Defining the boundaries: nursing and personal care

Nurs Stand. 2000 Oct 4;15(3):43-5. doi: 10.7748/ns2000.10.15.3.43.c2928.

Abstract

In response to the government's NHS Plan, the authors assess the difference between 'personal' and 'nursing' care, and outline the RCN assessment process to enable high quality care.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Eligibility Determination / organization & administration*
  • Financing, Government / organization & administration
  • Geriatric Assessment*
  • Health Planning / organization & administration
  • Health Services for the Aged / economics*
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Care / economics*
  • Needs Assessment / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Assessment / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Services / economics*
  • Personal Health Services / economics*
  • Quality of Health Care
  • State Medicine / organization & administration