... to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence . Communication Quality Patients Doctors Nurses COVID-19 Funding: No funding was received for this work. Cases of patient harm with high media...

...Anna V. Chatzi; Maria Malliarou Purpose This viewpoint article discusses and analyses the need and benefits of a patient safety definition within the context of nursing. Design/methodology/approach This viewpoint article is supported by literature review, statutory documents and expert...

... quality initiatives must be supported by clinical managers and by frontline staff such as doctors and nurses. Previous healthcare quality initiatives in Iran have only been partially successful due to lack of support from some stakeholders. There are a variety of ways in which this data can be used...

...Mosad Zineldin Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess and examine the impact of physicians-nurses performance on patient perceptions on safety, trust and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional study of 170 inpatients at 78 Chinese hospitals has been...

...Philippa Pearce; Bev Phillips; Margaret Dawson; Sandra G. Leggat Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the current evidence regarding the content of clinical supervision for nursing and allied health professionals. Design/methodology/approach The authors searched CINAHL, Medline...

... care workers' attitudes, beliefs and knowledge in relation to compliance with hand‐washing guidelines were also investigated. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through non‐participant observation and survey methods. A convenience sample of nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and care...

... that considered the experiences and attitudes of a range of nurses and doctors to reporting their concerns. It includes those who went ahead and those who did not, as well as the attitudes of other staff with no experiences of wanting to report, and the types of event that were more likely to lead to reporting...

... government in the excellent “reference guide to consent for examination or treatment” during the same year (Department of Health, 2001a). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Document handling Plastic surgery Risk management Doctors Nurses Patients How then should we be obtaining consent from our...

...Pauline Lambell; Anne Cooper; Sam Hoyles; Sally‐Ann Pygall; Alicia O’Cathain Three written scenarios, based on paediatric fever, with expected outcomes of self‐care (scenario 1), GP routine care (scenario 2) and urgent care (scenario 3), were presented to 100 nurse advisors working in NHS Direct...

...Ann E. Tourangeau; Patricia W. Stone; David Birnbaum Examines health‐care restructuring activities undertaken across North American hospitals over the past decade related to hospital care by nursing professionals (i.e. hospital nurses versus practical nurses or aides). Identifies fundamental...

...Sue Bale Reports on a study that focuses on the specific roles of the nurse within the interdisciplinary team as an example of how nursing contributes to developing clinical effectiveness in wound healing. The multidisciplinary team approach used here builds on recommendations by Edmonds...

... neuroleptic medications. Service guidelines were produced and are presented. No single professional group carries the entire burden of responsibility for providing education and information about medication. In practice nursing and medicine tend to carry the responsibility for prescribing, administering...

...Anne Harris Aims to identify awareness of and involvement in risk assessments, training, incident reporting, information giving and consenting in an acute health care context. Explores how nurse managers perceived risk management as a concept and if they saw advanced neonatal nurse practitioners...

... and academic research unit, these elements were provided by active involvement with a group of community and hospital‐based nurses from related Trusts, following the development of evidence‐based guidelines on the management of leg ulcers. Detailed guidelines, easily accessible to local practitioners, were...