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Evaluating the quality of after death care

12 November 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nursing care rarely ceases following a patient’s death. The project described in this article concerns the quality of nursing care delivered to patients following...

Patient expectations and satisfaction with health care

21 January 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This study explored levels of satisfaction by comparing cardiac patients’ initial expectations of care with their perceptions following treatment. Overall, the...

Effects of the four-hour operational standard

05 February 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

The Department of Health’s four-hour operational standard for waiting times in emergency departments (EDs) was introduced in 2001 to speed up treatment and improve...

Developing excellence in nursing practice and care

01 October 1997

Nursing Standard

Professional development

Carrying out even the simplest of nursing activities can be a complicated process. Influences such as poor organisation, unforeseen events and inappropriate...

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...