Revealing Nursing Expertise Through Practitioner Inquiry explores and reveals the often hidden workings of 'expert practitioners'. It provides valuable insights into developing practice expertise and how expert nursing practice is a key influence on health care practice. The authors present evidence around the interconnected components needed to facilitate, support and enable nurses in their practice settings through a transformational framework used to further develop and refine nursing practice expertise. Part 1 explores the current context of practice expertise and the process of practitioner inquiry. Part 2 examinplores the evidence for practice expertise, using exemplars from the extensive 'Expertise in Practice Project'. This includes perspectives of practitioners developing their expertise in diverse areas of clinical practice as well as of from those who facilitate practitioners to develop and articulate their practice expertise. Part 3 explores the development of portfolios of evidence that demonstrate expertise, examines models and approaches to facilitation and provides a toolkit of resources. Revealing Nursing Expertise Through Practitioner Inquiry provides important evidence to support the claim that expert nurses change patients' worlds as well as transforming practice, workplace performance and organisational wide service developments. Provides a framework for exploring and developing nursing expertise Enables nurses to articulate their expertise and examine their own practice Offers practical guidance on facilitating inquiry based practitioners Draws on results of the RCN Expertise in Practice project Written collaboratively by practitioners, practice developers and nurse academics

Revealing Nursing Expertise Through Practitioner Inquiry explores and reveals the often hidden workings of 'expert practitioners'. It provides valuable insights into developing practice expertise and how expert nursing practice is a key influence on health care practice. The authors present evidence around the interconnected components needed to facilitate, support and enable nurses in their practice settings through a transformational framework used to further develop and refine nursing practice expertise.Part 1 explores the current context of practice expertise and the process of practitioner inquiry. Part 2 examinplores the evidence for practice expertise, using exemplars from the extensive 'Expertise in Practice Project'. This includes perspectives of practitioners developing their expertise in diverse areas of clinical practice as well as of from those who facilitate practitioners to develop and articulate their practice expertise. Part 3 explores the development of portfolios of evidence that demonstrate expertise, examines models and approaches to facilitation and provides a toolkit of resources.Revealing Nursing Expertise Through Practitioner Inquiry provides important evidence to support the claim that expert nurses change patients' worlds as well as transforming practice, workplace performance and organisational wide service developments.* Provides a framework for exploring and developing nursing expertise* Enables nurses to articulate their expertise and examine their own practice* Offers practical guidance on facilitating inquiry based practitioners* Draws on results of the RCN Expertise in Practice project* Written collaboratively by practitioners, practice developers and nurse academics

ContributorsForewordIntroductionAbbreviationsSection One: The Context1. From Artistry in Practice to Expertise in DevelopingPerson-Centred Systems: A Clinical Career FrameworkKim Manley, Angie Titchen and Sally HardyIntroductionThe context of nursing practice expertiseNursing practice: person-centred expertiseExpertise in developing person-centred systemsFour domains of person-centred expertiseThe clinical career frameworkSummaryReferences2. Practitioner ResearchBrendan McCormackIntroductionPractitioner research - the contextPractitioner research - what is it?The transformative potential of practitioner researchEmancipatory action researchEmancipatory practice developmentTransformational practice developmentOperationalising methods of practitioner research through reflexivityConclusionsReferences3. A Kaleidoscope of Nursing Expertise: A Literature ReviewAngie Titchen and Sally HardyPatterns and coloursProfessional artistryReferencesSection Two: Practitioner Examples4. Transformational Impact of the Expertise in Practice ProjectMaeve McGinleyIntroductionSection one: starting the journeySection two: a new beginningConclusionReferences5. Working with Critical CompanionshipAngela Brown and Karen HarrisonWhat is a critical companion?Professional artistryEndings and potentialAcknowledgementsReferences6. Critical Companionship - The Lived ExperienceAlison Greggans and Margaret ConlonIntroductionAcknowledgementsReferences7. Expertise in Practice - Older PeopleJonathan WebsterIntroductionDeveloping practice with older peopleConclusionAcknowledgmentsReferences8. The Role of the Consultant Nurse and Research in Articulating ExpertiseCheryl CrockerIntroductionDeveloping a nursing technologyTechnology transferredConclusionReferences9. The Impact of Clinical Expertise on Patient Care in RheumatologySarah RyanIntroductionSection 1: caring for patients with RASection 2: nurse-led clinics: added value to patient careEvaluating practiceSection 3: the effectiveness of nursing interventionsConclusionReferences10. Exploring the Relationship between Education Expertise and Nursing PracticeNancy Jane LeeIntroductionA professional doctorateConclusionReferences11. Critical Creativity in the Development of Clinical NurseSpecialists' PracticeLiz HendersonIntroductionCritical creativity: a new paradigm for PDDeveloping expertise as a facilitatorMethodology and designThe developmental journeyMaking use of care storiesEvaluating the impact of the programmeConclusionAcknowledgementReferencesSection Three: Methods and Resources for Revealing Practice Expertise12. Developing Expertise through Nurturing Professional Artistry in the WorkplaceAngie TitchenIntroductionProfessional artistry dimensionsCreating the conditionsConcluding remarksAcknowledgementsReferences13. Revealing the Hidden Treasures of Practice ExpertiseSally HardyPrinciple methods for transformationQualitative 360º feedbackRecommendationsRecommendationsUsing narratives (patient and staff stories)Reflexivity (reflection into critically appraised action)ConclusionReferencesAdditional resources for developing practice expertiseSection Four: Concluding Remarks14. A Final Turn of the KaleidoscopeSally Hardy, Angie Titchen, Kim Manley and Brendan McCormackInterrelated journeysIndex