The International Practice Development Journal (FREE ACCESS) Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2014

The International Practice Development Journal is now FREE ACCESS (no registration required)

The International Practice Development Journal publishes and makes freely accessible, scholarly inquiry into practice development and related fields.

The articles will challenge assumptions and provoke new visions and ideas about the contribution that practice development makes to nursing, healthcare and academia.

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Academic Editor: Professor Jan Dewing, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent and East Sussex Community Health NHS Trust, England. Honorary Research Fellow, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Visiting Professor, SNMIH University of Wollongong (in partnership with Uniting Care Ageing South Eastern Region), NSW, Australia.

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Managing Editor: Kate Sanders, Practice Development Facilitator, Foundation of Nursing Studies, UK. Honorary Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University, England.

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Administrator: Debbie Warren, Administrator, Foundation of Nursing Studies, UK. 

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Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2014

Editorial

The editorial is written by Jan Dewing, IPDJ Academic Editor

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Guest Editorial

The Guest Editorial is written by Ann McMahon, Research and Innovation Manager, Royal College of Nursing, UK; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland and Ros Moore, Chief Nursing Officer Scotland 

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Critical Commentary

1. Hear me, value me and see the results

Kay Riley

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Original Practice Development and Research 

2. No beginning, no end: an ecology of human flourishing

Brendan McCormack and Angie Titchen

3. Exploring ‘self’ as a person-centred academic through critical creativity: a case study of educators in a school of nursing

Brendan McCormack, Brian McGowan, Mary McGonigle, Deborah Goode, Pauline Black and Marlene Sinclair

4. The importance of inspiring a shared vision

Jacqueline Martin, Brendan McCormack, Donna Fitzsimons and Rebecca Spirig

5. Finding a place for story: looking beyond reflective practice

Sharon Edwards

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Critical Reflection on Practice Development

6. Creating and analysing practitioner comics to develop a meaningful ward manifesto for a new dementia care unit

Muna Al-Jawad and Lucy Frost

7. Reflections of a novice action research facilitator

Kate McCarthy

8. Critical reflection on the process of validation of a framework for person-centred practice

Jane Christie and Jane Camp

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Ideas and Influences

9. Inability or lack of opportunity?

Ruth Northway

10. How an active learning initiative identified shared decision making as a key influence in patient care

Nicola Drayton and Denika Reddy