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Evaluating health care using goal attainment scaling

08 July 1998

Nursing Standard

Learning disabilities

As the costs of health care grow and public expectations rise, there has been increasing scrutiny of the effectiveness of treatment and care. The value of...

Peer accreditation of a development unit

05 April 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical learning disabilities

The pioneering work of Alan Pearson (1) more than ten years ago led to the first nursing development unit (NDU) in Burford Community Hospital, Oxford. Since then,...

A public health approach to nursing in the community

21 May 1997

Nursing Standard

Community

The growing awareness of the public health potential of nurses in primary care (SNMAC 1995) has provided a welcome change from the individualistic health education...

Clinical audit: a tool for nursing practice

04 January 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical clinical audit

Nurses are probably more aware of clinical audit now than at any time in history, but what do they actually know about it? Aware that for many, the words cause...

Patient focused menu planning

15 May 1996

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This paper discusses how a small study of the meals provided for patients in a hospice was undertaken as part of the ENB 931 Care of the Dying course, and used to...

Developing evidence-based care in mental health nursing

22 April 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

For evidence-based practice to become a reality, its effects must be demonstrated clearly in the clinical situation. Practitioners must be seen to access, evaluate...

Audit in practice: planning for discharge from hospital

18 March 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In this discussion of audit, the authors describe a pilot study on discharge planning. They review existing literature on discharge planning and outline how the...

Benchmarking: implementing the process in practice

15 May 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Summary Government guidance and policy promotes the use of benchmarks as measures against which practice and care can be measured. This provides the motivation for...

Observing and describing nursing interactions

13 November 1996

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the development of a programme to collect qualitative data on components of nursing care behaviour to supplement quantitative methods. Using...

The nurse’s role as change agent in the audit cycle

21 February 1996

Nursing Standard

Audit

Audit was described by Norman and Redfern (1989) as: The measurement necessary to provide practitioners with information on whether improvement is required.’ It is a...