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Easing winter pressure: commissioning and evaluating a medical day case unit

30 June 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nurse-led medical day case units are an innovative way of reducing the pressure on staff and beds during winter months. Chris Cooper and Tracy Connor describe the...

Step-down beds in ENT and maxillofacial surgery

10 July 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The organisation and delivery of critical care services have come under scrutiny in recent years with media attention focusing on a shortage of intensive care beds...

Focus groups: principles and process

01 April 2009

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

Focus groups have been used by researchers in the social and behavioural sciences for more than 80 years. In particular, they have been used in fields as disparate...

Administrative duties: weighing up the problem

01 July 2006

Mental Health Practice

General

Every so often a journal or new report suggests that paperwork and administrative duties are a burden for clinical staff. Does that really matter? The answer is a...

Swapping traditional rostering for self-rostering within a cancer ward

01 July 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Devising the schedule of nursing time on a hospital ward can be a time-consuming business which, if not done properly, can affect staff morale, resource utilisation...

Improving acute care: accreditation for inpatient wards

01 June 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

The publication of Acute Problems (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health 1998) prompted a rediscovery of inpatient services. The last eight years have seen a number of...

Role of the nurse-to-nurse handover in patient care

20 January 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The nurse-to-nurse handover is not taught formally during training, yet it is one of the most important rituals of the nursing shift. This article focuses on the...

A reflective evaluation of patient handover practices

01 February 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article is a personal reflection of the patient handover process. It explores approaches to handover, issues of time management, documentation and...

Role development: barriers, enablers and the function of a national organisation

29 May 2014

Nursing Management

Art & Science

Successful implementation of any role development relies on strong partnership working between employers, managers, education providers and clinicians in the short...

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....

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