Raising the profile of nursing: how to organise a study day
Mary Starace Practice Development Sister
Barbara Sheppard Nursing Research Co-ordinator, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nursing Development Unit, Rosie Hospital, Addenbrookes NHS Trust, Cambridge
This article provides practical advice on organising a study day. It is based on the authors’ experience of organising a successful event in their own hospital
Nursing skills are an integral part of effective health care, yet the profession has had to work extremely hard to gain recognition for its contribution to patient care. Strong and Robinson (1988) described nursing as ‘the Black Hole’: ‘Everyone knew it was there and that there was a lot of it but nobody knew much about it.’
Nursing Standard.
12, 37, 34-37.
doi: 10.7748/ns.12.37.34.s53
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