Practice Development Workbook for Nursing, Health and Social Care Teams

Jan Dewing is Head of Person-centred Research and Practice Development at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, UK; Co-Director, Centre for Practice Development (including Lead for Kent Sussex Surrey, Dementia Care Innovation Hub), Canterbury Christchurch University, Canterbury, UK; Visiting Professor, Person-centred Practice Research Centre, University of Ulster, Ulster, Northern Ireland; Visiting Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, Australia.
 
Brendan McCormack is Director of the Institute of Nursing and Health Research, and Head of the Person-centred Practice Research Centre, University of Ulster, Ulster, Northern Ireland; Professor II, Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway; Adjunct Professor of Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; Visiting Professor, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
 
Angie Titchen is Independent Practice Development Consultant, Principal Investigator at the Knowledge Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Visiting Professor, University of Ulster, Ulster, Northern Ireland; Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst NSW, Australia; Associate Fellow, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.

If you're looking to develop and improve your nursing, health or social care practice, either individually or as part of a team, the Practice Development Workbook for Nursing, Health and Social Care Teams offers a wide-ranging selection of activities, tools and resources covering vital aspects of practice development. Written as a companion volume to the latest edition of the best-selling Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare, this new resource grounds practice development in day-to-day nursing and health and social care through accessible, informative learning activities. It also focuses on practical ways in which teams can make their workplace cultures more effective and person-centred, and enables practitioners to empower themselves to make compassionate care a fundamental part of effective health and social care systems.
 
Key features:
* Offers a full range of resources and tools to support all stages of learning and development towards person-centred practice, including learning activities, templates, posters, tips and hints, information sheets, and checklists.
* Includes practical advice for teams to involve patients, clients and residents in the transformation of workplace cultures and bringing about sustainable change
* Perfect for use both by individuals or by those working in group settings
* Presents informative and accessible information through activities and key learning points rather than just theory
* Fully linked to Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare, second edition, but can also be used as a stand-alone resource
* Includes access to a companion website featuring even more tools and resources, including: sample Powerpoint presentations, worksheets and reflection tools, questionnaires and checklists, evaluation tools, as well as a bonus chapter on 'Sharing and Celebrating'

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Preface ix
 
About the companion website xi
 
1 Introduction: Getting the best out of this resource 1
 
Introduction 1
 
This resource matters because 4
 
Who is it for? 5
 
How can this resource be used in your workplace? 7
 
What is practice development? 9
 
The principles of practice development work 11
 
The person-centred practice framework 12
 
Useful websites and resources 14
 
2 Knowing and demonstrating values and beliefs about person-centred care 17
 
Introduction 17
 
Reflection on my own values and beliefs about the care/services I give or receive 20
 
Going for a reflective walk on your own or with someone else 21
 
Values and beliefs of the care setting 23
 
Leaders' values and beliefs 25
 
Sheet 2.1: Worksheet for recording learning activities with a buddy: Values and beliefs about . . . . . . . . . . . . care 27
 
Sheet 2.2: Discussion groups 28
 
Discussion trigger 2.1: Short videos 30
 
Quick evaluation to raise profile of values and beliefs in the care home (available on companion website)
 
Invitation and information sheet for patients/residents, families and care staff for the values and beliefs clarification activity (available on companion website)
 
Discussion trigger 2.2: Posters (available on companion website)
 
Discussion trigger 2.3: Factsheets (available on companion website)
 
Discussion trigger 2.4: Scenarios (available on companion website)
 
Discussion trigger 2.5: Scenarios created by sensory walkabouts (available on companion website)
 
Discussion trigger 2.6: Accessing group/team values and beliefs through emotional triggers (available on companion website)
 
Sheet 2.3: Handout: How to feature values and beliefs in your work around the care setting/care home 32
 
Sheet 2.4: Values and beliefs template 33
 
Sheet 2.5: Values and beliefs clarification activity: A facilitator's guide (This section also includes materials that are on the companion website) 34
 
Sheet 2.6: Instruction sheet for patients/residents, families and care staff for the values and beliefs clarification activity 38
 
3 Developing a shared vision for person-centred care 39
 
Introduction 39
 
Guide: Setting up a practice development coordinating group for visioning activities 43
 
Sheet 3.1: Templates for group meeting agendas and notes 44
 
Sheet 3.2: Group relaxation activity (available on companion website) 45
 
Sheet 3.3: Creative methods for developing a shared vision: Programme of three workshops (you decide which one you might do) 45
 
Sheet 3.4: Workshop guidance: Visualisation through painting and/or collage 46
 
Sheet 3.5: Workshop guidance: Creating and sharing personal visions 48
 
Sheet 3.6: Workshop guidance: Vision statement development 50
 
Sheet 3.7: Guide: Visioning with a virtual group 51
 
Sheet 3.8: Questionnaire: Developing a shared vision for person-centred care at . . . 52
 
Sheet 3.9: Visioning the practice development processes and developing ground rules (one-to-one) 53
 
Sheet 3.10: Visioning the practice development processes and developing ground rules (small informal group) 55
 
Sheet 3.11: Workshop guidance: Visioning the practice development processes and developing ground rules 57
 
Sheet 3.12: What do we do next? 58
 
Useful websites and resources 59
 
4 Introduction to measuring progress and evaluation 60
 
Introduction: Why measuring and evaluation is important 60
 
Workshop guidance: Current evaluation methods within your organisation 63
 
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