Nursing Times - Practice Articles

Are nurses empowered to make decisions about levels of patient observation in mental health?

Mental health nurses are crucial in doing special observations. This study looked at nurses’ views on whether they are involved in and empowered to make decisions

Poor numeracy skills must be tackled to cut medication errors

Drug errors related to the wrong dose are a leading cause of serious incidents. Trusts must implement strategies to ensure staff are competent to calculate doses, says Paul Warburton

Training staff to empower people with long term conditions to undertake self care activities

Self care aids independence but people need support to do it. A community matron team piloted a tool to help health workers improve the support they offer