ABSTRACT
The seventh and final article in the series on Leading Better Care explores some of the challenges in clinical practice relating to the use of data and making information meaningful to senior charge nurses and ward sisters. It describes the collaborative approach taken by NHS Lanarkshire, which involved nursing staff, programme leads and the eHealth team in the development of a general ward nursing dashboard as a means of ensuring safe, effective person-centred care. The article also illustrates how this web-based data-reporting programme is used to support clinical practice.
Subject(s)
Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Nursing, Supervisory/organization & administration , Patient Handoff/organization & administration , Patient Safety/standards , Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration , Telemedicine/organization & administration , Telemedicine/standards , Communication , Humans , Practice Guidelines as Topic , United KingdomABSTRACT
This article is the fourth in a series of seven articles relating to the implementation of Leading Better Care (LBC). It describes two projects that were undertaken concurrently within NHS Lanarkshire to support senior charge nurses to work effectively within the role framework of LBC, with enhanced supervisory status. The article discusses the background and aims of the projects, their findings and the resulting action taken by NHS Lanarkshire.
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Leadership , Nurse Administrators/organization & administration , Nurse's Role , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Nursing, Supervisory/organization & administration , Quality Improvement/organization & administration , State Medicine/organization & administration , Education, Nursing, Continuing , Humans , Job Satisfaction , Organizational Objectives , Program Evaluation , United KingdomABSTRACT
The Leadership Programme in the National Health Service, Lanarkshire, Scotland began in 2002. The programme has been endorsed by the employer, accredited by a higher education institution and approved by the National Health Service Education Board in Scotland as a recognised continuing professional development programme. The success of the programme is due to the combined efforts of the teaching team from the Practice Development Centre, the different stakeholders within the health service in Lanarkshire and Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh. The focus of this article is the nature of the collaboration between the partners from the initial ideas to the initiation, validation and ongoing delivery of the programme. The article will provide an account of the criteria for partners and key features of the collaboration as well as quality assurance aspects. It will also draw upon the outcomes of the programme in terms of student views and achievement as well as the benefits to the partners.
