In this booklet the author describes how the ward team introduced bedside handover to increase patient involvement in the planning and evaluation of the care they received. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial to patients. The ...
In this booklet the author describes how the team introduced a user-friendly tool for assessing the nutrition of elderly patients on their ward and a flexible health promotion programme to meet the special requirements of the patients and their carers. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development ...
In this booklet, the author, a ward sister, describes how she consulted carers on how to provide effective ward services for elderly people and how the team has set about meeting the carers needs. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make ...
The theme in this paper is empowerment through teamwork; empowering nurses to carry out research which results in benefits for themselves, their colleagues and their patients. The authors discuss their differing roles in ward-based research and how they collaborated to improve wound management. This series looks at some ways nurses ...
This booklet sets out to examine the concept of empowerment; to look at how it is demonstrated through the changing roles within the Nursing Development Unit (NDUs); and to think about the effect it has on the patient. This series looks at some ways nurses in NDUs have tried to ...
In this booklet the authors describe how they set up a consultative group for patients and the important part the group plays in the rehabilitation process of these elderly people. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial ...
In this booklet the author, a primary nurse, describes how she enlisted her colleagues' support in improving pain management in a general hospital setting. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial to patients. The nurses assess to ...
This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial to patients. The nurses assess to what extent their initiatives really do contribute to patient well-being and what has helped them bring about the changes. Each book will help nurses ...
This series looks at some of the ways in which Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial for patients. The nurses assess to what extent their initiatives really do contribute to patient well-being and what has helped them bring about the changes. Each book will ...