Appendix 2: Detailed patient case studies
Bibliography
Key United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) policy documents
The Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (3rd edition), 1992
The Scope of Professional Practice, 1992
Standards for the Administration of Medicines, 1992
Professional Conduct – Occasional Report on Selected Cases 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992, 1992
Professional Conduct – Occasional Report on Standards of Nursing in Nursing Homes, 1994
The Future of Professional Practice: The Council’s Standards for Education and Practice Following Registration, 1994
Position Statement on Clinical Supervision for Nursing and Health Visiting, 1996
The Continuing Care of Older People, UKCC Policy Paper 1, 1997
Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping, 1998
These documents identify the regulator’s expectations with regard to:
- professional conduct
- accountability
- scope of practice
- administration of medicines
- record keeping
- clinical supervision
- continuing professional development.
Key Department of Health document over this period
Clinical Supervision for the Nursing and Health Visiting Professions. CNO Letter 94(5), 1994
Key Royal College of Nursing (RCN) documents over this period
‘A scandal waiting to happen?’, pp18–20 in Elderly People and Nursing Care in Residential and Nursing Homes, 1992
Guidelines for Assessing Mental Health Needs in Old Age, 1993
Older People and Continuing Care: The Skill and Value of the Nurse, 1993
The Value and Skill of Nursing: Working with Older People, 1993
Nursing and Older People: Report of the RCN Taskforce on Nursing and Older People, 1995
The Value and Skills of Nurses Working with Older People, 1996
Nursing Homes: Nursing Values, 1996
Combating Abuse and Neglect of Older People: RCN Guidelines for Nurses, 1996
What a Difference a Nurse Makes: an RCN Report on the Benefits of Expert Nursing to the Clinical Outcomes in the Continuing Care of Older People, 1997