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Assessing the value of a cancer clinical nurse specialist

01 December 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

NHS organisations are going through challenging financial times, in line with government-directed financial and structural reforms. It is acknowledged that cost...

Transition: from staff nurse to clinical nurse specialist

01 March 2004

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Much has been written about the difficulties in making the transition from a nursing to a clinical nurse specialist post. Early pioneers learned about the role as...

Nurse consultants and the research community

23 July 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

The role of nurse consultant was heralded in Making a Difference (Department of Health (DH) 1999a), which addressed a number of issues concerning the nursing...

Agenda for change: issues and implications

01 May 2003

Paediatric Nursing

General

Staff in the health service have waited a long time for Agenda for Change and it would seem churlish to object to the modernisation of nurses’ pay, as just about...

Careers in child health nursing: the influence of course experiences

01 December 2003

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Findings presented in this paper are drawn from a longitudinal study of nurses’ careers (Robinson et al 1998, 1999). As part of this study, a large cohort of child...

Modernising nursing careers: implications for children’s nurses

01 November 2007

Paediatric Nursing

General

The future direction of pre-registration nursing education in the UK is once again under review with two consultation documents published by the Nursing and...

early career experiences

01 October 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Recent years have witnessed many changes in services for learning disability clients, with concomitant changes in the role of learning disability nurses. Career...

Return-to-practice initiatives in nursing retention

27 July 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Return-to-practice is an important issue for NHS employers and employees. However, little has been written on this area. This article reviews current literature from...

Developing career opportunities through on-going education

01 September 2003

Paediatric Nursing

Professional issues

For nurses working in accident and emergency (A&E) departments a well-defined career structure exists, assuming, that is, you are on Parts 1 or 12 of the register....