Implementing the Essence of Care benchmark for pressure ulcers.
Since The Essence of Care (Department of Health, 2001) was launched there have been many publications about the document and the process of benchmarking. This paper will focus specifically on the implementation of the benchmark for pressure ulcers.
Birchall
Lynne
L
Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Clark
Nicky
N
Taylor
Sheena
S
D019985:Benchmarking; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010358:Patient Participation; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D006113:United Kingdom