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The organization of care: its influence on health education practice on acute wards
Author(s) -
MABEN JILL,
LATTER SUE,
CLARK JILL MACLEOD,
WILSONBARNETT JENIFER
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1993.tb00193.x
Subject(s) - nursing , autonomy , empowerment , accountability , medicine , health care , health education , consistency (knowledge bases) , health promotion , nurse education , acute care , public health , political science , geometry , mathematics , law
Summary• This paper explores the relationship between organization of care and nurses' health education practice at ward level and is based on data from a larger 2‐year Department of Health‐funded study examining the health education and health promotion role of the nurse in acute‐ward settings. • Concepts such as continuity of care, autonomy, accountability and responsibility are examined in terms of their association with organization of care and primary nursing in particular. • Other factors closely associated with organization of care such as ward democracy and the empowerment of nurses, are also discussed in relation to ward‐based health education practice. • Data analysis reveals that the way in which care is organized on the ward may have a direct influence on the type, quality and consistency of health education advice given to patients.