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Open AccessOC35 – Child Friendly Healthcare Initiative, implementation project in a paediatric department in Greece

09 May 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Supplement

Theme: Accreditation and quality improvement. Introduction: Child Friendly Healthcare Initiative (CFHI) aims to improve quality of experience and health care given...

Quality assurancein a nursing home

27 September 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical elderly care

From time to time professional misconduct issuesin the nursing home sector hit the headlines withreports on verbal or physical abuse of residents (1). Problem areas...

How a focus on outcomes can help gauge quality

08 July 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

The Darzi report (2008) focused on a framework to ensure that the quality of care provided throughout the NHS in England moved towards uniform excellence. As part of...

Open AccessOC03 – Multiple employment: perceptions of nurses regarding the quality of nursing care

09 May 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Supplement

Theme: Accreditation and quality improvement. Objectives: To identify factors related to multiple employment that nurses consider as an influence to the care...

Patient-reported outcome measures and how they are used

26 February 2011

Nursing Older People

Feature

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly being used in the NHS to inform clinical treatments and even the funding of individual healthcare...

Spiritual calling

16 June 2009

Nursing Standard

General article

The idea that patients’ spiritual needs should be incorporated into nursing care is supported by literature and policy.

2020 vision for better baby care

01 June 2010

Nursing Standard

General article

How midwifery services should look in 2020 is the subject of a major piece of work across the four UK countries. Its final report and recommendations are expected in...

Implementing the productive ward management programme

06 April 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes how the introduction of the productive ward programme has empowered one ward team to work collaboratively to introduce sustainable change....

Sign up to Safety: developing a safety improvement plan

25 March 2015

Nursing Management

Feature

The Sign up to Safety (SutS) programme was launched in June 2014 by health secretary Jeremy Hunt. It focuses on listening to patients, carers and staff, learning...

Head to head - the gloves are off

01 April 2005

Nursing Standard

General article

This article explores key issues in nursing through the eyes of commentator Harriet Sergeant and nursing leader Beverly Malone. In a question and answer session,...