Editing question

justcarol67 justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 27 19:37:34 UTC 2010



Brian wrote (in response to my request for a definition of "systems issue"):
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> A problem with the organisation or management of the home that leave residents vulnerable. The "systems" involved include nursing care, maintenance (and even design of the home, fittings etc.,), cleaning staff and their procedures, administration (including the decision-making process on who is suitable to reside in the home)
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Carol responds:

Thanks, Brian. I was looking for a way to express the idea in only a few words. Would "preventing and managing falls is the responsibility of all staff members" work? (It would already be clear that we're talking about falls involving patients in nursing homes.) I don't want to change the author's meaning, I just want to make it instantly clear to readers who, according to the journal, want easy-to-understand articles that they can read in a hurry. ("Managing falls," the author's own phrase used elsewhere in the article, means dealing with falls that have already happened.)

Carol
 





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