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Strategic working

01 April 2006

Nursing Older People

Email interview

After completing her SRN training at Portsmouth in 1982, Nadia Chambers began her career in the combined ITU and coronary care unit at Portsmouth hospital. During a...

Into the unknown: establishing a new service in an acute hospital setting

01 November 2004

Nursing Older People

Care

One of the key targets associated with Standard 4 (general hospital care) of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) (Department of Health 2001) is the...

Essence of Care: making a difference

27 November 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Essence of Care (DoH 2001) developed from a commitment to explore the benefits of benchmarking in improving the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of...

Ask the experts

01 November 2005

Nursing Older People

Care

Ask the Experts is a forum in which nurse consultants working with older people debate an issue in older people’s care and offer advice. This month they consider a...

Mental health in acute care: part two

01 November 2004

Nursing Older People

Resources

A range of strategies and service models have developed around the UK to improve the care that older people with mental health needs are offered in acute services....

Older people and Essence of Care benchmarking for better services

01 June 2004

Nursing Older People

Opinion

Two major national policy drivers are having a major impact on improving the care of older people across England. These are the National Service Framework for Older...

Ask the experts

01 June 2005

Nursing Older People

Gerontological care and practice

Older people are the biggest consumers of health care and therefore almost all nurses, whatever their chosen setting and specialty, find themselves directly involved...