Building Capacity in Health Professionals to Conduct Quality Improvement: Evaluation From a Collaborative Interorganizational Program
Conclusions:
Health care organizations wishing to advance academic practice may benefit from implementing a similar collaborative program to reap benefits beyond organizational silos. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - June 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A Roadmap for Practice-Based Evidence: Validation of the Hester Davis Fall Risk Scale
Conclusions:
Organizations are urged to assess the performance of risk tools in their own patient population. This article provides a practical approach for the validation of evidence into the practice setting. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - June 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Nursing Policies and Protocols: Do Nurses Really Use Them?
Conclusions:
Organizations should make policies and protocols succinct, current, and easily accessible. Studies are needed to determine how policies and procedures can best meet the needs of stakeholders, including health care organizations, staff, and patients. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - June 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Sepsis in Home Health Care: Screening, Education, and Rapid Triage
Conclusions:
Having a formal sepsis-screening program in place prompts home health clinicians to communicate the patient's symptoms to their primary care provider, which can positively impact hospital readmission rates and associated medical costs. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - June 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Do Falls and Other Safety Issues Occur More Often During Handovers When Nurses Are Away From Patients? Findings From a Retrospective Study Design
Conclusions:
No differences emerged in the occurrence of falls during handovers performed away from patients and when nurses were on the unit. Other PSEs decreased in occurrence during handovers as compared with other times during the shifts. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - June 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Building a Reliable Health Care System: A Lean Six Sigma Quality Improvement Initiative on Patient Handoff
Conclusions:
Longitudinal monitoring provides the opportunity to accurately identify beneficial outcomes, which develop downstream from initial quality improvement efforts. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - June 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
An Implementation Framework for the Clinically Indicated Removal Policy for Peripheral Intravenous Catheters
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Test Source Type: research
Nurses' Knowledge, Perception, and Practice of Discharge Planning in Acute Care Settings
Conclusion:
The reinforcement of a positive perception toward DP among nurses working in acute care settings may lead to better health outcomes among patients after discharge from hospital. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A 2-Year Experience With Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Evaluation of Compliance and Outcomes in Pancreatic Surgery
Conclusions:
Implementation of ERAS at a large-volume hospital may improve compliance and reduce costs and LOS without increasing adverse outcomes. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Patients' and Nurses' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care in Surgical Clinics: A Multicenter Study in Turkey
Conclusions:
The study revealed that the patients' perceptions of the quality of care were lower than those of nurses, and some factors belonging to the patients and nurses negatively influenced the quality of care. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Lean Data Analyst: A Unique Spin on the CNL Role
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: From Clinical Nurse Leaders Source Type: research
Dose Verification Errors in Hospitals: Literature Review of the eMAR-based Systems Used by Nurses
Background:
The effectiveness of the dose verification features of the electronic medication administration record (eMAR) and complementary systems in the hospital setting is not well understood.
Purpose:
The authors completed a narrative synthesis of literature findings on the effectiveness of eMAR-based systems in the hospital setting.
Methods:
A literature review was carried out across 5 bibliographic databases to evaluate the safety features of current eMAR-based systems in preventing dosing errors and design issues that impede their usability.
Results:
While eMAR-based systems are beneficial t...
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Improving Sleep Disturbance in Hospitalized Dementia Patients
Conclusions:
Education programs can increase nurses' knowledge of evidence-based sleep disturbance care for dementia patients. Larger sample sizes are needed to determine whether such programs can significantly improve their sleep. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
COVID-19 Impact on the Movement of Patients Poststroke to Rehabilitation Centers
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: From Clinical Nurse Leaders Source Type: research
Keeping Patients Under the Damage Threshold for Pressure Injury: Addressing Microclimate Through Allostasis
Conclusion:
This new approach, which places microclimate risk into the broader conceptual framework of allostasis, can produce more effective products and interventions to prevent PI. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - March 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
