title: Promoting the role of ward sisters and charge nurses.
abstract: Ward sisters and charge nurses face new and different pressures in a changing health service. This year's RCN Congress will call for a national development programme for ward managers. Here, the authors describe how, using a 'think tank', workshops and a seminar, one trust identified the obstacles to good nursing practice and developed positive ways of overcoming them.
authors.affiliation: St George's NHS Trust, South London.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eiloart
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Field
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*