Transitions are an inevitable dimension of many aspects of our lives, a
product perhaps of contemporary approaches to life! This innovative text is
designed to assist critical care nurses through one of the most important
transitions – how we move, and assist others to move, along the continuum
towards expertise. Having expertise and being able to share it are not merely
two sides of the same coin and the central thesis of this text is that expertise
has to be actively transmitted. It has become fashionable in certain quarters
to bemoan the current state of the profession and to don rose-coloured glasses
when reminiscing about how things used to be. This text reminds us that the
responsibility for ensuring that the essence and expertise of nursing is passed
to the next generation lies with all of us.