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Nursing development units: professionalization strategy for nurses, cheap service option or genuine improvement in patient care?

Maria Lorentzon
- 01 May 1994 - 
- Vol. 19, Iss: 5, pp 835-836
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This article is published in Journal of Advanced Nursing.The article was published on 1994-05-01. It has received 13 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Primary nursing & Critical care nursing.

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From research to practice: one organizational model for promoting research-based practice.

TL;DR: The challenges that have arisen in attempting to combine traditional research activities with more practice-based development work are shared, highlighting the variety of partnerships to be established in order to achieve the goal of integrating research into practice.
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A pluralistic evaluation of nursing/practice development units

TL;DR: A pluralistic evaluation research study of the nursing/ practice development unit accreditation programme provided by the University of Leeds, UK found differences between the rhetoric of a successful nursing/practice development unit and the reality in which they function.
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The relationship between the application of the nursing ethical code and nurses' work satisfaction.

TL;DR: It is highlighted that professionalization, manifested by the ethical code, should be applied on an everyday basis in the workplace as the 'ethical gap' did not correlate directly with work satisfaction.
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Clinical practice development and research activities in four district health authorities.

TL;DR: Overall the review confirmed statements from other sources that nursing development and research tends to be small scale and unsupported with nursing staff trying hard to implement research findings or be innovative in their practice without the necessary expertise and support.
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From conflict to collaboration? Contrasts and convergence in the development of nursing and management theory (2).

TL;DR: The relationship between nursing and management has been presented somewhat simplistically and this paper demonstrates that the situation is much more complex, and if this complexity is recognized it can be taken into account and serve as a basis for removing barriers between these two key groups of personnel.
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