Evolutionary change in the use of skills within the district nursing team: A study in two health board areas in Scotland

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 783-790

  McIntosh, Jean ^a   Moriarty, Deirdre ^b   Lugton, Jean ^c   Carney, Orla ^d  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delegation; District nursing; Grade mix; Nursing auxiliary; Skill mix; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LEADERSHIP; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; NURSING, TEAM; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034304069     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.t01-1-01541.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Ahmed L.B. & Kitson A. (1993) The Role of the Health Care Assistant within a Professional Nursing Culture. National Institute for Nursing, Oxford.
2. Aiken L., Smith H.L. & Lake E.T. (1994) Lower Medicare mortality among a set of hospitals known for good nursing care. Medical Care 32(8), 771-787.
3. Audit Commission (1999) First Assessment. A Review of District Nursing Services in England and Wales. Audit Commission, London.
4. Badger F., Cameron E. & Evers H. (1989) The nursing auxiliary service and the care of elderly patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing 14, 471-177.
5. Ball J., Hurst K., Booth M. & Franklin R. (1989) . . .But Who Will Make the Beds? Report of the Mersey Region Project on Assessment of Nurse Staffing and Support Worker Requirements for Acute General Hospitals. Nuffield Institute of Health Service Studies and Mersey Regional Health Authority, Liverpool.
6. Bryans A. & McIntosh J. (1996) Decision making in community nursing: an analysis of the stages of decision making as they relate to community nursing assessment practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing 24, 24-30.
7. Carr-Hill R., Dixon P., Gibbs I. et al. (1992) Skill Mix and the Effectiveness of Nursing Care. University of York Centre for Health Economics, York.
8. Department of Health & Social Security (1986) Mix and Match: A Review of Nursing Skill Mix. DHSS, London.
9. Department of Health (1997) The New NHS. Modern Dependable. The Stationary Office, London.
10. Department of Health (1999) Making a Difference. Strengthening the Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Contribution to Health and Healthcare. Department of Health, London.
11. Fielding N. (1993) Ethnography. In Researching Social Life (Gilbert N. ed.), Sage, London, pp. 154-171.
12. Gibbs I., McCaughan D. & Griffiths M. (1991) Skill mix in nursing: a selective review of the literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing 16, 242-249.
13. Hammersley M. & Atkinson P. (1995) Ethnography Principles in Practice 2nd edn. Tavistock, London.
14. Hardie M. & Hockey L. (1978) The Nursing Auxiliary in the National Health Service. Scottish Home and Health Department and Department of Health and Social Security, Edinburgh & London.
15. Information & Statistics Division (1996) Scottish Health Statistics 1996. Common Services Agency, Edinburgh.
16. Jenkins-Clarke S., Carr-Hill & R. Dixon P. (1998) Teams and seams: skill mix in primary care. Journal of Advanced Nursing 28(5), 1120-1126.
17. Lankshear A., Brown J. & Thompson C. (1996) Mapping the Nursing Competencies Required in Institutional and Community Settings in the Context of Multidisciplinary Health Care Provision. English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, London.
18. Latimer J. & Ashburner L. (1997) Primary care nursing: how can nurses influence its development? NT Research 2(4), 258-267.
19. Lightfoot J., Baldwin S. & Wright K. (1992) Report on a Study of Establishment Setting and Review for District Nursing and Health Visiting Services. Community Nursing Study Stage One. University of York Social Policy Research Unit, York.
20. McMahon C.A. & Harding J. (1994) Knowledge to Care. A Handbook for Care Assistants. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
21. National Health Service Training Authority (1990) Support Workers/Helpers. The Selection and Training of Health Care Assistants in the NHS: The Way Forward 2nd edn. NHSTA, London.
22. National Health Service Management Executive (1993) New World, New Opportunities. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
23. Ong B.N. (1991) Researching needs in district nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 16, 638-647.
24. Rapport F. & Maggs C. (1997) Measuring care: the case of district nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 25, 673-680.
25. Scottish Office Department of Health (1998) Designed to Care. Renewing the National Health Service in Scotland. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh.
26. Thomas L.H. (1994) A comparison of the verbal interactions of qualified nurses and nursing auxiliaries in primary, team and functional nursing wards. International Journal of Nursing Studies 31(3), 231-244.
27. Worth A. (1999) An ethnographic study of assessment of the needs of older people by district nurses and social workers. Unpublished PhD thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow.