Edited by:
Sue Hinchliff MSc, BA, RGN, RNT, Head of Accreditation, Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom, UK
Sue Norman RGN, NDNCert, RNT, BEd (Hons), Recent past Chief Executive/Registrar, United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, UK
Jane Schober MN, RGN, DipNEd, DipN, Lond., RCNT, RNT, Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

Contributors:
Ruth Beretta RN, DipN, BSc (Hons), MA, MSc, RNT, Pre-Registration Programme Manager, School of Health and Social Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Jane Brown MSc, MBA, RGN, RM, Director of Operations and Clinical Services, Newcastle Under Lyme Primary Care Trust, Newcastle Under Lyme, UK
Sue Davies PhD, MSc (Social Research), BSc, RGN, RHV, Senior Lecturer in Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, Sheffield UK
Marcelle de Sousa RGN, RSCN, BSc (Hons) Child Health, Adolescent Nurse Specialist, UCL Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Lecturer, South Bank University, London, UK
Jackie Elton MA, BSc (Hons), RN, Senior Nurse, Directorate of Medical and A&E Services, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK
John Fowler MA, BA, RGN, RMN, DipN, RCNT, Cert Ed, RNT Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Norma Fryer MA, RN, RM, ADM, DipN (A), Cert Ed Senior Lecturer, Department of Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Paul Gibbons RN, DipN, Dip.Phil & Health Care, Chief Nursing Adviser & Director of Corporate Affairs, Argyll & Clyde Health Board, Paisley, Scotland
Faith Gibson PhD MSc (Cancer Nursing) RSCN RGN Onc. Cert Ed RNT, Lecturer in Children’s Nursing Research, Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Research, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Nicky Hayes RGN, BA (Hons), MSc, PG Cert. HE, Consultant Nurse, Kings College Hospital, Dulwich, London, UK
Catherine Lawrence MSc RSCN DN (Lon) Dip N Ed (Lon) BSc (Hons), Principal Lecturer, London South Bank University, London, UK
Alison Loftus-Hills BA BSW MSc, Review Manager, Commission for Health Improvement, Senior Research and Development Fellow, RCN Institute, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
Elizabeth McInnes RN, BA(Hons), MPH, Senior Research and Development Fellow, RCN Institute, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
Katrina Neal-Poulson, MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, FAETC, Director of Nursing and Education, Compton Hospice, Wolverhampton, UK
Michael Nolan PhD, B(Ed), MA, MSc, RN, RMN, Professor of Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Alison Norman CBE, HonDSci, RGN, RM, RHV, DMS, Director of Nursing and Operations, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
Nigel Northcott PhD, MA(Ed), RGN, DipN (Lond), PGCEA, Nurse Manager, NHS Professionals (Oxford) and Tutor, RCN Institute, London, UK
Ian Peate RN, DipN (Lond), RNT, B Ed (Hons), MA (Lond), LLM, Associate Head of Department, Nursing and Midwifery, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK
Yana Richens RGN, RM, BSc (Hons), MSc, Research and Development Fellow, RCN Institute, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
Jane Salvage BA, MSc, RGN, HonLLD, Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Susan Savage MSc, BNurs, RGN, RHV, Professional Officer, Public Involvement, Nursing and Midwifery Council, London, UK
Jane Schober MN RGN DipNEd DipN Lond RCNT RNT, Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Sally Taber MA, RGN, SCM, MHSM, Head of Operational Policy, Independent Healthcare Association, UK
Kieron Thayre RN, RNT, RCNT, DipN (Lond), DipN Ed. (Lond), MSc., Senior Lecturer, Department of Allied Health Professions, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK
Jane Valente BA, DipN, RN, Senior Nurse, Directorate of Medical and A&E Services, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK
Judith Zur RGN, RGCN, BSc (Hons), Trainer Health Visitor, Hounslow PCT, London, UK (formerly Senior Lecturer, LSBU)