This report is the first result of a study concerned with the organisation and effectiveness of industrial therapy in psychiatric hospitals. It reflects the significant changes in the traditional views first, of the psychiatric patient and his relation to the community, and second, of the hospital itself as a social ...
This document presents the findings of an investigation into the problems of prescribing, distributing and administering prescribed drugs in small hospitals
The aims of the survey were: i) to record and describe the experience of hospitals in relation to the recruitment, training ,remuneration and method of working of voluntary service organisers; ii) to study the achievements of full-time organisers in the use of volunteers within the hospitals and in their relationships ...
This hospital description seeks to establish a method of describing a new hospital and its planning which could be applied to any new hospital project. It is hoped that the description presents the project in a concise and readable form giving essential information about the hospital under the headings development, ...
Reasons advanced for the shortage of nurse tutors are often based on guesswork and emotion so it is particularly useful to have an accurate and impartial study like this. The survey analysed the attitudes towards becoming tutors of 684 sisters in teaching hospitals, other general hospitals and psychiatric hospitals, and ...
The Hospital Centre has recently received a number of requests for information about the preparation and design of progress reports for nurses in training. It was decided to undertake a survey of a selection of progress report forms at present in use. The findings of the survey and some of ...
After 19 years it is clear that the foundations of the NHS are sound, but there is still much readjustment to be achieved within the general plan. It has become increasingly clear that somehow much better cooperation must be achieved if the main divisions of the NHS, hospitals, public health ...
In recent years considerable advances have taken place in understanding the processes by which people learn, and this has lead to the development of new techniques in learning. The underlying purpose of this survey is: to discover areas of knowledge that cause nurses, especially pupil nurses, particular difficulty; to indicate ...