title: The RCN dignity survey: implications for leaders.
abstract: In response to concerns about a lack of dignity in care raised in the media and several studies, the RCN launched last year its dignity campaign, Dignity: At the heart of everything we do. A major part of this campaign was a dignity survey of more than 2000 nurses, nursing students and healthcare assistants, making it the largest dignity survey of the U.K. nursing workforce ever undertaken. This article outlines what some of the survey findings mean for nurse managers and leaders, and discusses the relationship between dignity and nursing.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Nursing Ethics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wainwright
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baillie
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D028701:Patient Rights; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom