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Personal professional profiles

10 June 1998

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

This article reports the results of a study into the use of personal professional profiles by nurses, midwives and health visitors in an NHS trust. The author...

Clinical supervision: the art of being supervised

30 July 1997

Nursing Standard

Professional development

Clinical supervision has been described as being of paramount importance to the development of nursing (Bishop 1994). It is now accepted that clinical supervision is...

Occupational standards and professional development

11 February 1998

Nursing Standard

Education

In this article, the author describes the findings from a study which were used to complement the Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust continuing education strategy. Those...

Crossing boundaries: a staff nurse exchange initiative

01 November 2006

Nursing Management

Applied leadership

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

Nurses’perceptions of continuing professional development

06 July 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To investigate NHS and private sector nurses’ perceptions of the value of continuing professional development (CPD), and to analyse the factors that influence...

Epidural analgesia: educating patients and nurses

13 March 1996

Nursing Standard

Theatre nursing

Post-operative pain relief is an area that is often poorly managed (Cohen 1980, Donovan 1993). It has been suggested that today’s healthcare professionals are taught...

Nursing knowledge: the role of Plato in wound care

02 December 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

According to Watson (1997), the aim of reflective practice is to inform and transform nursing practice. Good nursing practice requires knowledge, both in terms of...

Nurses’ perceptions of continuing professional development

06 July 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To investigate NHS and private sector nurses’ perceptions of the value of continuing professional development (CPD), and to analyse the factors that influence...

Why stay in nursing?

01 February 2006

Nursing Management

Leadership

THE NATIONAL SHORTAGE in the nursing workforce highlights the critical importance of encouraging nurses to remain in practice.

Pressure sore incidence: a strategy for reduction

01 April 1998

Nursing Standard

Special focus: tissue viability

The magnitude of the pressure sore problem is unknown. It has been estimated that, at any one time, 10 per cent of all hospital inpatients have pressure sores...