This will also encourage staff to ensure that standards of care are maintained at all times. Carry out clinical audits and evaluate patient care on the ward on an ongoing basis and ensure the quality of the ward is improved where necessary. A nursing manager should ensure that the quality of the department is improving by ensuring that adverse incidences are controlled or eradicated and that all staff members participate in all protocols put in place. While a nursing manager cannot control whether documentation is handwritten or sent electronically, he or she must ensure that all information is documented and that this is done correctly. When these protocols are in place, not only will the nursing manager follow them, but the nurses will also follow them. This leads to a better standard of care for patients