abstract background: being a nurse is more than just a series of business activities and skills. in fact, it is a part of the process of socialization, which is internalization and development of professional identity. professional socialization is necessary for involving the students in professional practices. thus, the purpose of this qualitative research was to increase the understanding of ...

Practitioners undertaking research into their professional practice and those involved in evaluating it often struggle to identify distinctions between the under investigation used study it. This paper identifies ten areas of distinction practice. It provides some example questions each categories. These can be adapted for practitioner researchers as both a preparation exercise develop document...

ethics are related to the structure and culture of the society. in addition to specialized ethics for every profession, individuals also hold their own personal beliefs and values. this study aimed to investigate iranian occupational therapists’ perception of ethical practice when working with children. for this purpose, qualitative content analysis was used and semi-structured interviews were ...

BACKGROUND Developing countries are facing the challenge of developing a family practice culture in a context in which clinical practice remains strongly associated with hospital practice. To what extent can professional exchange between GPs from North and South fuel novel professional identities in family practice? OBJECTIVES Assess to what extent a North-South professional exchange programm...

The purpose of this article is to reexamine the current use of what is to count as evaluation evidence to inform professional practice. The provision of evaluation evidence to inform decision making has long been an aspiration, albeit with varying degrees of success. However the need to reexamine the utility of this endeavour has arisen in the contemporary culture of evidence-based policy and p...

It is a famous q uote that “Every structur e is supported on soils or rock, t hose that aren’t, either fly, float, or fall over”. Soils are natural deposits on which humans have no control. Soils at no two sites are likely to be the same. Even, at a particular point at a sit e, different types of soils exist at different depths. Several theories and formulas have been developed since the birth ...

Students taking programmes of study leading to registration as a nurse or other health and social care professional, must be assessed in practice to ensure that they are competent in a range of skills. As practice placements become more difficult to source, the use of inter-professional assessment is becoming an increasingly important facet of assessment for students in health and social care. ...

The Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance in Oncology Nutrition Care serve as a professional resource for self-evaluation and professional development for RDs specializing in oncology nutrition practice. Application of these documents in clinical practice presents the opportunity for quality improvement in oncology nutrition services provided by the RD. Just as the pro...