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Determining quality in a unit where nursing is the primary intervention
Author(s) -
Pearson Alan,
Durant Ismene,
Punton Susan
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1989.tb03413.x
Subject(s) - medicine , unit (ring theory) , nursing , quality (philosophy) , intervention (counseling) , primary nursing , nursing care , acute care , nurse education , psychology , health care , philosophy , mathematics education , epistemology , economics , economic growth
This paper discusses the use of a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods of measuring quality in a nursing unit. It reports the results of comparing the quality of nursing care between patients admitted to the nursing unit concerned (in Oxford, England) following admission to an acute ward, with patients who spent the whole of their hospitalization in an acute ward. The findings suggest that quality can be best assessed by using a number of methods, and the quality of nursing care delivered in a unit which focuses on therapeutic nursing is significantly and consistently higher than that delivered in acute hospital wards.