Volume 7 – Issue 1: May 2017

Editorial: Enabling the publication of practice based experiences and projects

The editorial is written by Jan Dewing, IPDJ Academic Editor

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.001

Original Practice Development and Research

2. Reflecting differently. New dimensions: reflection-before-action and reflection-beyond-action

Sharon Edwards

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.002

3. Nurses’ experience of creating an artistic instrument as a form of professional development: an arts-informed narrative inquiry

Neelam Walji-Jivraj and Jasna K. Schwind

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.003

Critical Reflection on Practice Development

4. Critical reflection: the struggle of a practice developer

Rebekkah Middleton

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.004

5. Using appreciative inquiry to research practice development

Lillian Hung

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.005

6. Facilitating person-centred after-death care: unearthing assumptions, tradition and values through practice development

Barbara Anderson

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.006

7. A critical reflection on the use of a pop quiz: how a care home is building a person-centred culture by understanding a person’s uniqueness

Kelly Marriott-Statham

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.007

Kelly Marriott-Statham is a novice writer and we would like to congratulate her on her first publication

8. Reflecting on practice development school for pre-registration nurses: a student nurse perspective

Chelsea Agate

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.008

Chelsea Agate is a novice writer and we would like to congratulate her on her first publication

9. Medical students volunteering in hospital: a novel method of exploring and recording the patient experience

Monica Lorraina Hytiris, Fraser Prentice and Deborah Baldie

Monica Lorraina Hytiris and Fraser Prentice are novice writers and we would like to congratulate them on their first publication

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.009

10. Novice to transformational leader – a personal critical reflection

Kenneth Adedeji Adetokunbo Adegoke

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.010

Kenneth Adedeji Adetokunbo Adegoke is a novice writer and we would like to congratulate him on his first publication

This article includes a commentary by Peter Davey and a response by Kenneth Adedeji Adetokunbo Adegoke

Poetry

11. Patient notes

Pádraig Ó Tuama

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.011

Commentaries

12. Overcoming synecdoche: why practice development and quality improvement approaches should be better integrated

Commentary on: Lavery, G. (2016) Quality improvement – rival or ally of practice development? International Practice Development Journal. Vol. 6. No. 1. Article 15. (https://www.fons.org/library/journal/volume6-issue1/article15)

Kim Manley, Andreas Büscher, Carrie Jackson, Stephen J. O’Connor and Heiko Stehling

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.012

13. Commentary: Is it possible to bring the emancipatory practice development and evidence-based practice agendas together in nursing and midwifery?

Commentary on: Fairbrother, G., Cashin, A., Mekki, T., Graham, I. and McCormack, B. (2015) Is it possible to bring the emancipatory practice development and evidence-based practice agendas together in nursing and midwifery? International Practice Development Journal. Vol. 5. No. 1. Article 4. (https://www.fons.org/library/journal/volume5-issue1/article4)

Debbie Roberts and Lynne Williams

https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.71.013

This commentary includes a response by Greg Fairbrother, Andrew Cashin, Tone Mekki, Iain Graham and Brendan McCormack