Leading Quality Improvement in Nursing, Health & Social Care

· SAGE Publications Limited
Ebook
232
Pages
Eligible
This book will become available on December 15, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

This book is an indispensable guide to the principles and practice of quality improvement (QI) in healthcare, and the related leadership and change theories. Packed with practical tips and resources, you’ll learn how to use leadership and QI theory to identify, plan, implement, evaluate and sustain change in your study, placement and future career.

Key features:

· - Learn key leadership theory in Part 1 before applying your knowledge in Part 2 as you work step-by-step through the process of planning and implementing an innovation.

· - Extended case studies illustrate the change process across different nursing fields and settings.

· - Offers an evidence-based menu of ideas, activities and strategies that will enable you to deliver innovative QI plans as part of your course assessments and future practice.

About the author

Annette Chowthi-Williams is an experienced academic, senior NHS manager and practitioner, and is currently an academic at the University of Roehampton in London. Dr Chowthi-Williams is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an External Examiner. She has a particular interest in healthcare innovation and improvement, public health and leadership in community and primary care. Her interest in healthcare innovation and improvement has led to the development of possibly the first health care change management model in nursing and nurse education, and recently published a book on the subject, Successful Change Management in Health Care: Being Emotionally and Cognitively Ready. She is passionate about student’s wellbeing and on engaging and involving then in their teaching and learning.

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