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Accountability in nursing and midwifery /

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. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Tilley, Stephen (Editor), Watson, Roger, 1955- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chichester : Blackwell Science, [2004]
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Development of Nursing as an Accountable Profession; Professional registration; Political perspective; The war; Registration Act 1919; Conclusions; 3 Accountability and Clinical Governance in Nursing: a Critical Overview of the Topic; 4 Accountability and Clinical Governance; 5 The Legal Accountability of the Nurse; 6 Accountability and Clinical Governance: a Policy Perspective; 7 Accountability in NHS Trusts; 8 Accountability and Clinical Governance in Nursing: a Manager's Perspective.
  • 9 Working with Children: Accountability and Paediatric Nursing10 Accountability and Clinical Governance in Learning Disability Nursing; 11 Where does the Buck Stop? Accountability in Midwifery; 12 Accountability in Community Nursing; 13 Clinical Governance, Accountability and Mental Health Nursing: an Emergent Story; 14 Accountability in Nursing Research; Appendix Code of Professional Conduct (Reproduced with permission of the Nursing and Midwifery Council); References.