Abstract
The Care Certificate, launched in England in 2015, safeguards patients by ensuring all new healthcare assistants (HCAs) undertake a structured educational programme so that they can provide appropriate, safe and high standards of care in clinical settings. This article describes a service evaluation that aimed to identify the effects of the Care Certificate on HCAs' confidence and ability to identify, and initiate management of, unwell patients independently.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Nursing Management |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 26 Mar 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 May 2019 |
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Effects of the care certificate on healthcare assistants' ability to identify and manage deteriorating patients. / Haigh, Sandie; Garside, Joanne.
In: Nursing Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, 28.05.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of the care certificate on healthcare assistants' ability to identify and manage deteriorating patients
AU - Haigh, Sandie
AU - Garside, Joanne
PY - 2019/5/28
Y1 - 2019/5/28
N2 - The Care Certificate, launched in England in 2015, safeguards patients by ensuring all new healthcare assistants (HCAs) undertake a structured educational programme so that they can provide appropriate, safe and high standards of care in clinical settings. This article describes a service evaluation that aimed to identify the effects of the Care Certificate on HCAs' confidence and ability to identify, and initiate management of, unwell patients independently.
AB - The Care Certificate, launched in England in 2015, safeguards patients by ensuring all new healthcare assistants (HCAs) undertake a structured educational programme so that they can provide appropriate, safe and high standards of care in clinical settings. This article describes a service evaluation that aimed to identify the effects of the Care Certificate on HCAs' confidence and ability to identify, and initiate management of, unwell patients independently.
KW - CPD
KW - workforce development
KW - Continuing professional development
KW - Education
KW - Patient safety
KW - Workforce
KW - Healthcare assistants
KW - Support staff
KW - Patients
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066235792&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7748/nm.2019.e1798
DO - 10.7748/nm.2019.e1798
M3 - Article
VL - 26
JO - Nursing Management
JF - Nursing Management
SN - 1354-5760
IS - 3
ER -