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SHARP practice: joining up care giving and record keeping

01 December 2003

Nursing Older People

General

Registered nurses (RNs) and care assistants (CAs) do not enjoy or value record keeping. The reason usually given for poor records is lack of time but this can be an...

Managing change in the nursing handover

21 January 1998

Nursing Standard

Management

In 1997, nurses on the medical unit at New Cross Hospital relocated patient core care planning from the ward office to the patient’s bedside. This change resulted in...

measuring the reliability and perceived usefulness of nursing progress measures

01 November 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The concept of measuring nursing outcomes is complex. Nursing outcome research is still in its infancy, but Griffiths (1995) emphasises that future work should build...

In pursuit of justice

27 June 2006

Nursing Standard

Feature

Andrew Scott is a nurse turned barrister who uses his paediatric experience to defend parents accused of harming or killing their children.

A framework for clinical protocols

15 February 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical clinical Protocols

By April 1994, all provider units should have started to develop clinical protocols. Despite some difficulties involved in their development, protocols potentially...

The patient handover: a study of its form, function and efficiency

20 September 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical research communication

This study investigates the nature of the ward handover report. It was undertaken following observations that student nurses seemed not to receive enough knowledge...