Standards of nursing care 1987-1997.
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The RCN standards of care programme was established in 1987 as part of a wider initiative to improve the quality of nursing care. In the beginning its director, Alison Kitson, worked with groups of nurses to introduce the first concepts of nursing and health quality. Here, she describes how the programme developed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
دوره 12 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997