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Intentional rounding: a critique of the evidence
Many of the studies supporting intentional rounding are not robust. Nursing managers need to look less to political obedience and more to the evidence base
Learning from family and nurse narratives
Narratives from the Francis reports can guide the implementation of ethical leadership and improve the organisational culture of the NHS
Can clinical governance act as a cultural barometer?
Health professionals need to identify and act on the essential factors that influence quality care to create a safe and compassionate culture
The infection prevention nurse as change agent
Addressing deficits in clinical practice can be challenging. Using a change-management tool can offer a structured approach to change
Use of process mapping in service improvement
Process mapping is a visual and impartial way to identify where problems are arising and also how they may be solved
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Managing clinical improvement projects
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After Francis: the government response
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Using fishbone analysis to investigate problems
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How nurses can lead from the frontline
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Working with industry to improve IT
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Why management skills are a priority for nurses
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Developing skills in clinical leadership for ward sisters
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Redefining the ward sister role to boost frontline care
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How to turn ward managers into leaders
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Changing the culture of the health service
News
NMC council members swept away in overhaul
Almost all the nursing regulator’s council members have been replaced in a complete overhaul designed to improve how the Nursing and Midwifery Council operates.
Annual rise in A&E patient numbers tops million mark
The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, figures suggest.
Estimated 10,000 cancer patients 'given wrong drugs'
An estimated 10,000 cancer patients a year are given the wrong drugs in hospital, according to new research commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support.
Nurses to aid police with mental health offenders
Nurses are to join police officers sent to deal with incidents involving people with mental health problems who were likely to be “sectioned”, under proposals unveiled by the home secretary.
Guidance on improving nutrition in hospitals launched
Guidance to help hospital staff improve standards of nutrition and hydration care, particularly among older patients, has been published.
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Nurses commuting further than five years ago
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A&E could collapse without change, warn doctors and managers
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Nurses identify barriers to getting involved in research
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Government unveils plan to integrate health and social care
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‘Magic bullet’ treatment touted for acute lung injury
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Exclusive: leaving global nursing body should be 'nuclear option', RCN warned
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New nursing strategy for Surrey-based hospital trust
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Older patients face month long waits for hospital transfer
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Exclusive: Francis criticises nurse leadership
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Exclusive: duty of candour must also apply to staff
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Opinion
Trish Morris-Thompson: 'The plan to make students work as HCAs is wrong on so many levels'
The healthcare assistant proposal is expensive, will lead to an unstable workforce and it adds risks to patient care, says Trish Morris-Thompson
Behind the Headlines
Winterbourne View failures lead to care system review
“Fine and ban care home abuse bosses,” the Daily Mirror demands, while the Daily Mail says that “there must be a complete culture change in treatment” for care centres.
Favourites from the archive
Supporting staff nurses to train as community specialist district nurse practitioners
Band 5 staff nurses often need targeted training to make the transition to specialist practitioners. A trust set up a course to prepare candidates for degree study
