title: A case study identifying nursing staffs' perception of the delivery method of nursing care in practice on a particular ward.
abstract: The research describes how nursing staff on a general surgical ward in a district general hospital perceived the delivery method of nursing care in practice. The study design was based on ethnographic methods and data were collected by diary keeping and semi-structured interviews. An organizational method based on the principles of primary nursing had been implemented on the ward for 2 years prior to the study commencing. As well as talking in general terms about primary nursing, the nursing staff talked at some length about specific issues related to their practice.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Community Hospital, Headington, England.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004739:England; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care