Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Service review and redesign across the UK are moving towards an integrated health, social and third sector care system, and at the heart of the integration
In economic assessment, costs must be reviewed and expressed in monetary terms.
Recognition needs to be given to emerging postgraduate nursing students’ status of ‘consumer’, and the challenge for nurse education is to remain relevant a
Successful implementation of any role development relies on strong partnership working between employers, managers, education providers and clinicians in th
In April 2011, three providers of community services in Brent and Ealing, in London, and Harrow, in Middlesex, integrated with an acute NHS provider, Ealing
This article shares findings of work undertaken with a group of mental health ward managers to consider their roles through workshops using an action learni
The RAFAELA system was developed in Finland during the 1990s to help with the systematic and daily measurement of nursing intensity (NI) and allocation of n
Protected engagement time in mental health inpatient units is a fixed period each day during which administrative activities and visiting are suspended so t
The contribution made by clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) to patient care needs to be understood fully to provide assurance of effective use of resources.
All employers of non-medical prescribers (NMPs) have a duty to ensure they remain competent and current, and have access to relevant continuing professional
After the Department of Health’s Better Blood Transfusion recommendations (DH 2002) ten years ago, a network of 18 tra
Aims This article describes a study that aimed to validate the Self-care in Chronic Conditions Partners in Health Scale instrument in the Mexic
Person-centred, safe and effective care is at the heart of the fundamentals of caring. However, there are many challenges to achieving this reliably and consistently.
The goal of this US study was to determine the frequency of horizontal violence in a perinatal service and its effect on patient outcomes. A 24-question survey instrument was completed online by 63 nurses.
Multiple healthcare failings point to an NHS culture where care and compassion are no longer guaranteed.
Nursing has a history of poor workplace contexts in which the focus has been on performing and completing tasks, rather than engaging fully with patients.
The collaborative role of clinical trials nurses (CTNs) is crucial to the management of research protocols in clinical settings.
This article reports the results of a study that explored the planning practices of nurse managers at ward level, their knowledge of planning process and the factors that influence effective planning.
