title: A working model for nursing staff development.
abstract: A working model for nursing staff development used currently in a major teaching hospital in the south is presented. It explores six challenges facing hospital education departments and, using the model as a framework, provides strategies for effective interventions and creative solutions to the problems facing nursing currently.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phelps
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*