Nursing's obsession with standards is merely the modern equivalent of setting all the bed wheels straight, argues Annie Chellel
I have just received from nursing management a copy of their declared 'Standards for nursing practice'. It is a list of 42 ‘statements that indicate the behaviour expected of the nurse'. I presume that I am to read, learn and digest the information, but why does that leave me confused and depressed?
Nursing Standard. 5, 41, 54-55. doi: 10.7748/ns.5.41.54.s57
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