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Clinical Development Units (Nursing): the western Sydney approach
Author(s) -
Greenwood Jennifer
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00936.x
Subject(s) - underpinning , accreditation , nursing , medicine , political science , medical education , engineering , civil engineering
Clinical Development Units (Nursing): The western Sydney approach ¶ On 24 September 1997 Western Sydney Area Health Service and the University of Western Sydney, Nepean (Australia) launched a network of nine Clinical Development Units (Nursing). The approach taken towards the development of CDU(N)s in western Sydney differs substantially from those taken elsewhere in terms of preparation for CDU(N) leadership and the role of CDU(N) criteria in the designation (`accreditation') process. The rationale underpinning the western Sydney approach, together with details of a leadership preparation programme, are discussed.