Measuring health care workers' perceptions of what constitutes a compassionate organisation culture and working environment: Findings from a quantitative feasibility survey.

Introduction: Health care organisation cultures and working environments are highly complex, dynamic and constantly evolving settings. They significantly influence both the delivery and outcomes of care.

Aim: Phase 1 quantitative findings are presented from a larger three phase feasibility study designed to develop and test a Cultural Health Check toolkit to support health care workers, patients and organisations in the provision of safe, compassionate and dignified care.

What are the effective ways to translate clinical leadership into health care quality improvement?

The presence and/or absence of effective leaders in health care can have a stark consequence on the quality and outcomes of care. The delivery of safe, quality, compassionate health care is dependent on having effective clinical leaders at the frontline. In light of the Kirkup and Francis reports, this article explores some ways of translating clinical leadership into health care quality improvement.

Can clinical governance act as a cultural barometer?

The Francis report into failings at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust highlighted systemic failures across the NHS, with major stakeholders failing to intervene. Nursing organisations, along with all nurse leaders, managers and nurses themselves, need to make changes in accordance with the report's findings and recommendations. We suggest that the last thing the profession needs now is another campaign to change the "system" or "systems of care delivery".

Interventions for treating isolated diaphyseal fractures of the ulna in adults.

Background: Isolated fractures of the shaft of the ulna, which are often sustained when the forearm is raised to shield against a blow, are generally treated on an outpatient basis. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 1998 and last updated in 2009.

Objectives: To assess the effects of various forms of treatment for isolated fractures of the ulnar shaft in adults.

The pivotal role of nurse managers, leaders and educators in enabling excellence in nursing care.

Aim: The aims of this paper are to present the findings from a discursive analysis of key issues associated with providing excellence in nursing care; and to provide an exemplar framework to support excellence in nursing care and describe the potential benefits when excellence in nursing care occurs.

Background: The challenge facing the nursing profession is in ensuring that the core principles of dignity, respect, compassion and person (people) centered care become central to all aspects of nursing practice. To regain the public and professional confidence in nursing, nurse leaders, managers and educators play a pivotal role in improving the image of nursing.

Interventions for isolated diaphyseal fractures of the ulna in adults.

Background: Isolated fractures of the shaft of the ulna, which are often sustained when the forearm is raised to shield against a blow, are generally treated on an outpatient basis.

Objectives: To assess the effects of various forms of treatment for isolated fractures of the ulnar shaft in adults.

Search Strategy: We searched the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group Specialised Register (December 2008), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library 2008, Issue 4), MEDLINE (1966 to November week 3 2008), EMBASE (1981 to week 52 2008), CINAHL (1982 to December week 2 2008), various trial registers, various conference proceedings and bibliographies of relevant articles.