Celebrating practice development.
Nursing older people is a complex and skilled area of healthcare practice that demands high levels of expertise and commitment. As healthcare practitioners we work in a shifting and uncertain practice world, sometimes with limited support and few resources. Nonetheless, the older people and their supporters with whom we work deserve the best that is possible. This means nurses engaging in practice development - a continuous process of improvement to advance and expand knowledge, experience and skills, thereby transforming organisational cultures and systems ( Higgs and Titchen 2001 ).
RCN Gerontological Nursing Programme.
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