NURSING MANAGEMENT April 2009 | Volume 16 | Number 1 1
April 2009 | VOLUME 16 | ISSUE 1
Application of central line bundles
to improve patient safety30
Our Expert Panel discusses proposals
for national nurse uniforms11 Channel4
Can patients in hospital benefit
from the use of diary rooms?7
On the cover
21 Here's looking
at you
Readers' survey results
14 From concept
to reality
Developing and implementing
a model of advanced nursing practice
30 Patient safety
How nurse leaders are key to the
Patient Safety First Campaign
36 New careers page
Ambulance service nursing director
Gill Bennett on transferring skills
3 Editorial
News
4 More freedom for nurses to run healthcare services
The Future of Nursing and Midwifery Commission is reviewing
how nurses can improve safety in the workplace
Analysis
6 Ward sister role under scrutiny
Nick Lipley reports on how the ward sister and charge nurse role
is to be reviewed following an RCN study
7 Reality TV inspires hospital staff to put patients in the hot seat
The NHS Institute is piloting an `evidence-based design approach'
to improving services
Opinion
8 Get connected, Letters
9 Book reviews, European outlook
Resources
11 Ask the experts
Nursing Management's Expert Panel discuss nurse uniforms
12 Diary
13 Web scan, Have your say
Features
14 Advanced practice in nursing: from concept to reality
Marie Cerinus and Paul Wilson explain the development and
implementation of a model of advanced nursing practice
21 Here's looking at you
Christian Duffin discusses the results of RCN Publishing's|
readership survey
24 Practice development in healthcare service reform
Helen Chin and Ben Totterdell explain how clinical teams can control
the development and improvement of local healthcare services
30 Patient safety: leading improvement
Mike Williams and Jane Reid explain how nurse leaders are key
to the success of the Patient Safety First Campaign
Careers
36 Part of a community
Anita Pati speaks with England's only ambulance trust nursing director
40 Contributing to the journal
Cover image: John Houlihan
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