Accountability in nursing and midwifery / edited by Stephen Tilley and Roger Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tilley, Stephen.

Watson, Roger, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Standards--Great Britain.

Nursing.

Midwifery--Standards--Great Britain.

Midwifery.

Responsibility.

Clinical competence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 223 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Accountability is a key concern for nurses and midwives in the NHS today. Professional accountability--being responsible for your actions and for the outcomes of these actions--is part of the framework of clinical governance, which aims to provide good quality, cost-effective, evidence-based care.The second edition of Accountability in Nursing and Midwifery addresses current issues and key concerns in accountability, focusing on accountability in the four main branches of nursing (adult, child, learning disabilities and mental health), as well as in midwifery, community nursing, and nu

Contents:

Introduction / Roger Watson and Stephen Tilley

The development of nursing as an accountable profession / Susan Mcgann

Accountability and clinical governance in nursing : a critical overview of the topic / Kerry Jacobs

Accountability and clinical governance / Roger Watson

The legal accountability of the nurse / John Tingle

Accountability and clinical governance : a policy perspective / Tracey Heath

Accountability in NHS trusts / Stephen Knight and Tony Hostick

Accountability and clinical governance in nursing : a manager's perspective / Linda Pollock

Working with children : accountability and paediatric nursing / Gosia Brykczyñska

Accountability and clinical governance in learning disability nursing / Bob Gates, Mick Wolverson and Jane Wray

Where does the buck stop? : accountability in midwifery / Rosemary Mander

Accountability in community nursing / Sarah Baggaley with Alison Bryans

Clinical governance, accountability and mental health nursing: an emergent story / Stephen Tilley

Accountability in nursing research / Alison Tierney and Roger Watson.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Accountability in nursing practice / edited by Roger Watson. London : Chapman & Hall, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-215) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611319243

9781281319241

1281319244

9780470774564

0470774568

9780470777473

0470777478

OCLC:

214281303