Webb, Janet, Stevens, Jane and Newton, Paul ORCID: 0000-0002-8525-6763 (2023) Evaluation of clinical nurse tutor project at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT): a report by School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Project Report. University of Greenwich - Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT), London. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust approached the University of Greenwich to conduct an evaluation of their Clinical Nurse Tutor (CNT) Project. The impetus for the Trust project arose out of concerns that practitioners, notably registered nurses (Band 4-7) were not being supported within the clinical area to develop their skills and knowledge and this in turn was having an impact on the quality and outcome of patient care and the retention of staff. Senior Managers within the Trust were concerned about “rises in incidents and complaints” involving adult Registered Nurses (RNs) which were potentially causing harm to patients with specific concerns around medication errors and errors in the management of patients with diabetes. There were also concerns that these issues were having an impact on staff wellbeing. In part this was due to the COVID 19 pandemic whereby education and training activities had been cancelled and staff therefore where not up to date with training, or had not attended, mandatory training or yearly updates. Whilst this was within the context of the COVID 19 pandemic it was identified that there was a longer term need to support and educate staff within clinical practice itself and limitations of current resources precluded this. The CNT Project was therefore developed as a strategy for continuous quality improvement. The focus of the Project being adult services within the Medical and Surgical Divisions within the Trust. The Project was funded by Health Education England.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	clinical nurse tutors
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RT Nursing
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Health Sciences (HEA)
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2024 09:26
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/45724

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