Research that supports nursing teams 2: learning opportunities that help staff to deliver better care.

Abstract

This article, the second in a four-part series about using research evidence to support nursing teams, discusses the learning opportunities generated from four studies that followed the two Francis inquiries into care failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. We discuss how four different interventions, directly or indirectly use learning to enable nursing teams to optimise care in acute hospital settings. We argue that the profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic may have overshadowed the need for measures to support nursing staff learning at a time when care quality is more important than ever.

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