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Nicola Davies outlines an approach that nurses can use to reflect on practice and introduce innovation

Rapid advancements in technology and responsiveness to client needs has led to innovation across all industries.

In medicine, changes to the status quo can literally mean life or death. However, without change there can also be no improvement. To paraphrase the 19th-century politician, Benjamin Disraeli, change will always be inevitable and, in a progressive organisation, change will also be constant in order to keep up with advancements.

When multidisciplinary teams work to institute systemic transformations, the outcome can be beneficial not solely for administrators, but also for front-line nurses and patients. Improved response systems, for example, can reduce patient mortality rates and malpractice claims.

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