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Strategies to explore innovation in nursing practice

08 November 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article examines different types of innovation and explores how they can be applied to health care. It provides information on strategies that can be used by...

Enhancing skills to develop practice

27 February 2008

Nursing Standard

CPD

Nurses are skilful healthcare professionals, but the ability to develop skills depends on our readiness to evaluate what we do. This article describes a three-stage...

Clinical leadership in primary care

01 June 2013

Primary Health Care

CPD

The need for good clinical leadership has never been more important. With the major shifts in the UK health and social care policy agendas, clinical leaders will be...

Action learning: staff development, implementing change, interdisciplinary working and leadership

30 April 2019

Nursing Management

Staff development

Action learning (AL) is a process that supports problem-solving by applying a questioning formula to challenge issues and prompt actions. Initially developed to...

Developing clinical reasoning and effective communication skills in advanced practice

24 December 2018

Nursing Standard

Communication

Clinical reasoning and effective communication are fundamental skills for nurses working at an advanced level of practice. Clinical reasoning processes are designed...

Applying transformational leadership in nursing practice

16 December 2019

Nursing Standard

leadership

The updated Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards of proficiency for nurses emphasise the importance of nurse leadership, while the NHS has also developed...

How to make clear and compelling written arguments: advice for nurses

26 November 2019

Primary Health Care

Professional skills

Nurses are regularly required to make clear and coherent written arguments. Formulating arguments is an important element of academic coursework for nursing...

Using quality improvement to enhance mental healthcare

05 July 2022

Mental Health Practice

quality improvement

Enhancing the quality of care in healthcare organisations is a constant requirement. Quality is not a static concept and requires continual improvement activities...

Breaking bad news to patients in the emergency department

13 October 2021

Emergency Nurse

communication

Breaking the news of potentially serious and new diagnoses to patients in the emergency department (ED) is a common but challenging aspect of the autonomous...

‘Guiding Lights for effective workplace cultures’: enhancing the care environment for staff and patients in older people’s care settings

04 May 2022

Nursing Older People

workplace culture

While much attention has been given to organisational culture, there has been less focus on workplace culture. Yet workplace culture strongly influences the way care...