| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Development of Nursing as an Accountable Profession; Professional registration; Political perspective; The war; Registration Act 1919; Conclusions; 3 Accountability and Clinical Governance in Nursing: a Critical Overview of the Topic; 4 Accountability and Clinical Governance; 5 The Legal Accountability of the Nurse; 6 Accountability and Clinical Governance: a Policy Perspective; 7 Accountability in NHS Trusts; 8 Accountability and Clinical Governance in Nursing: a Manager's Perspective |
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9 Working with Children: Accountability and Paediatric Nursing10 Accountability and Clinical Governance in Learning Disability Nursing; 11 Where does the Buck Stop? Accountability in Midwifery; 12 Accountability in Community Nursing; 13 Clinical Governance, Accountability and Mental Health Nursing: an Emergent Story; 14 Accountability in Nursing Research; Appendix Code of Professional Conduct (Reproduced with permission of the Nursing and Midwifery Council); References |
| Summary |
Accountability is a key concern for nurses and midwives in the NHS today. Professional accountability--being responsible for your actions and for the outcomes of these actions--is part of the framework of clinical governance, which aims to provide good quality, cost-effective, evidence-based care. The second edition of Accountability in Nursing and Midwifery addresses current issues and key concerns in accountability, focusing on accountability in the four main branches of nursing (adult, child, learning disabilities and mental health), as well as in midwifery, community nursing, and nursing man |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Accountability in nursing practice / edited by Roger Watson. London : Chapman & Hall, 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-215) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Standards -- Great Britain
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Midwifery -- Standards -- Great Britain
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Responsibility.
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Clinical competence.
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Medical care -- Quality control.
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Nursing.
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Midwifery -- standards
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Nursing -- standards
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Nursing Care -- standards
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Quality Assurance, Health Care
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Clinical Competence
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nursing (health science)
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midwives.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Nurse & Patient.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Management & Leadership.
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Nursing
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Medical care -- Quality control
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Clinical competence
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Midwifery -- Standards
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Nursing -- Standards
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Responsibility
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Verantwoordelijkheid.
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Verpleegkundigen.
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Verloskundigen.
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tilley, Stephen, editor.
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Watson, Roger, 1955- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780470777473 |
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0470777478 |
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9780470774564 |
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0470774568 |
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