title: Staff role transition and emotional labour in NDUs.
abstract: This paper explores the impact of nursing development units on the practitioners who work there. The ideas proposed are generated from research and evaluation is undertaken in three different NDUs. Critical care, care of the older person with mental health problems and primary health care are explored. A model is proposed which seeks to explain some of the more complex issues encountered by practitioners who rise to the challenge of being in an NDU. By exploring the process this initiates through the ideas of role transition and emotional labour, it is hoped to illuminate critical issues to consider when managing the pace of change and when evaluating the outcome of the initiative.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scholes
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D013192:Staff Development