Reducing Near Miss Medication Events Using an Evidence-Based Approach
Conclusions: A rapid-cycle, evidence-based approach engaged staff to reduce near miss medication events. Workable solutions driven by transparent communication and interpersonal collaboration influenced positive safety behaviors. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Operating Room and Inpatient Collaboration to Prevent Health Care–Associated Pressure Injuries
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: From Clinical Nurse Leaders Source Type: research

Exploring Nurses' Attitudes, Skills, and Beliefs of Medication Safety Practices
Conclusions: Understanding direct care nurses' attitudes, skills, and beliefs about medication safety practices provides a foundation for development of improvement strategies. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Effects of Implementing an Acuity Tool on a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
Conclusions: An acuity tool can help standardize practice, determine fair patient assignments among staff, increase nurse satisfaction, and promote best practices for patient safety. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Master's Prepared Clinical Nurse Leaders: 2 to 10 Years Post-Graduation
Conclusion: These results help describe CNL career trajectories and provide useful suggestions for education and practice. This information can help build the business case for the CNL. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Improved 30-Day Heart Failure Readmissions Following Implementation of an Advanced Cardiovascular Education (ACE) Academy
Conclusions: Even among hospitals outperforming national benchmarks, 30-day heart failure readmissions can be reduced and sustained with enhanced education and EHR redesign. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Nurse-Sensitive Indicator Quality Improvement Toolkit: A Scalable Solution to Improve Health Care–Associated Infections
Conclusions: The novel NSIQI Toolkit is a scalable tool for improving and sustaining CLABSI and CAUTI rates, which may have the potential for other nurse-sensitive quality indicators. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Pediatric-Specific View on Improved Nurse-Sensitive Indicators Related to Increased BSN or Higher Rates Over Time
Conclusions: Increasing the proportion of highly educated nurses at the project site correlated with improvements in select NSI outcomes. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - September 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Reducing Opioid-Induced Constipation Post-Cardiac Surgery: An Improvement Project in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Test Source Type: research

Use of the Poisson Distribution Is a Helpful Tool That Is Underused in Nursing Practice
Conclusion: Use of the Poisson distribution can help nurses make better informed decisions about observed variations in care, especially when the data are not normally distributed, and can prevent undue concern when fluctuations in the number of events are associated with random fluctuations. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Self-assessment of Rationing and Quality of Nursing Care
Background: Nursing care rationing has been a widespread problem in everyday nursing practice for many years. Purpose: The aim of this research study was to assess the prevalence of care rationing among nurses working in Poland. Methods: The study was conducted among a population of 1310 nurses. To examine the dependencies between the sociodemographics and unfinished nursing care, the Polish adaptation of the Perceived Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care questionnaire and an investigator-developed questionnaire were used. Results: The mean level of missed care was 1.16 (SD = 0.7). The significant pr...
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Patient Safety Culture in 2 Public Hospitals in Vietnam: A Mixed Method Study
Conclusion: The centralized incident reporting, management with peer involvement on event reporting, and continuous quality improvement should be routinely embedded by hospital leaders down to unit managers and all staff. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Racial Disparities in Care Interactions and Clinical Outcomes in Black Versus White Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
Conclusions: Disparities in clinical outcomes were small and generally favored Black versus White residents except for quality-of-care interactions. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Mobility Myth Busters: Overcoming Barriers to Improve Patient Mobilization
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: From Clinical Nurse Leaders Source Type: research

CLABSI Rounding Team: A Collaborative Approach to Prevention
Conclusions: Despite challenges correlated with COVID-19, a collaborative rounding team promotes and enhances awareness of prevention methods and a culture of safety. (Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality)
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research