Patient View. When David Heywood contracted an acute infection in his foot, community nurse Suren Beebakhy provided technical expertise and invaluable reassurance
"I was one of the first patients in our local community to receive intravenous antibiotics for an acute foot infection." To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Shift change handoffs are known to be a point of vulnerability in the quality, safety and outcomes of healthcare. Despite numerous efforts to improve handoff reliability, few interventions have produced lasting change. Although the opportunity to ask questions during patient handoff has been required by some regulatory bodies, the function of questions during handoff has been less well explored and understood. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Transforming Care is making mixed progress in supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and complex needs, move to more appropriate specialist accommodations closer to home. Community support staff often spend greatest amounts of time with service‐users, yet are some of the least heard voices about why placements succeed and fail to varying extents.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Consumer participation is central to mental health policy. Negative attitudes of health professionals are barriers to realising policy goals. Evidence suggests consumers (Experts by Experience) can influence positive attitudes in nursing students. Research in this area to date is limited and primarily from Australia and New Zealand.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
(1) To understand the implicit and explicit perceptions of accountability from the perspective of bedside nurses and their managers. (2) To identify the factors that facilitate accountability behaviors. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.