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‘I mean, obviously you're using your discretion’: Nurses Use of Discretion in Policy Implementation.
  This article explores the application of Lipsky’s (1980) notion of street-level bureaucracy for nursing staff. This article aims to demonstrate the importance of discretion within the day-to-day work of front-line nursing staff, which is similar to that of other public-sector workers. The findings are from an exploratory case study, based within a Scottish inner city hospital. It specifically focuses on how nurses can be seen to be street-level bureaucrats and how front-line nursing staff interpret policy. Discretion can be seen to be a significant feature within the front-line practice of nursing staff and this may have implications for the implementation of health policy.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    31 December 2014

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • DOI:

    10.1017/S1474746413000316

  • ISSN:

    1474-7464

  • Library of Congress:

    RT Nursing

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    610.73 Nursing

Citation

Hoyle, L. (2014). ‘I mean, obviously you're using your discretion’: Nurses Use of Discretion in Policy Implementation. Social Policy and Society, 13, 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746413000316

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Keywords

Discretion; Health policy; Lipsky; Nursing; Policy implementation; Street-level bureaucracy;

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