Use of an oral assessment tool to improve practice.
An oral assessment tool was developed alongside care plans in a neurosciences unit, including the rationale for interventions, to provide nurses with an evidence-based means of providing mouth care. Awareness and standards of mouth care improved as a result of introducing the tool and care plans.
Freer
S K
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Neurosciences Nursing Development Unit, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009909:Oral Health / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*