Assessing primary nursing in mental health.
One of the most important advantages of primary nursing is the consistency and continuity of care which it is said to promote. In the study described here, the authors examine the extent to which this continuity of care is achieved when primary nursing is used and recommend that this should be audited in all clinical areas.
Gray
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Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust, London.
Smedley
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D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*