Description
As a student and newly registered nurse, you will need to work with others to lead, improve and sustain high quality care. This book will equip you with the skills and knowledge to do just that. From the principles and theory behind quality improvement to the practical skills and tools needed to enable it, the book develops your ability to engage in continuous quality improvement in different settings throughout your career.
Key features
* Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards of Proficiency
* Case studies illustrate the principles of quality improvement in real examples from practice
* Walks you step by step through each aspect of a quality improvement project, from identifying a need to implementation and evaluation
* Personal and professional development is discussed throughout, empowering you to engage in quality improvement from the very start of your career
About the Author
Gillian Janes is an experienced nurse, educator and researcher. She is an Associate Clinical Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University and Honorary Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney. She works nationally and internationally, enabling organisations to create the right system conditions for service improvement, and developing the workforce to ensure they have the personal, technical and strategic knowledge and skills to enable them to use Improvement Science to aid patient safety and healthcare quality. Gillian's PhD used silences research to improve services based on patient experience. She is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academy Member; NHS Q Community Founding Cohort member and Trustee of the Clinical Human Factors Group. Catherine Delves-Yates is an experienced nurse and a Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. She started her nursing career as a student at the Nightingale School of Nursing, London and has worked clinically in adult and paediatric critical care in the UK and has taught and nursed in America, Africa and Nepal. Her passion is to ensure all nurses have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to deliver effective compassionate care to each of their patients. Catherine is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Buea and the Higher Institute of Applied Medical Sciences, Cameroon and an international advisor to the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Currently she is researching whether nursing students' views of health and illness alter during their pre-registration nursing programme.
Book Information
ISBN 9781529768978
Author Gillian Janes
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Learning Matters Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 400g
Key features
* Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards of Proficiency
* Case studies illustrate the principles of quality improvement in real examples from practice
* Walks you step by step through each aspect of a quality improvement project, from identifying a need to implementation and evaluation
* Personal and professional development is discussed throughout, empowering you to engage in quality improvement from the very start of your career
About the Author
Gillian Janes is an experienced nurse, educator and researcher. She is an Associate Clinical Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University and Honorary Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney. She works nationally and internationally, enabling organisations to create the right system conditions for service improvement, and developing the workforce to ensure they have the personal, technical and strategic knowledge and skills to enable them to use Improvement Science to aid patient safety and healthcare quality. Gillian's PhD used silences research to improve services based on patient experience. She is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academy Member; NHS Q Community Founding Cohort member and Trustee of the Clinical Human Factors Group. Catherine Delves-Yates is an experienced nurse and a Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. She started her nursing career as a student at the Nightingale School of Nursing, London and has worked clinically in adult and paediatric critical care in the UK and has taught and nursed in America, Africa and Nepal. Her passion is to ensure all nurses have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to deliver effective compassionate care to each of their patients. Catherine is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Buea and the Higher Institute of Applied Medical Sciences, Cameroon and an international advisor to the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Currently she is researching whether nursing students' views of health and illness alter during their pre-registration nursing programme.
Book Information
ISBN 9781529768978
Author Gillian Janes
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Learning Matters Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 400g
