Crossing boundaries: a staff nurse exchange initiative
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Crossing boundaries: a staff nurse exchange initiative

Sally Lawton , Senior lecturer in palliative care nursing, Roxburghe House, NHS Grampian
Peter Gent , Network manager at the North of Scotland Cancer Network
Eloise Pearson Clinical nurse manager, Ambulatorycare, Theatre and general surgery, at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Hazel Barclay RGN s a ward manager at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Carol Reid Ward manager, Breast centre nurse practitioner at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Sally Lawton and colleagues describe how an exchange programme between medical and surgical oncology units has increased participants’ confidence and competence

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL development (CPD) is a priority for nurses, and informal exchange programmes are a way of providing relevant learning opportunities.

Nursing Management. 13, 7, 28-31. doi: 10.7748/nm.13.7.28.s18

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