Calling all Nurses/HCP dissertation topic help- person centred or safety theme

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Okay so desperate times require the aid of mumsnet. I have a dissertation proposal to submit soon and have only vague ideas around person centred care and/or patient safety floating around.
I’m just looking for brainstorm type suggestions in the absence of being able to meet with other nursing students to bounce ideas around.
All suggestions welcome. Or what do you see as the bigger issues for nurses or nursing that could be widely applicable as I don’t know what field I would like to work in once qualified so don’t want to narrow down to anything too specific.
Thank you.

Just wondering how to get this onto the active threads page long enough for someone to notice it! Should have done an AIBU perhaps..:

Do what interest you the most which has a good amount of literature and you have an okay understanding off! The work you put in means you need something to keep you motivated!!!

I’m not a nurse so can’t help with either choice!

Hopefully evening bump.

@anamarav

Think the person centred care aspect is always good. In our hospital, for the patients with a cognitive impairment, we ask family to fill out an 'all about me' booklet which goes in the front of their nursing profile, and it helps staff as we can have a chat with them about the things in it, their likes/dislikes, who and what is important to them.

And in Scotland the big focus in person centred care is 'must do with' not to. Is that the kind of thing you mean?

I am not sure if my answer will be helpful but at the least it might help to keep you in active!

For patient safety a topic applicable to almost all areas is staffing levels but I’m not sure that is what you are looking for. You could also look at things like errors, just culture, Swiss cheese model of errors. Situational factors - Martin Bromliley does a lot on this.

If you are on Twitter and want some starting points for patient safety look at Martin Bromiley and Phil Hammond (not nurse specific though).

If you are on Facebook there would be some nurse groups you could post on to ask.

I couldn’t bear to do a dissertation on it but you could also look at things like early warning scoring systems for observations and how they improve patient safety (or do they????!).

Looking at the bedside handover might cover both person centred care and patient safety. Are you adult branch?

Dance in healthcare as a falls prevention strategy
Mouthcare and impact on general health
Pain assessment in people with cognitive impairment
Impact of loneliness on recovery from acute illness
Technology and the elderly
Meeting the needs of people who have limited English
Identifying acute deterioration in people from ethnic minority communities
Pressure care at night
Noise at night and recovery
Making wards quieter

Dance in healthcare sounds like a brilliant topic!

Dancing brings huge benefits for recovery and particularly for very elderly. Core stability, skin integrity, mood, pain management, cardiothoracic efficiency, endorphins, improved engagement, improved food intake. So much!

I love the idea of dance as falls prevention and definitely going to look into this!

I come from a languages background, not nursing. Is there any scope with looking at language provision for people who do not have English, eg in rural hospitals where translators may not be available?