District nurses and home carers 3: project evaluation.
This article, the last in a series of three, discusses the evaluation of a project established to provide a programme of education for social services' home carers that focused on the development of skills relating to care work. This education was delivered by district nurses (DNs) to address a number of problems associated with the provision of personal care identified by the home carers and their DN colleagues. An action research framework was used to improve collaborative working between the staff of the two disciplines. The article outlines some of the key findings from the evaluation of the project in relation to the structure, the process and the outcome of the project. The project evaluation was mainly positive and this success can be partly attributed to the fact that an action research method was used to drive the project.
Redworth
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School of Health and Community Studies, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, Wrexham.
Atkin
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Jones-Tatum
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012947:Social Work; D006113:United Kingdom