Open AccessMouth care training and practice: a survey of nursing staff working in National Health Service hospitals in England
Author(s) -
Mili Doshi,
Jessica Mann,
Léa Quentin,
Luke Morton-Holtham,
Kenneth A Eaton
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of research in nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1744-988X
pISSN - 1744-9871
DOI - 10.1177/17449871211016524
Subject(s) - nursing , medicine , nursing staff , nurse education , primary nursing , health care , family medicine , team nursing , economics , economic growth
This study investigated the training and mouth care practice of nursing staff in hospital Trusts across England. Oral health has been found to deteriorate during hospital admission, mouth care standards have been found to be poor.