Search Result

Search query:

professional development

Results 1 - 10 of 183 Search Tips

Sort by:

Number of results:

never ceasing our exploration: understanding person centred planning

01 April 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

When first contemplating writing this article we considered what aspect of person centred planning (PCP) we could embrace that was both fresh and useful. After all,...

The new Code of Professional Conduct

01 May 2003

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has approved a new Code of Professional Conduct (NMC 2002a). This article discusses the main elements of the new code,...

Cancer patients use of the internet

01 March 2002

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

The internet is simply a network of computers which, when linked via telephone lines, becomes an information medium and communication device (Gomez et al 1998,...

Setting up a chemotherapy service at home

01 April 2002

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Over recent years it is recognised that the provision of chemotherapy administration has shifted from the inpatient setting to the outpatient setting and of latter...

Demonstrating critical analysis in academic assignments

01 September 2002

Cancer Nursing Practice

CPD

Nurses use critical analysis skills in their day-to-day practice, but many find it difficult to transfer these skills to academic course work. The author offers...

Managing and leading educational initiatives in response to the Cancer Plan

01 September 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

With the advent of the Cancer Plan (DH 2000a) the organisation of cancer services has developed along the lines of a bureaucratic management structure, with ‘top...

person centred approaches to professional education

01 March 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Person centred planning (PCP) has gained momentum in English learning disability services in recent years, following the release of the Valuing People White Paper...

the challenges of person centred planning

01 April 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Possibly the most significant challenges facing professionals today is the need to move from the ‘professional gift model’ as the basis underpinning the way we work...

Networking opportunities for learning disability nurses

01 June 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

Developments in service provision and delivery have changed how and where learning disability nurses work. As a result, many of them become isolated from each other,...

‘We’re all going on a summer holiday’: Findings from a pilot research project on holidays for people with learning dsabilities

01 December 2007

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

There is a lack of research focusing on holidays for people with learning disabilities. However, the research that exist suggests that fewer disabled people go on...