Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Sue Pembrey -- Sect. I. Developing 'New' Nursing Roles / Kevin Kendrick, Pauline Weir and Elaine Rosser. 1. Clinical practice development role: a personal reflection / Pauline Weir. 2. The unit based clinical practice development role. A practitioner's and manager's perspective / Susan Thomas and Ann Ingham. 3. Development of the lecturer/practitioner role / Pauline Stitt. 4. Development of the role of the rheumatology nurse practitioner / Stella O'Gorman -- Sect. II. Models and Frameworks for Developing Practice / Kevin Kendrick, Pauline Weir and Elaine Rosser. 5. Networking: method, model and application / Pauline Weir and Kevin Kendrick. 6. Facilitating action learning in nursing. Does the hand fit the glove? / Elaine Rosser. 7. Nursing in a business culture. Developing a framework for total quality management / Carmel Hale and Maureen Hampson.

8. When two worlds collide: nursing of reflections on the relationship between complementary therapy and Western medicine in modern health care / Thomas Shea and Nicola Leather. 9. Two levels of care: the emergence of the health care assistant and the implications for registered nurses / Janet Richards. 10. Building bridges: primary nursing in a mental health unit / Terry Keen and Pauline Weir. 11. Freedom to grieve: a nursing response / James Brash, Christine McKenna and Kevin Kendrick. 12. Birth rights: engendering excellence in midwifery care / Eileen Richardson. 13. A taste of your own medicine / Christina Hutcheson Dean.

All Ages.