Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
A five-point action plan designed to drive up the quality of hospital care for people with dementia is to be issued by the RCN this week.
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APA 7th
Dean, E. A. (2011). Nurses will sign up to improve care in RCN dementia campaign. Nursing Standard. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2011.09.26.3.7.p6388
Vancouver
Dean EA. Nurses will sign up to improve care in RCN dementia campaign. Nursing Standard. 2011. doi:10.7748/ns2011.09.26.3.7.p6388.
BibTeX
@article{dean2011-e9e4c323,
author = {Dean, Erin A.},
title = {{Nurses will sign up to improve care in RCN dementia campaign}},
journal = {Nursing Standard},
year = {2011},
doi = {10.7748/ns2011.09.26.3.7.p6388},
url = {https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2011.09.26.3.7.p6388}
}
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Key findings
- A five-point action plan designed to drive up the quality of hospital care for people with dementia is to be issued by the RCN this week.
Why it matters
The Royal College of Nursing issued a five-point action plan to improve the quality of hospital care for people with dementia. It concerns hospital care quality and contains no information on treating, curing or preventing the disease.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 24/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on institution's track record, so that was left out: it earned 23 of the 97 points we could judge it on, which is 24 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Nursing Standard) |
| Journal's citation record | 1 / 4 | Nursing Standard: journal h-index 84 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2011 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 0 / 7 | Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.0 citations a year over 17 year(s) since 2011 |
| Impact for its field and year | 0 / 6 | Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Erin A. Dean: h-index 21 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 23 / 97 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 23 of the 97 points we could judge it on is 24 out of 100. |
| Total | 24 / 100 | — |
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