An introduction to the first issue of the International Practice Development Journal is written by Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, FoNS' Chair of Trustees and Chief Executive and Registrar at the Nursing and Midwifery Council, UK
The editorial is written by Theresa Shaw, FoNS Chief Executive and Jan Dewing, IPDJ Academic Editor
Original Practice Development and Research
1. Human flourishing through body, creative imagination and reflection
Angie Titchen, Brendan McCormack, Val Wilson and Annette Solman
Includes a commentary by Paul McIntosh and a response by the authors
2. Evaluation of a practice development programme: the emergence of the teamwork, learning and change model
Val Wilson
Includes a commentary by Wendy Cross
3. Outcomes from a pilot project on workplace culture observations: getting evaluation and outcomes on the agenda
Jan Dewing, Sue Moore, Ella Wilder, Rachel Lohrey, Julia Hoogesteger, Zena Sale and Chris Winstanley
Includes a commentary by Jonathan Webster and a response by Jan Dewing
4. Advancing the practice development outcomes agenda within multiple contexts
Kim Manley, Jackie Crisp and Cheryle Moss
Includes a commentary by Brendan McCormack and a response by the authors
Critical Reflections on Practice Development
5. Reflections on a journey to knowing self
Philip Eldridge
6. Creating a rose garden: showing links between cause and effect in practice development evaluation
Angie Titchen
7. Challenging and supporting Advanced Practice Nurse students in the Netherlands to use active, creative and participative methods in their facilitation of learning
Teatske Johanna van der Zijpp, Famke van Lieshout and Donna Frost
8. Visioning with service users: tensions and opportunities for a new facilitator
Jennifer Haynes and Nadine Jane
Ideas and Influences
9. Annette Street (1995) Nursing Replay: Researching Nursing Culture Together. Melbourne: Churchill Livingstone
Loretta Bellman