Is altered nutritional status the root cause of your clients' negative outcomes?

abstract：:In 2002, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority commissioned an external review for improvements to patient care. From this review arose the Achieving Benchmarks through Collaboration Project, which was composed of 32 projects and a number of subprojects. One such subproject dealt with the reconfiguration of the nursi...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Benson E,Rippin-Sisler C,Jabusch K,Keast S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever rising patient acuity, new nursing staff practitioners, and cumbersome documentation processes potentially impact quality of care. Nurse managers are challenged to utilize creative strategies to minimize risk potential and improve patient outcomes. One 36-bed medical/ surgical/telemetry unit focused on improving ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Horak D,Hollabaugh S,Duffy T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on staffing and quality of care in long-term care facilities confirms that adequate staffing levels are important to ensuring quality but few studies have examined how the two are linked. The research reported in this article used participant observation and indepth interviewing to explore how nurse aides (NA...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Bowers BJ,Esmond S,Jacobson N

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses as patients or caregivers evaluated their care differently than nonnurses. A qualitative design with content analysis was used to provide an assessment of the quality of nursing care by examining nurses' perceptions as recipients of care. The 231 participants were registered nurses recruited from 8 hospitals in...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Elayan RM,Ahmad MM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "Observable Indicators of Nursing Home Care Quality" instrument was developed as a new measure of nursing home care quality. The instrument is based on a theoretical model of quality nursing home care grounded in data from provider and consumer focus groups. The instrument was piloted in 10 Missouri nursing homes....

