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AIDET: Acknowledge, Introduce, Describe, Explain, & Thank the patient.

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Using the Evidence-Based Practice Service Nursing Bundle to Increase Patient Satisfaction. (n.d.). Journal of Emergency Nursing : JEN., 44(1), 37.

Patient Care in Decline: AIDET As a Tool for Improvement. (n.d.). Radiologic Technology, 89(4), 419.

AIDET Keeps Patients Well-Informed in Registration. (n.d.). Hospital Access Management., 35(10), 112.

Utilizing AIDET and other tools to increase patient satisfaction scores. (n.d.). Radiology Management, 34(3), 29.
Patient access is first to implement AIDET. (n.d.). Hospital Access Management., 32(12), 141.

Inpatient leader rounding and patient satisfaction/experience

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Daily Intentional Nurse Leader Rounding on Patients. (n.d.). Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses /, 33(1), 90.

Reid, S. (2017). Improving patient satisfaction scores with digital nurse leader rounding. Health Management Technology, 38(11),

Bundling the value of discharge telephone calls and leader rounding. (n.d.). Journal of Nursing Administration., 39(3), 138.

Leveraging Information Technology to Drive Improvement in Patient Satisfaction. (n.d.). Journal for Healthcare Quality : Official Publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality., 32(5), 30.

Effectiveness of nurse leader rounding and post-discharge telephone calls in patient satisfaction: a systematic review Mary Tan Dora Lang JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports2015;13(7) 154 -176

Rounding for outcomes: An evidence-based tool to improve nurse retention, patient safety, and quality of care. (n.d.). Journal of Emergency Nursing : JEN., 36(2), 162.

HCAHPS Series Part 2: Does purposeful leader rounding make a difference? Winter, Melissa MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Tjiong, Linda MSN, DBA, RN, NE-BC Nursing Management (Springhouse): February 2015 – Volume 46 – Issue 2 – p 26–32

Impressing patients while improving HCAHPS. (n.d.). Nursing Management., 43(12), 32.

Morton, Judy C.; Brekhus, Jodi; Reynolds, Megan; and Dykes, Anna Kay (2014) “Improving the patient experience through nurse leader rounds Experience Journal: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 , Article 10.

Improving teamwork and communication

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Case Study Investigation Decreases Burnout While Improving Interprofessional Teamwork, Nurse Satisfaction, and Patient Safety. (2019). Critical Care Nursing Quarterly., 42(1), 96.

Clinical nurses’ experiences and perceptions after the implementation of an interprofessional team intervention: A qualitative study. (2019). Journal of Clinical Nursing., 28(3/4), 430.

Page, J. S. (2016). Teams and Teamwork in Cancer Care Delivery: Shared Mental Models to Improve Planning for Discharge and Coordination of Follow-Up Care. Journal of Oncology Practice, 12(11),

Role of care pathways in interprofessional teamwork. (2016). Nursing Standard., 30(52), 42.

Multiprofessional team simulation training, based on an obstetric model, can improve teamwork in other areas of health care. (2014). American Journal of Medical Quality., 29(1), 78.

Effective followership: A standardized algorithm to resolve clinical conflicts and improve teamwork. (2015). Journal of Healthcare Risk Management : The Journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management., 35(1), 21.

Novel Ideas and Team Approach to Improve Outpatient Diabetes Control in a Large Hospital System. (2018). Clinical Diabetes : A Publication of the American Diabetes Association., 36(3), 259.

van Deventer, Claire. McInerney, Patricia. Cooke, Richard.. Patients’ involvement in improvement initiatives: a qualitative systematic review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports. 13(10):232-290, 2015.
2015

Stephenson, Matthew. Eddy, Kylie. Jordan, Zoe. Health professionals’ experience of teamwork education in acute hospital settings. Best Practice: evidence-based information sheets for health professionals. 20(11):1-5, 2018.
2018

Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers

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Dramatic Reduction in Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries Using a Pink Paper Reminder System. (2018). Advances in Skin & Wound Care., 31(3), 118.

Implementation of a Nurse Driven Pathway to Reduce Incidence of Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries in the Pediatric Intensive Care Setting. (2018). Journal of Pediatric Nursing., 41, 104.

Does Incremental Positioning (Weight Shifts) Reduce Pressure Injuries in Critical Care Patients? (2017). Journal of WOCN : Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing., 44(4), 319.

Predictors of superficial and severe hospital-acquired pressure injuries: A cross-sectional study using the International Pressure Ulcer Prevalence™ survey. (2019). International Journal of Nursing Studies., 89, 46.

Reducing Pressure Injuries in a Pediatric Cardiac Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project. (2018). Journal of WOCN : Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing., 45(6), 497.

INTERPROFESSIONAL STRATEGIES SUCCESSFULLY REDUCE HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PRESSURE INJURY PREVALENCE IN A REGIONAL NONTEACHING HOSPITAL…WOCN Society’s 49th Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 19-23, 2017. (2017). Journal of WOCN : Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing., 44, S35.

