Nursing needs its leaders to respond to FrancisNursing Times
17 August 2010
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A sustainable approach is vital when managing change
Learning to approach change differently requires a fundamental rethink. My predominant experience of change in the health service is that we continue to privilege the more traditional approaches to managing change. So much so, that managing change becomes an organisational ritual, which paradoxically maintains the status quo. -
Barriers encountered when recruiting obese pregnant women to a dietary intervention
Maternal obesity has health implications for mother and baby but a study revealed how midwives were reluctant to raise this issue with women in their care -
Call to rate chemo nurse quality
Patient experience, safe medication administration and nausea and vomiting should be developed “urgently” as quality indicators for nurse delivered chemotherapy, researchers say. -
Depression 2: exploring management options for adults with moderate to severe symptoms
As the evidence base on treating depression evolves, it is vital that nurses stay up to date with treatment options for patients with differing degrees of symptoms -
First social enterprise to be a mentor
Central Surrey Health, the first organisation to leave the NHS and set up as a not-for-profit social enterprise, has been chosen by the government to mentor other bodies that want to work in the same way. -
Health humanities: feared by the bad, loved by the good
I have spent the last two weeks travelling around the Midlands and the north of England getting lost a lot. Who designed Nottingham for example? Three hours on the ring road looking for a postcode that my sat nav didn’t believe in. -
How to implement the Gold Standards Framework to ensure continuity of care
All end of life services are expected to use a process such as the GSF. This article sets out how to implement the first three levels of the framework in primary care -
Improving integrated team working to support people to die in the place of their choice
Although many people express a wish to die at home, few do so. A team of community nurses and GPs changed working practices to address this -
Lives at risk as safety alerts ignored
Patient safety alerts that are sparked by avoidable deaths are being routinely ignored, a charity has found after making a freedom of information request. -
PCT shuts out of hours service
A London primary care trust has shut its district night nurse service saying there has not been sufficient patient demand to justify it. -
Specialist warns against NDM-1 panic
The senior nurse at the centre of the global media panic over a rogue enzyme that renders infections “untreatable” has warned against excessive scaremongering. -
The high impact actions for nursing and midwifery 6: where to die when the time comes
The quality of end of life care varies significantly. A challenge is to enable people to die in their place of choice and avoid inappropriate admission to hospital -
Top hospitals show bias for male nurse directors
Male nurses are twice as likely to hold a top job in England’s leading hospitals, a Nursing Times investigation has revealed. -
Use clinical practice to generate research ideas and transform care
Research often stems from academia but clinicians are ideally placed to identify care improvements. Even if your idea seems off the wall, take the plunge and try it, urges Sue Davies -
Wards set to face regular scrutiny on their patient safety records
Trusts are to be routinely surveyed on their patient safety record for the first time from next month.
