (28): 48–49. doi:10.7748/ns.7.28.48.s55. PMID 8499262. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. ^ Benton, David (1996). "A new world of commissioning". Nursing Management. 3 (2). Nursing Standard: 18–19. doi:10.7748/nm.3.2.18.s18. PMID 8716642. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. ^ "A new world of commissioning". The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ^ "FACING THE FUTURE". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Nursing & Midwifery: Workload & Workforce: Planning Project". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  12. ^ "icn-chief-executive-officer-david-benton-steps-down". Nursing Standard. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  13. ^ "The Nightingale Fellowship". Florence Nightingale Fellowship. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  14. ^ "The 2009 RCN International Nursing Research Conference" (PDF). University of Ulster. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  15. ^ "RCN Fellowship and Honorary Fellowship Roll of Honour" (PDF). Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  16. ^ "American Academy of Nursing Announces 2015 Class of New Fellows". Main Site. American Academy of Nursing. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  17. ^ "The 2009 RCN International Nursing Research Conference" (PDF). University of Ulster. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  18. ^ Anonymous (1993). "An agent of change: Inaugural Nursing Leadership Award". Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 17 (8): 17–20.
  19. ^ "The 2009 RCN International Nursing Research Conference" (PDF). University of Ulster. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  20. ^ "CEO Benton receives Great Cross of Spanish Nursing from the Spanish Nursing Council". RNCSBN. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  21. ^ "David Benton". Publons. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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