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 ...
During the influenza epidemic of December 1967 - January 1968 the Emergency Bed Service (EBS) encountered serious difficulties in securing admission to hospital for many acutely ill patients. In the light of these experiences the King's Fund decided to appoint a working party to investigate the effect of coloured warnings ...
This document originates from a one-day conference and its purpose is to report on studies of issues and options in the field of hospital traffic and supply which were carried out within the context of the Greenwich District Hospital development project which was seen as a laboratory situation in which ...