MeSH: Models, Nursing
Developing a nursing dependency scoring tool for children’s palliative care: the impact on hospice care
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BACKGROUND: Occupancy is commonly used to measure bed management in hospices. However, the increasing complexity of children and young people and growing dependence on technology mean that this is no longer effective. AIM: To develop a dependency tool that enables the hospice to safely and effectively manage the use of beds for planned short breaks…