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Measuring the nursing and midwifery contribution: update 3
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| Title: | Measuring the nursing and midwifery contribution: update 3 |
| Authors: | National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Publisher: | National Council for Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2009 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/254674 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | In its study An Evaluation of the Extent of Measurement of Nursing and Midwifery
Interventions in Ireland (National Council 2006) the National Council found that nurses
and midwives were participating in hospital- and organisation-wide quality improvement
and assurance schemes in a wide variety of care settings. Nurses and midwives
participating in the study’s focus groups reported that they either used or were familiar
with standards and systems (e.g., ISO 9000 and QUASAR), and that areas typically
audited included admission and discharge rates, falls prevention and visiting hours.
Training in the use of audit was seen as contributing to the successful implementation of audit and other quality
improvement and assurance systems, as was a supportive culture within the healthcare environment. More
recently, the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance (2008) has argued that clinical audit is the
single most important method which any healthcare organisation can use to understand and ensure the quality
of service that it provides. |
| Keywords: | NURSING
MIDWIFERY |
| Appears in Collections: | NCNM
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