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Splendid isolation? The pros and cons of single rooms for the NHS

21 May 2009

Nursing Management

Feature

Nightingale wards remained the layout of choice in most NHS hospitals until the 1960s, when racetrack wards and bay areas with between four and six beds were...

The feelgood factor

06 April 2010

Nursing Standard

Careers & jobs

Improving the care and experience of patients are prominent features of NHS health policy. The Boorman review of NHS staff health maintains there is a relationship...

Tough but worth it

24 January 2012

Nursing Standard

Reflections

Working with older people is often seen as the least attractive, least skilled, most unrewarding area of nursing, with little opportunity for development.

In search of answers

08 November 2012

Nursing Standard

Opinion

When the National Nursing Research Unit was founded in 1977, its remit was to conduct robust and independent academic enquiry into key policy questions for the...

Focus on staff wellbeing

24 April 2013

Nursing Standard

Careers

Boosting staff morale may be one of the best things senior leaders can do to improve patient care, according to recent findings by the National Nursing Research Unit...

The metrics of care

27 January 2009

Nursing Standard

Career development

One of the commitments made in the NHS Next Stage Review concerns the use of quality indicators that reflect the compassion, safety and effectiveness of health care.

Calculating skill mix: implications for patient outcomes and costs

26 December 2009

Nursing Management

Feature

Debate continues about the hierarchy of skilled roles in the nursing workforce. For example, should there be grades of qualified nurses other than registered nurses?...

Effects of interruptions to nurses during medication administration

03 February 2010

Nursing Management

Feature

Medication errors can occur at any stage of the medication process including prescribing, dispensing, preparation, administration and monitoring (Vincent et al...

Keeping to the same old pathways

13 March 2007

Nursing Standard

Careers& Jobs

The Department of Health (DH) once had lofty aspirations for reform of the healthcare workforce. Its document A Health Service of All The Talents (HSAT) advocated...