Personal development plans •Post-registration education and practice •The knowledge and skills framework • Summary This chapter looks at your own personal and professional development. You will need to continue to…
Being an artist •Assertiveness •Assessment and nurse vision •Communication •Leadership •Management •Summary •References and further reading In Chapter 3 we talked about issues of managing your practice. In this chapter,…
Why reflection is so important •Reflection in action and reflection on action •Developing your reflection skills: practice •Transforming practice through reflection •Summary •A final thought about reflection •References WHY REFLECTION…
Burnout and stress •Bullying and harassment •Dealing with difficult people •Whistleblowing and preventing fraud •Health and safety concerns •Debt and financial problems •‘The smell of burning martyr’ •Summary This chapter…
The student failed the placement because she failed to engage. She never once came to me to ask how she was doing, even when it was obvious she was failing….
Research basics •How to read research critically •How to develop evidence-based practice •Critical thinking •Questioning practice •Summary •Reference There are two key elements of research: understanding it and doing it….
Transition from student to staff nurse •Power and hierarchies in nursing •Choosing your work environment •Being the nurse you want to be •Direct entry into community nursing •Specialist and advanced…
I mean, this clinical governance stuff has nothing to do with me – I’m just a staff nurse; I show up, I do as I am told and I go…
There is a debate in nursing: is it an art or a science? Most people claim it’s both, but to varying degrees. I think of it this way: if you…
CHAPTER 21 Quality improvement Maja Djukic and Mattia J. Gilmartin Learning outcomes • Discuss the characteristics of quality health care defined by the Institute of Medicine. • Compare the characteristics of the…
