title: Senior nurses' views about factors that lead to service failures.
abstract: Significant failures in nursing services have led to numerous recommendations for improvement, yet problems continue. This article reports the findings of a study carried out in Wales to explore the underlying causes of such failures. It also reports how the findings were used to support the development of a senior nurses' framework with the aim of achieving successful nursing services.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Science, Cardiff University. marion.andrewsevans@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrews-Evans
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D024382:Professional Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom