Portfolio-keeping, the ongoing documentation of skills and experience, is fast becoming standard practice across the health professions. Untill now, however, no text has adequately addressed the reasons for, and attributes of, portfolios within the Australian and New Zealand context. Professional Portfolios: Evidence of Competency for Nurses and Midwives provides a practical, accessible and authoritative guide for students, clinicians and managers at all levels and stages in their nursing or midwifery career.