title: Putting patients first.
abstract: Care home manager Geraldine Browne has improved the quality of care for her patients and reduced the number of hospital admissions. The changes, enthusiastically implemented by staff, have won her the RCN Northern Ireland nurse of the year award.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D010360:Patient Transfer; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom