Development and pilot testing of a patient-participatory pressure ulcer prevention care bundle.

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：:Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 16 million people in the United States. Despite the publication of multiple guidelines, the delivery of care has not substantially changed. This article describes a program at Advocate Health Care to improve the delivery of care to individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in an...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Ludwig-Beymer P,Arndt DM

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:Researchers, providers and government agencies have devoted time and resources to the development of a set of Quality Indicators derived from Minimum Data Set (MDS) data. Little effort has been directed toward verifying that Quality Indicators derived from MDS data accurately measure nursing home quality. Researchers ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Rantz MJ,Popejoy L,Mehr DR,Zwygart-Stauffacher M,Hicks LL,Grando V,Conn VS,Porter R,Scott J,Maas M

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：: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：:We conducted a feasibility study to test an intervention to reduce medication omissions without documentation using nurse-initiated recall cards and medication chart checking at handover. No significant difference in the omission rate per 100 medications was found, although after adjusting for hospital and patient age...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Johnson M,Sanchez P,Zheng C,Chapman B

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric nurse practitioners in school-based clinics have the potential to overcome access to care barriers for school-age children and their families by providing primary health care and linking these services with existing health and social services in the community. The article reports a study that examined health...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Jones ME,Clark D

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:The importance of staff working life for staff well-being has been demonstrated in several studies; less research has focused on staff working life and older persons' satisfaction with care. PURPOSE:The study aim was to study relationships between 1) staff assessments of their structural conditions/empowerm...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Engström M,Högberg H,Strömberg A,Hagerman H,Skytt B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonlinear relationships are attracting much attention in nursing. Nonlinear dynamics are used abstractly as theory and also may be applied in a concrete sense to explain data. There is often confusion and misunderstanding about aspects of nonlinear dynamics. This article explores two of the more well known areas of no...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Lanza ML

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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

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：:Care of the resident with dementia can be both challenging and unpredictable. Activities provided for nursing home residents often have rules and may be a source of frustration for residents with advancing dementia. Snoezelen, or multisensory therapy, offers a failure-free activity in an enabling environment that can ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Minner D,Hoffstetter P,Casey L,Jones D

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Excessive sedation precedes opioid-induced respiratory depression. An evidence-based practice project standardized systematic sedation monitoring by nurses using an opioid sedation scale and respiratory assessment when opioids are administered for pain management. Nurses were educated and documentation updated. Nurses...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Smith A,Farrington M,Matthews G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumer-oriented health care report cards have emerged as a strategy to disseminate information to consumers about the quality of health plans and relative costs, with the goal of enabling them to make informed choices. While consumers have reported an interest in having access to this information, how they actually ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Oermann MH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) work environment, quality of care, safety, and patient outcomes. A secondary analysis was conducted of responses of 1247 NICU staff nurses in 171 hospitals to a large nurse survey. Better work environments w...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Lake ET,Hallowell SG,Kutney-Lee A,Hatfield LA,Del Guidice M,Boxer BA,Ellis LN,Verica L,Aiken LH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home mechanical ventilation was once a remote idea and thought to be used only in extreme cases. However, patient preference as well as limited financial resources to care for these patients in a long-term setting is forcing acute care facilities and families to make the choice of home care. This article describes how...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Warren ML,Jarrett C,Senegal R,Parker A,Kraus J,Hartgraves D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some hospitals seek integration with skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to reduce readmissions while others focus more on patients discharged home. PURPOSE:Our objective was to understand different approaches for readmission reduction for patients discharged to SNFs based on contrasting strategies from 2 com...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： McHugh JP,Shield RR,Gadbois EA,Winblad U,Mor V,Tyler DA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines families' and nurses' perceptions of the functions that should be performed by families of elderly nursing home residents and whether there is congruency between nursing staff and families' perceptions. This was a quasi-experimental study and was based on questionnaires distributed among 85 nurses ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Natan MB

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression affects 14% to 46% of homebound elderly and is costly and disabling. Home health agencies face significant challenges delivering effective depression care. In response, an evidence-based depression care model was developed in a home health agency. Twelve-month program evaluation data demonstrated a 2.99 mea...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Madden-Baer R,McConnell E,Rosati RJ,Rosenfeld P,Edison I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful implementation of outcomes measurement is jeopardized by its application within systems that do not control inputs. This systemic flaw within health care can be corrected by placing critical knowledge that is now in the minds of individual practitioners into computer-based knowledge coupling tools that ...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Kozak A

更新日期：1998-10-01 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 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report increased the focus by health care providers, regulators, and the public on the cause and effect of medical errors. The IOM report recognizes the complexity of the problem of medical errors and advocates a systematic approach to error reduction. Medication delivery systems i...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Hronek C,Bleich MR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nursing interventions in oral hygiene have been shown to be important for health promotion and illness prevention. This medical center advanced a registered nurse (RN)-led oral health initiative to introduce and standardize oral care practices. PROBLEM:To examine the impact of the oral health initiative, we...

journal_title：Journal of nursing care quality

authors： Castillo DH,Smith DJ,Rosenfeld P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00