Nursing needs policy, it provides the context to our practice, roles, knowledge and frames our patients' day to day lives. This article defines what we mean by policy and what influences its development. With the use of health policy examples the implications for nursing are explained and ideas on how policy is implemented in practice set out. As health is a devolved issue policy comparisons are made between the four regions of the UK. Finally, the implications of current policy change on nursing roles and skill mix shows how future developments in our professional are being directed.
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abstract = "Nursing needs policy, it provides the context to our practice, roles, knowledge and frames our patients' day to day lives. This article defines what we mean by policy and what influences its development. With the use of health policy examples the implications for nursing are explained and ideas on how policy is implemented in practice set out. As health is a devolved issue policy comparisons are made between the four regions of the UK. Finally, the implications of current policy change on nursing roles and skill mix shows how future developments in our professional are being directed.",
keywords = "health policy, nursing and health policy, health policy in the UK, health policy implementation",
author = "Sarah Annesley", year = "2019", month = apr, doi = "10.12968/bjon.2019.28.8.496", language = "English", volume = "28", pages = "496--502", journal = "British Journal of Nursing", issn = "0966-0461", publisher = "MA Healthcare Ltd",Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
T1 - The implications of health policy for nursing
T2 - at a glance
AU - Annesley, Sarah
N2 - Nursing needs policy, it provides the context to our practice, roles, knowledge and frames our patients' day to day lives. This article defines what we mean by policy and what influences its development. With the use of health policy examples the implications for nursing are explained and ideas on how policy is implemented in practice set out. As health is a devolved issue policy comparisons are made between the four regions of the UK. Finally, the implications of current policy change on nursing roles and skill mix shows how future developments in our professional are being directed.
AB - Nursing needs policy, it provides the context to our practice, roles, knowledge and frames our patients' day to day lives. This article defines what we mean by policy and what influences its development. With the use of health policy examples the implications for nursing are explained and ideas on how policy is implemented in practice set out. As health is a devolved issue policy comparisons are made between the four regions of the UK. Finally, the implications of current policy change on nursing roles and skill mix shows how future developments in our professional are being directed.
KW - health policy
KW - nursing and health policy
KW - health policy in the UK
KW - health policy implementation
JO - British Journal of Nursing