CPD articles

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Compassionate leadership: how to support your team when fixing the problem seems impossible
Adopting a more compassionate approach adds to a nurse manager’s leadership skills
26 Jan 2021
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Effective nurse leadership in times of crisis
Essential leadership skills and the importance of decision-making and emotional intelligence
16 Jun 2020
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Using Benner’s model of clinical competency to promote nursing leadership
This article explores the concept of leadership in health and social care
19 Mar 2020
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Supporting staff who are second victims after adverse healthcare events
It is important to be aware of the effects of adverse events on second victims
28 Nov 2019
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Chairing meetings
An overview of how to lead and manage effective meetings
19 Sep 2019
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Teamwork in nursing: essential elements for practice

As any nurse working in the NHS knows, teamwork can be powerful. Successful teamwork can make a huge workload of unmanageable tasks manageable.

07 May 2019
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Action learning: staff development, implementing change, interdisciplinary working and leadership

Action learning (AL) is a process that supports problem-solving by applying a questioning formula to challenge issues and prompt actions.

30 Apr 2019
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Importance of reflection in revalidation

Reflection is a hallmark of professional practice and an important element of the Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation process.

27 Feb 2019
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Applying the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation principles in healthcare settings

The Data Protection Act (DPA) of 1998 was radically updated in 2018 and since then there has been much media coverage about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

16 Jan 2019
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Reflection and personal learning

Part one of this six-part continuing professional development series considered the role of nurse managers in supporting reflection for profess

14 Jun 2018
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This article examines the role of nurse managers in supporting reflection for professional learning.

08 May 2018
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Mentorship

This article explores the concept and processes involved in professional socialisation and how mentors and nurse managers can help to foster positive aspect

25 Nov 2015

Revalidation replaces the current triennial self-declaration system of maintaining nurse registration.

30 Sep 2015

This is the final in a series of four continuing professional development articles on economic assessment (EA), more specifically EA in the context of nurse-led service innovation.

27 Nov 2014

This is the third in a series of four continuing professional development articles on economic assessment. The series aims to equip readers with the knowledge and skills to apply the principles of economic assessment in practice.

25 Sep 2014

This is the second in a series of four continuing professional development articles that explain some of the principles of economic assessment (EA) and describe how they may be applied in practice by front line practitioners leading service innovations.

26 Jun 2014

This is the first in a series of four continuing professional development articles that explain some of the principles of economic assessment and describe the most commonly cited approaches.

01 Nov 2013

Nurse managers face the challenges of how best to improve healthcare services in ways that can be evaluated readily by patients and that engage nurses. They also need to demonstrate how staff resource has been successfully deployed.

01 Jul 2013

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