Do hourly hospital ward rounds improve quality of patient care? 13th May 2015 Researchers from Kingston University and St George’s, University of London are examining whether hourly ward rounds really do help deliver safe, compassionate, patient-centred care.
Developing international online education 1st May 2015 Professor Mary Chambers is at the forefront of the international online education and training resource ePsycheNurse.net for mental health nurses.
Investigating service users’ adherence to medication 1st May 2015 Interviews with mental health service users – and their caregivers – about their attitudes to medication have highlighted their difficulties with receiving effective care.
Promoting a safer hospital environment 1st May 2015 Hospital patients with learning disabilities face longer waits and mismanaged treatment due to nursing staff’s failure to understand them, according to a report released in 2014 by a research team, including Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne.
Improving end of life care for people with learning disabilities 1st May 2015 Pioneering research by Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, into end of life and palliative care for people with learning disabilities, has helped transform services and change public policy in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
How good teamwork affects patient care 1st May 2015 Examining the effectiveness of interprofessional teams, Ruth Harris, Professor of Nursing, recently completed a National Institute of Health Research funded study into the care of people who had a stroke.
Incontinence and people with dementia living at home 1st May 2015 Incontinence in people with dementia is distressing, adds to the carer’s burden, and influences decisions to relocate people to care homes.
Supporting children’s nursing education to provide better care 1st May 2015 The children’s nursing education team at Kingston and St George’s have a programme of research investigating how education can best support and prepare future children’s nurses.
A New Innovation: Alternative Practice programme for third year Nursing students 24th February 2014 This newly established programme enables students to explore current health/social care practice, relating to globalisation, sustainability/climate change and concerns for individual, community and world health.
