Practice development depends on understanding current research and practice in order to improve healthcare for patients and users. Practice Development in Nursing explores the basis of practice development, its aims, implementation and impact on health care, and goes on to propose a conceptual basis for developing practice. It is aimed at practitioners, managers, and educators as well as those with a primary practice development role, in order to enable them to effectively develop practice.

Practice development depends on understanding current research and practice in order to improve healthcare for patients and users. Practice Development in Nursing explores the basis of practice development, its aims, implementation and impact on health care, and goes on to propose a conceptual basis for developing practice. It is aimed at practitioners, managers, and educators as well as those with a primary practice development role, in order to enable them to effectively develop practice.

Chapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. A Concept Analysis of Practice Development.Chapter 3. Practice Development: Purpose, Methodology,Facilitation and Evaluation.Chapter 4. Transformational Culture: A Culture ofEffectiveness.Chapter 5. Evaluating Practice Developments.Chapter 6. Research Implementation: Evidence, Context andFacilitation - The Parihs Framework.Chapter 7. Helping Relationships for Practice Development:Critical Companionship.Chapter 8. Including the Older Person with a Dementia inPractice Development.Chapter 9. Practice Developement in Child Health Nursing.Chapter 10. Acute Mental Health Care: Transforming Cultures, APractice Development Approach.Chapter 11. Developing a Corporate Strategy to Develop EffectivePatient Centred care.Chapter 12. 'From Conception to Delivery': A Journey to aTrust-Wide Strategy to Devlop a Culture of Patient Centredness.Chapter 13. Developing and Implementing a Family HealthAssessment: From Project Worker to Practice Developer.Chapter 14. A Clear Vision of Practice Development