Accountability in nursing and midwifery / / edited by Stephen Tilley and Roger Watson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Science, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 223 pages)
• Disciplina: 610.73/06/9
• Soggetto topico: Nursing - Standards - Great Britain; Midwifery - Standards - Great Britain; Responsibility; Clinical competence
• Altri autori: TilleyStephen WatsonRoger <1955->
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: Accountability in nursing practice / edited by Roger Watson. London : Chapman & Hall, 1995.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-215) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Roger Watson and Stephen Tilley -- The development of nursing as an accountable profession / Susan Mcgann -- Accountability and clinical governance in nursing : a critical overview of the topic / Kerry Jacobs -- Accountability and clinical governance / Roger Watson -- The legal accountability of the nurse / John Tingle -- Accountability and clinical governance : a policy perspective / Tracey Heath -- Accountability in NHS trusts / Stephen Knight and Tony Hostick -- Accountability and clinical governance in nursing : a manager's perspective / Linda Pollock -- Working with children : accountability and paediatric nursing / Gosia Brykczyñska -- Accountability and clinical governance in learning disability nursing / Bob Gates, Mick Wolverson and Jane Wray -- Where does the buck stop? : accountability in midwifery / Rosemary Mander -- Accountability in community nursing / Sarah Baggaley with Alison Bryans -- Clinical governance, accountability and mental health nursing: an emergent story / Stephen Tilley -- Accountability in nursing research / Alison Tierney and Roger Watson.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 nu
• Titolo autorizzato: Accountability in nursing and midwifery
• ISBN: 1-281-31924-4; 9786611319243; 0-470-77456-8; 0-470-77747-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813644903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II