Clinical Practice Development Using Novice to Expert Theory

Count on this guide to help you implement these proven "novice to expert" techniques! Get proven methods to creatively help staff nurses progress in their profession. Find out what it takes to clearly define nursing practice and nurture that role among nurses and other disciplines at a time when the healthcare environment is focused on downsizing, redefining roles, and ongoing quality improvement activities.

Features -- With this novice-to-expert model, you can:

• Evaluate nurses on their clinical competencies
• Foster empowerment through peer review
• Focus on excellence in patient care
• Promote professional development in nursing
• Explore application to an interdisciplinary model
• And adapt this model to a multi-hospital system
• Includes real-life applications of Dr. Patricia Benner's research using the "Dreyfus Skill Acquisition Model"
• Incorporates a "novice to expert" system with a peer-review evaluation process for promotion
• Shows how to provide healthier workplaces, more effective care delivery, and thriving.