Skill Mix in Health Visiting and Community Nursing Teams; Principles into Practice

View Larger Image Email This Item to a Friend Skill Mix in Health Visiting and Community Nursing Teams; Principles into Practice At a time when spending in the NHS I under scrutiny it is very important that all decisions are based on the best evidence and knowledge of what works. Skill mix is a very under researched area in the community but Maggie Fisher has successfully brought together the available research and placed it in a professional and policy context. She clearly demonstrates that skill mix decisions should be led by clinicians, and evaluated for their clinical effectiveness, not as a cost saving measure. Blending the right skills can enhance client outcomes, however inappropriate skill substitution leads to low morale for team members, sickness, heightened vacancy rates and a weekend service This book not only discusses important issues such as accountability and delegation, it also provides the readers with the tools to build an effective skill mix team. Whilst particularly focusing on skill mix in health visiting teams it refers to the challenges skill mix brings to all community nurses and will become a core text on the subject

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