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Enhancing involvement in NICE guideline development

21 September 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines professional stakeholders’ involvement in the development of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guidelines....

Resuscitation in hospital: Resuscitation Council (UK) recommendations

01 May 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The Resuscitation Council (UK) has made recommendations for standards in resuscitation and resuscitation training in the hospital setting. This article provides an...

Identifying priorities for national clinical guidelines

30 June 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The process by which clinical areas were prioritised for the formulation of national clinical guidelines, using a model devised by the RCN, is outlined in this...

National service frameworks: what are they?

28 June 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes policy developments surrounding the creation of national service frameworks. The national service framework for mental health is used as an...

Caring for staff: setting quality standards

26 May 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

To ensure high quality patient care, and to reduce sickness and absence rates, staff themselves need to feel supported. In this article, the authors describe how...

Nurse prescribing: developing the evaluation agenda

31 March 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nurse prescribing raises complex issues, including erosion of the medical monopoly on control of medication management, compensation for physician shortage and the...

Introducing a clinical holding policy

01 May 2003

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

The Children Act (Department of Health 1989) placed each child’s welfare at the centre and changed the way that children’s rights were viewed. The rights of the...

Keeping the lines open

15 September 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Central venous catheters (CVCs) often become occluded. Many of the guidelines for the use of CVCs are ambiguous and do not offer clear guidelines for practitioners....

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...

Pressure ulcer risk: audit findings

16 July 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the findings of a pilot audit project that assessed the effects on practice and patient care of guideline recommendations for reducing...

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