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Rantz MJ,Mehr DR,Petroski GF,Madsen RW,Popejoy LL,Hicks LL,Conn VS,Grando VT,Wipke-Tevis DD,Bostick J,Porter R,Zwygart-Stauffacher M,Maas M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information technology is integral to health care delivery. Nurse leaders recognize the need to build intellectual capital (knowledge, skills, and experience) in use and oversight of electronic health records despite financial constraints on indirect care time. A systematic literature review was conducted to answer th...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Poe SS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staff response to patient call bells is a communication issue that influences patient assessment of care quality and satisfaction. An ethnographic, grounded theory approach was used to examine nurses and nursing support staff perspectives about call bell use on single- versus double-patient-room units. We used the dan...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Deitrick LM,Bokovoy J,Panik A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to prevent medication errors, barcode medication administration technology has been implemented in many health care organizations. An integrative review was conducted to understand the effect of barcode medication administration technology on medication errors, and characteristics of use demonstrated by n...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Strudwick G,Reisdorfer E,Warnock C,Kalia K,Sulkers H,Clark C,Booth R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article describes a study that measured, over a 3-month period, staffing problems, including turnover rates; nurse incidents, including absenteeism, back injuries, and needle sticks; and patient incidents, including falls and medication errors. The self-reported stress of the nurses caring for these patients was r...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Dugan J,Lauer E,Bouquot Z,Dutro BK,Smith M,Widmeyer G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient safety is a complex multifaceted issue linked with quality management. Evidence reveals that nurses are pivotal to the success of quality management and patient safety initiatives. There are many studies about patient safety in developed countries, but less is known about nursing care and patient safety in dev...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Badir A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modified early warning system (MEWS) is a scoring rubric used to detect the earliest signs of a change in a patient's condition. This mixed-methods study used pre- and postintervention data to describe the impact of the MEWS on the frequency of rapid response system activations and cardiopulmonary arrests among pa...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Stewart J,Carman M,Spegman A,Sabol VK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent changes in the Surgical Care Improvement Project guideline require blood glucose values be less than 180 mg/dL 18 to 24 hours after anesthesia end time after cardiac surgery. Our study compares the first group of patients transitioned off IV insulin on postoperative day 1, 24 hours after anesthesia end time, wh...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Westbrook A,Sherry D,McDermott M,Gobber M,Pabst M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination of patient care is the goal; the structure to promote the multidisciplinary plan of care is the unit-based outcome facilitation team. The focus of the team is the outcome achievement for the day, which could include patient education, therapies, or discharge planning. ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Schifalacqua M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type of dressing selected for intravascular catheters may influence costs and complications. We carried out a clinical trial to compare the safety and costs of transparent and gauze dressings. We did not find differences in complication rates between transparent (34.1%) and gauze (26.5%) dressings (P = .62). The t...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Chico-Padrón RM,Carrión-García L,Delle-Vedove-Rosales L,González-Vargas CS,Marrero-Perera M,Medina-Chico S,Rodríguez-Díaz MP,Alonso-Díaz M,Jiménez-Sosa A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of a cardiac rehabilitation program (phase II) in improving participants' quality of life (QOL). Existing data collected previously by a not-for-profit rural community hospital using the SF-36 tool were analyzed. The secondary data consisted of precardiac and ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Aude T,Hill PD,Anderson MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of research findings to clinical care has been advocated to improve quality of care and patient outcomes. This article discusses a method to evaluate the translation of research findings in support of evidence-based care. An exemplar of a brief intervention in primary care for high-risk drinkers is used. ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Hyman Z,Crosby F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A literature review was conducted of 16 research articles examining the relationship between implementation of a model of care utilizing unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) and patient satisfaction. In nine of the articles, the implementation of the UAP model was found to increase patient satisfaction. In seven artic...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Siehoff AM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to improve oropharyngeal dysphagia screening and reduce aspiration pneumonia rates on 3 inpatient hospital medical units. Guided by a Plan-Do-Study-Act methodology, an interdisciplinary health team developed and implemented a systematic process for oropharyngeal d...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： OʼMalley MB,Trotta RL,Rohrbach J,Ahya V,Bradway C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to gain insight into how nurse leaders are influencing the use of performance data to improve nursing care in hospitals. Two themes emerged: getting relevant, reliable, and timely data into the hands of nurses, and the leaders' ability to "connect the dots" in working with different stakeholders...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Jeffs L,Nincic V,White P,Hayes L,Lo J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While much of the research on falls has focused on the ambulatory elderly, little is known about wheelchair-related falls that occur in persons with disabilities. A thorough understanding of wheelchair-related falls would include the demographics, the mechanism and nature of the fall event, and the nature of any resul...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Gavin-Dreschnack D,Nelson A,Fitzgerald S,Harrow J,Sanchez-Anguiano A,Ahmed S,Powell-Cope G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary data developed by the Health Care Financing Administration under its pilot cooperative cardiovascular screening project indicate that 50 percent of Medicare heart attack patients arriving in emergency departments who are appropriate for thrombolytic therapy do not receive it within the time period specifie...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Oetker D,Cole C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes nurse perceptions about medication errors. Findings reveal that there are differences in the perceptions of nurses about the causes and reporting of medication errors. Causes include illegible physician handwriting and distracted, tired, and exhausted nurses. Only 45.6% of the 983 nurses believed ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Mayo AM,Duncan D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partnering with the patient in the planning and delivery of care to achieve high-quality outcomes is a goal shared by health care providers. The achievement of a full partnership with the patient often varies based on the communication skills of individual nurses. To provide more consistency, Patient Standards of Care...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Cramer D,Tucker SM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their involvement in the transport, handling, preparation, administration, or disposal of hazardous medications, health care workers across multiple settings are at risk for adverse health consequences from exposure to these drugs. This review presents evidence-based strategies to mitigate the harmful expos...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Crickman R,Finnell D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although patient satisfaction has been used traditionally as a measure of excellence, research has suggested that the perception of being well cared for is likely a more promising indicator of quality than satisfaction alone. Expectations, physical environment, communication, participation and involvement, technical c...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Dulko D,Mooney K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored 150 critical care nurses' perceptions of patient safety standards in a selection of private, public, and university hospitals in Turkey. Quality management and patient safety programs were more prevalent in private hospitals. Private hospitals were also more likely to encourage reporting, have erro...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Badir A,Herdman EA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence links the amount of registered nurse care to improved patient outcomes in large hospitals, but little is known about registered nurse staffing in small critical access hospitals, which comprise 30% of all US hospitals. Our study findings show that the unique work environment of critical access hospitals means...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Cramer ME,Jones KJ,Hertzog M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a hospital unit's successful central line-associated bloodstream infection reduction project. The focus is on decreasing and sustaining a low rate of infection by targeting improvement in central line maintenance. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research's 5 interacting domains (th...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Jones CM,Stewart C,Roszell SS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postpartum urinary retention is a common condition in obstetric units. A Clinical Practice Guideline was implemented in a high-risk obstetrical unit to decrease variance of clinical practice, rate of postpartum urinary retention, and number of urinary catheterizations and increase awareness of this common condition. G...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Stanley AY,Conner BT

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between nurse staffing hours and 6 quality indicators: physical restraints, weight loss, incontinence, late loss activities of daily living decline, stages 1 to 4 pressure ulcers, and problem behaviors toward others. Increasing registered nurse staff hours may ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Bostick JE

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00