The Heart Failure Journey Board to Discharge
Conclusions:
Utilizing journey board discharge education tools with patients can improve communication and evidence-based self-care instruction. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Increasing the Rate of Documentation of Security Interventions in the Emergency Department: Big Orange Security Sticker (BOSS) Project
Conclusions:
The rate of documentation of ED security interventions in clinical notes can be increased by encouraging clinicians and security staff to collaborate and share documentation responsibilities. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Quality Standards of Nursing Care for the Use of Chemical Restraints: A Realist Review
Conclusions:
These quality standards will allow the evaluation of practices from a nursing perspective for the use of CR in health care settings. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Alert Types and Frequencies During Bar Code–Assisted Medication Administration: A Systematic Review
Conclusions:
This systematic review synthesized literature related to alert type and frequency during BCMA. However, further studies are needed to better describe alert generation patterns as well as factors that influence alert generation. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A Mixed-Methods Study on Patient Safety Insights of New Graduate Registered Nurses
Conclusions:
Medical errors and time management persist during transition to the RN role. New graduates reported moderate knowledge of safety and quality issues; however, questioning their own abilities overshadowed growth in their involvement in patient safety. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Standardizing Nurse Leader Safety Rounds to Promote Highly Reliable Care
Conclusions:
A&F reinforced quality and accountability for daily safety rounds. HRO theory–guided feedback offered an innovative way to translate HRO influence into nurse leader practice. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department
Conclusions:
The interventions effectively reduced blood culture contamination rates and same-site blood culture collections in the ED, enhancing the quality of care for patients with BSIs. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
The Discharge Lounge: A Patient Flow Process Solution
Conclusion:
The DL is an effective tool to improve patient flow and decrease hospital overcrowding. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Applying the Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs Toolkit in a Rural Primary Care Clinic: Implications for Nursing, Patients, and Caregivers
Conclusions:
Empowering patients and caregivers with tools and language to work with providers, particularly nurses, to conduct medication reconciliation during primary care clinic visits is key to improving patient medication reconciliation in rural settings. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Assessing the Effect of Unit Champion-Initiated Audits on Fall Rates: Improving Awareness
Conclusions:
FCAs, in conjunction with a fall program, are a feasible intervention in reducing fall rates. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Innovating Fall Safety: Engaging Patients as Experts
Conclusions:
The patient fall assessment tool may be a successful strategy to engage patients in the development of their safety plan and positively affect safety partnerships. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Impact of Patient-Engaged Video Surveillance on Nursing Workforce Safety: Patient Aggression/Violence
Conclusions:
Patient-engaged video surveillance is an effective method to track and trend patient aggression toward nursing staff, increasing patient and nursing workforce safety. Because 99% of the patients who exhibited aggressive/violent behavior were not identified by RNs as at risk, organizations should consider adding violence risk tools as part of patients' admission assessment. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Nurse-Reported Bullying and Documented Adverse Patient Events: An Exploratory Study in a US Hospital
Background:
Negative nurse work environments have been associated with nurse bullying and poor nurse health. However, few studies have examined the influence of nurse bullying on actual patient outcomes.
Purpose:
The purpose of the study was to examine the association between nurse-reported bullying and documented nursing-sensitive patient outcomes.
Methods:
Nurses (n = 432) in a large US hospital responded to a survey on workplace bullying. Unit-level data for 5 adverse patient events and nurse staffing were acquired from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. Generalized linear models were used to e...
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Maximizing the Benefit of Quality Improvement Activities: A Spread of Innovations Model
Conclusions:
Improvement efforts without a process for spreading can lead to inefficiencies and variable outcomes. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Clinical Nurse Leaders Address a Call to Action on Human Trafficking
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Departments Source Type: research
