CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Reflection and personal learning
Part one of this six-part continuing professional development series considered the role of...
14 Jun 2018
Encouraging reflection in professional learning
This article examines the role of nurse managers in supporting reflection for professional...
08 May 2018
How mentors can influence the values, behaviours and attitudes of nursing staff
This article explores the concept and processes involved in professional socialisation and...
25 Nov 2015
Revalidation: implications for senior nurses
Revalidation replaces the current triennial self-declaration system of maintaining nurse...
30 Sep 2015
Introduction to economic assessment – part 4
This is the final in a series of four continuing professional development articles on...
27 Nov 2014
Introduction to economic assessment – part 3
This is the third in a series of four continuing professional development articles on...
25 Sep 2014
Introduction to economic assessment – part 2
This is the second in a series of four continuing professional development articles that...
26 Jun 2014
Introduction to economic assessment
This is the first in a series of four continuing professional development articles that...
01 Nov 2013
Understanding nursing ‘nous’ in the context of service improvements
Nurse managers face the challenges of how best to improve healthcare services in ways that...
01 Jul 2013
Using narratives and discourses in neglect-prevention training
Training in neglect prevention for healthcare professionals should incorporate understanding...
01 Jun 2013
Achieving quality assurance through clinical audit
Audit is a crucial component of improvements to the quality of patient care. Clinical audits...
01 Jun 2010
Leadership in the ‘new’ NHS
NURSES HAVE long been the ‘invisible’ leaders in the health service; in the public mind,...
18 Oct 2008
The intelligent workforce
IF THE healthcare service is to remain fit for purpose and the government’s skills agenda is...
13 Sep 2008
Making good decisions: part 2
ANY ACCOUNT of the decision making process is incomplete unless it examines how people’s...
01 Mar 2008
Making good decisions: part 1
IT IS inevitable that managers in the health and social care sectors have to make decisions...
01 Feb 2008
Leadership for service improvement: part 3
Leaders cannot lead without power ( Bennis and Nanus 1985 ). Power is the currency of...
01 Apr 2007
Leadership for service improvement: part 2
THE ASSUMPTION that leaders should be ‘superheroes’ was debunked several years ago in a...
01 Mar 2007
Leadership for service improvement
LEADERSHIP SKILLS have long been identified as key to the delivery of good health care....
01 Feb 2007