Enhanced supervision: new ways to promote safety and well-being in patients requiring one-to-one or cohort nursing
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Enhanced supervision: new ways to promote safety and well-being in patients requiring one-to-one or cohort nursing

Ann Jones Service improvement manager, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, Wales
Rebecca Aylward Director, Nursing medicine, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, Wales
Aled Jones Reader, Patient safety and healthcare quality, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales

The number of older people with multiple co-morbidities and cognitive impairment being admitted to hospital is increasing, and behavioural disturbances, such as confusion, agitation and delirium, are becoming commonplace. The need for nursing teams to manage the patients with such disturbances has led to the proliferation of one-to-one nursing or close observation, anecdotally known as ‘specialing’.

This article describes the implementation and outcomes of a new framework for providing enhanced supervision of patients in clinical wards run by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, one of the largest acute providers of care in Wales.

Nursing Management. 26, 2, 22-29. doi: 10.7748/nm.2019.e1827

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ann.jones11@wales.nhs.uk

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