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Why patients self-dischargeLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Manag (Harrow) 15:22-7. 2008- Estimating patient discharge datesLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Manag (Harrow) 15:30-5. 2008 
Developing discharge practice through education: module development, delivery and outcomesLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, United Kingdom
Nurse Educ Pract 10:210-5. 2010..The questionnaires were designed and developed with support for projects in practice from the Foundation of Nursing Studies in London...- Venous thromboembolism risk assessments in acute careLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Stand 24:35-41. 2010.... - Promoting single sex acute unitsLiz Lees
Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Times 107:18-20. 2011..It outlines achievements resulting from the audit, which include staff awareness of the effect of mixed sex areas on patients and changing the culture in the unit to embrace single sex bays... - Implementing a patient assessment framework in acute careLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
Nurs Stand 24:35-43. 2009..The secondment demonstrated that supporting nurses to embrace new skills resulted in a change in practice. However, a permanent change cannot be assured unless practice is revisited and supported on a continual basis... - Identifying discharge practice training needsL Lees
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
Nurs Stand 20:47-51. 2006..Analysis of discharge training is important to assess discharge training needs and to identify staff who may assist with training... - Nurse-led dysphagia screening in acute stroke patientsLiz Lees
Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
Nurs Stand 21:35-42. 2006..The investment in training has reduced the time patients wait for dysphagia screening from 35 hours to less than one hour. As a result of this audit dysphagia screening competencies have been established... - Developing a new intravenous therapy service: part 2Liz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Emerg Nurse 14:28-34. 2006 - Delivering a new intravenous therapy serviceLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Emerg Nurse 14:30-5. 2006 - Auditing the nursing standard for weighing patients on an acute medical unitLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Times 105:12-3. 2009..It showed that only 50% of nurses routinely weighed patients as part of the admission process and/or as part of nutritional screening. Revisions were made to the existing nursing standard... - Beyond the emergencyLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Stand 20:78-9. 2006 - Using post-take ward rounds to facilitate simple dischargeLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Times 102:28-30. 2006..The aim was to improve the clarity of the management plan and discharge/ transfer decisions including an estimated length of stay on the post-take ward rounds taking place on the emergency admissions ward... - Exploring the principles of best practice discharge to ensure patient involvementLiz Lees
Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Times 106:10-4. 2010..The principles discussed in this article should help hospital trusts to apply a systematic approach to the discharge planning process and prevent readmissions while improving the quality of patient discharge... - A development programme for senior nursesCaroline Maries-Tillott
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Manag (Harrow) 13:20-6. 2006 - Without prejudice: results and realisation of a training needs audit in nursing homesLiz Lees
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Nurs Older People 18:19-27. 2006..An analysis of training needs among registered nurses and carers in nursing homes will be used to form education action plans that will foster a learning culture and, ultimately, improve patient care.. - Developing a nurse led GP referral serviceLiz Lees
Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Teaching Trust
Emerg Nurse 11:28-32. 2003 - Estimating date of discharge at ward level: a pilot studyLiz Lees
Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust, Bordesley Green
Nurs Stand 19:40-3. 2005..Effective discharge planning leading to a reduction in delayed discharges will not occur without these two steps... - Reforming emergency care: what GPs really wantLiz Lees
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Emerg Nurse 11:22-6. 2004 - Delayed discharge. Must get out more oftenLiz Lees
Birmingham Heartlands and Soilhull Trust
Health Serv J 114:22-3. 2004..The loss of vital information between health and social services undermines discharges' credibility. Pooled budgets between the two sectors are a powerful means of fostering innovation... - Making nurse-led discharge work to improve patient careLiz Lees
Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust
Nurs Times 100:30-2. 2004..Without these, nurse-led discharges are at risk of becoming yet another quick-fix remedy for freeing up hospital beds... - A framework to promote the holistic assessment of older people in emergency careLiz Lees
Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust
Nurs Older People 16:16-8, 20-1. 2005 - How a clinical coordinator improved emergency careLiz Lees
Emergency Admissions Ward, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Nurs Times 101:34-6. 2005..A clinical ward coordinator role was developed within an emergency admissions ward. The aim was to reduce each patient's length of stay on the admissions ward and the waiting time for a bed in the emergency areas... - The role of a flow coordinator in an emergency assessment unitLiz Lees
Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Teaching Trust, Birmingham
Nurs Times 99:32-4. 2003..The working context, concept, process-mapping approach, core objectives and key functions of the role are all discussed...