title: Surveying nursing practice on wards for older people with mental health needs.
abstract: This article discusses a survey of the nursing care of older people with mental health problems in inpatient units. The survey considered assessment and care planning, record keeping, the environment, staff, user and carer feedback, staffing systems, compliments, complaints, incidents, dementia care mapping, and a clinical supervision and training needs audit. Practice development work, undertaken to ensure that the project's recommendations were implemented, is also described.
authors.affiliation: Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dinshaw
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom