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Assessing the Registered Nursing Care Contribution for older people in care homes: issues of reliability and validity
- Authors:
- REED Jan, WATSON Bill, COOK Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 15(2), March 2007, pp.136-145.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present paper reports on a study designed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Registered Nursing Care Contribution (RNCC) tool for assessing the level of nursing care required by care home residents. Care plan data from 186 residents in participating care homes were assessed by multiple assessors using the RNCC tool (i.e. care home registered nurses, a nurse researcher, an external care home expert and a nurses consultant). The Minimum Data Set (MDS) rating was used as a validated comparison. The findings from the study indicated that there were disparities between the RNCC and MDS bandings, and between different raters, with the external care home expert achieving the closest agreement with the MDS. This suggests that the use of the RNCC tool varies considerably according to the assessor, which also suggests that training of users is needed to ensure consistency and reliability. However, the difference between the outcomes of using the RNCC tool and the MDS suggests that assessment of nursing need may need to be re-examined to ensure validity.
Families leading planning: looking to the future
- Authors:
- SHORT Alison, SANDERSON Helen, COOK Margaret
- Publisher:
- Families Leading Planning
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- ca. 300p.
This resource is for families looking at Person Centred Planning between the ages 13 - 25, often referred to as “transition” by services. It enables family members to learn from and with other family members and to develop an essential lifestyle plan for and with the persons they care for.
Pupils with severe learning disabilities who present challenging behaviour: a whole school approach to assessment and intervention
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, COOK Margaret, UPTON Graham
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 141p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Describes a whole school approach to working with pupils with severe learning difficulties who present challenging behaviour. Explores the causes of challenging behaviour and sets out teaching methods which could be successfully implemented by teachers and classroom assistants. 3 levels of intervention were specifically addressed: the pupil, the classroom, and the whole school.