If you’re looking to develop and improve your nursing, health or social care practice, either individually or as part of a team, the Practice Development Workbook for Nursing, Health and Social Care Teams offers a wide-ranging selection of activities, tools and resources covering vital aspects of practice development. Written as a companion volume to the latest edition of the best-selling Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare, this new resource grounds practice development in day-to-day nursing and health and social care through accessible, informative learning activities. It also focuses on practical ways in which teams can make their workplace cultures more effective and person-centred, and enables practitioners to empower themselves to make compassionate care a fundamental part of effective health and social care systems.
Key features:
Offers a full range of resources and tools to support all stages of learning and development towards person-centred practice, including learning activities, templates, posters, tips and hints, information sheets, and checklists.
Includes practical advice for teams to involve patients, clients and residents in the transformation of workplace cultures and bringing about sustainable change
Perfect for use both by individuals or by those working in group settings
Presents informative and accessible information through activities and key learning points rather than just theory
Fully linked to Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare, second edition, but can also be used as a stand-alone resource
Includes access to a companion website featuring even more tools and resources, including: sample Powerpoint presentations, worksheets and reflection tools, questionnaires and checklists, evaluation tools, as well as a bonus chapter on 'Sharing and Celebrating'
Author Biography:
Jan Dewing is Head of Person-centred Research and Practice Development at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, UK; Co-Director, Centre for Practice Development (including Lead for Kent Sussex Surrey, Dementia Care Innovation Hub), Canterbury Christchurch University, Canterbury, UK; Visiting Professor, Person-centred Practice Research Centre, University of Ulster, Ulster, Northern Ireland; Visiting Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, Australia. Brendan McCormack is Director of the Institute of Nursing and Health Research, and Head of the Person-centred Practice Research Centre, University of Ulster, Ulster, Northern Ireland; Professor II, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway; Adjunct Professor of Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; Visiting Professor, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. Angie Titchen is Independent Practice Development Consultant, Principal Investigator at the Knowledge Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Visiting Professor, University of Ulster, Ulster, Northern Ireland; Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst NSW, Australia; Associate Fellow, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
