title: Improving wound care through clinical governance.
abstract: The fundamental role of nurse specialists is to improve and maintain the quality of patient care across the organisation. Heather Newton looks at the specialist nursing role in the light of the clinical governance arrangements.
authors.affiliation: Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*