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Creating a nursing development unit in a dementia care context
Author(s) -
Keatinge Diana,
Scarfe Carrol
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-172x.1998.00003.x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , nursing , context (archaeology) , action (physics) , dementia , process (computing) , work (physics) , participatory action research , nursing process , action research , reflection (computer programming) , phase (matter) , medicine , psychology , process management , sociology , engineering , computer science , pedagogy , anthropology , chemistry , biology , operating system , paleontology , quantum mechanics , programming language , mechanical engineering , physics , mathematics education , organic chemistry , pathology , disease
Keatinge D, Scarfe C. International Journal of Nursing Practice 1998; 4: 120–125 Creating a nursing development unit in a dementia care context This paper describes the process through which a Nursing Development Unit (NDU) was created in a 29‐bed unit in which nurses care for severely demented residents. The question about whether or not ethics clearance is required for the development phase of NDUs is discussed, and the framework in which to develop the NDU described. The benefits of using Participatory Action Research as the basis for undertaking a continuous process of reflection and change is highlighted. It is also suggested that two key elements necessary for NDUs are that they are ‘owned’ by the staff who work in them and that they are supported by senior management of the organisations in which they exist.