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Making connections – the London Cancer Alliance

09 July 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

The London Cancer Alliance is a group of clinicians working to standardise care. The article outlines the findings of its latest annual report, which highlights good...

Using a competency based approach in nurse education

13 April 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the development of the competency based approach to assessment in practice within pre-registration nursing. An historical perspective to the...

Interpretation of competence in student assessment

07 January 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (2008a) Standards to Support Learning and Assessment in Practice have been strengthened, with an expectation that mentors develop...

Ward management: education for senior staff nurses

01 April 2008

Paediatric Nursing

Education

The key professional challenges for senior staff nurses relate to managerial rather than clinical Issues, but there appears to be a lack of educational preparation...

An international comparison of the clinical trials nurse role

01 December 2013

Nursing Management

Art & Science

The collaborative role of clinical trials nurses (CTNs) is crucial to the management of research protocols in clinical settings. As part of a literature review of...

An audit of training, competence and confidence among clinicians working in eating disorder services

01 November 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

The need for mental health professional education and training is highlighted in numerous government documents on mental health (DoH 1995, Welsh Assembly Government...

Generic supervision competencies for psychological therapies

01 March 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

After taking part in the UK-wide commissioning of a set of supervisory competencies for psychological therapies, NHS Education for Scotland has established a...

A model for successful change management

02 March 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article focuses on how nurses can successfully implement the change process using the organisational change model proposed by Leavitt et al (1973). The author...

A learning resource for developing effective mentorship in practice

24 August 2011

Nursing Standard

Learning Zone

This article focuses on mentorship. There is an important professional expectation of registered nurses and midwives to mentor pre-registration nursing students in...

How to assess competence levels of healthcare assistants

01 May 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) are becoming increasingly important to healthcare provision. There are 350,000 HCAs employed in the NHS (Working in Partnership...