Professional practice programs are designed to attract, retain, and reward nurses. This three-part series will describe Vanderbilt's performance-based career advancement system, the Vanderbilt Professional Nursing Practice Program (VPNPP). Part 1 outlines the overall program's foundation, philosophical background, and basic structure. The VPNPP is built upon Benner's work, distinguishing among ...

A global programme led by IFIP (The International Federation for Information Processing) to promote professionalism in IT, define international standards and create a global infrastructure that will encourage and support the development of both practitioners and employer organisations and give recognition to those who meet and maintain the required standards for knowledge, experience, competenc...

AimThis paper forms part of a grounded theory study that aimed to determine the impact an international mobility program during nurse’s or midwife’s pre-registration on their subsequent nursing and/or midwifery practice. The focus this article is how and professional practice was informed developed through participation in educational programs.BackgroundParticipation education known have many p...

With the proliferation of educational reform policies and strategies, the need for high quality professional development (PD) has emerged as one of the most important areas for research in education, particularly in determining the relationship between PD and student learning outcomes (Borko, 2004). Although research has begun to focus on the defining characteristics of quality PD, little has b...

Aims and objectives. To present the Careful Nursing philosophy and professional practice model which has its source in the skilled practice of 19th century Irish nurses and to propose that its implementation could provide a relevant foundation for contemporary nursing practice. Background. Nursing models are widely considered not relevant to nursing practice. Alarming instances of incompetent a...