Clinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare Professionals - Softcover

McSherry, Robert; Pearce, Paddy

 
9780632058013: Clinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare Professionals

Synopsis

This text is the first to be dedicated to the important new concept of clinical governance. It will provide a comprehensive overview of what is meant by clinical governance and how clinical governance can be implemented into practice.

By reading this book, healthcare professionals will learn to use the framework of clinical governance to reduce clinical risks and enhance clinical quality via the application of evidence–based practice.

Practical advice is step–by–step, and facilitates better understanding of key principles. Reflective questions, activities and case studies taken from clinical practice will be used in every chapter. A full list of references and further reading will be included.

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From the Back Cover

This is a book that provides much needed guidance on implementing clinical governance into practice. The authors have provided a concise but comprehensive review of what is meant by clinical governance, focusing on the needs of front–line healthcare staff. Practical advice is imparted step–by–step, thus facilitating better understanding of the key aim of clinical governance that of delivering good quality health care. Each chapter includes reflective questions, activities and case studies as applied to practice. By reading this book, healthcare professionals will learn to use the framework of clinical governance to reduce clinical risks and enhance clinical quality via the application of evidence–based practice. Key Features: Provides "hands–on" guidance for everyday practice Written in an accessible, jargon–free way Applicable to nurses, doctors and all professions allied to medicine.

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