Outcomes of a Quality Improvement Program to Reduce Hospital-acquired Pressure Ulcers in Pediatric Patients. (2018). Ostomy/wound Management., 64(11), 22.

Pressure Injuries: Preventing Medical Device Related Pressure Injuries.
Wound Healing and Management Node. Haesler, E. [PhD].
[Evidence Summaries]
AN: JBI18873
Year of Publication
2017

Use of mobility subscale for risk assessment of pressure ulcer incidence and preventive interventions: A systematic review.
Mordiffi, Siti Zubaidah [MHlthSc(Edun), BN, OTNC, RN.]. Kent, Bridie [PhD, BSc(Hons), FCNA(NZ), RNT, RN.]. Phillips, Nicole [PhD, MNS, GDipAdvNsg(Educ), BN, DipAppSc(Nsg), RN.]. Tho, Poh Chi [AdvDipNsg(Ortho), RN.].
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports. 9(56):2417-2481, 2011.
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AN: JBI5804
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2011

AAP’s Guideline On Car Seat Challenge

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Search terms used

• Low birth weight infant
• Premature Infant
• Car seat screening
• Car Seat Challenge

To view the search results:

• Go to Emory’s instance of PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?otool=emorylib.
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Infant safe sleep/SIDS prevention

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The most recent report from the AAP was published in 2016.

SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Evidence Base for 2016 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment.
Moon RY; TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME.
Pediatrics. 2016 Nov;138(5). pii: e20162940. Review.
PMID:27940805 Free Article

SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment.
TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME.
Pediatrics. 2016 Nov;138(5). pii: e20162938. Epub 2016 Oct 24. Review.
PMID: 27940804 Free Article

PubMed searches for you to review article from three relevant journals. Copy and paste to the PubMed search field. You can limit by date range using the options to the left.

Pediatrics:

“pediatrics” [jour] AND (infant safe sleep OR SIDS OR sudden infant death syndrome)

AWOHNN journals:

(“Nursing for Women’s Health” [jour] OR “J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs” [jour]) AND (infant safe sleep OR SIDS OR sudden infant death syndrome)

Neonatal Network:

“Neonatal Netw”[Journal]AND (infant safe sleep OR SIDS OR sudden infant death syndrome)

Effects of using the pneumatic tube system to transport blood products in the hematology/oncology setting.

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This is not a well studied topic, however these articles do cover most questions surrounding the matter.

1: Subbarayan D, Choccalingam C, Lakshmi CKA. The Effects of Sample Transport by Pneumatic Tube System on Routine Hematology and Coagulation Tests. Adv Hematol. 2018 Jul 2;2018:6940152. doi: 10.1155/2018/6940152. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30079089; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6051325. Full text

2: Petit M, Mine L, Pascreau T, Brouzes C, Majoux S, Borgel D, Beaudeux JL, Lasne D, Hennequin C. Preanalytical influence of pneumatic tube delivery system on results of routine biochemistry and haematology analysis. Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2017 Dec 1;75(6):703-712. doi: 10.1684/abc.2017.1287. PubMed PMID: 29043982.

3: Le Quellec S, Paris M, Nougier C, Sobas F, Rugeri L, Girard S, Bordet JC, Négrier C, Dargaud Y. Pre-analytical effects of pneumatic tube system transport on routine haematology and coagulation tests, global coagulation assays and platelet function assays. Thromb Res. 2017 May;153:7-13. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.12.022. Epub 2016 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 28292729. Full text

4: Amann G, Zehntner C, Marti F, Colucci G. Effect of acceleration forces during transport through a pneumatic tube system on ROTEM® analysis. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2012 Mar 9;50(8):1335-42. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2011-0800. PubMed PMID: 22868797.

5: Kratz A, Salem RO, Van Cott EM. Effects of a pneumatic tube system on routine and novel hematology and coagulation parameters in healthy volunteers. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 Feb;131(2):293-6. PubMed PMID: 17284116. Full text

6: Calmette L, Ibrahim F, Gouin I, Horellou MH, Mazoyer É, Fontenay M, Flaujac C. Impact of a pneumatic tube system transport on hemostasis parameters measurement: the experiment of Cochin universitary hospital (AP-HP, Paris, France). Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2017 Feb 1;75(1):93-100. doi: 10.1684/abc.2016.1215. Review. PubMed PMID: 28132949.

7: Suchsland J, Winter T, Greiser A, Streichert T, Otto B, Mayerle J, Runge S, Kallner A, Nauck M, Petersmann A. Extending laboratory automation to the wards: effect of an innovative pneumatic tube system on diagnostic samples and transport time. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2017 Feb 1;55(2):225-230. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0380 PubMed PMID: 27362964.

8: Dhar S, Basu S, Chakraborty S, Sinha S. Evaluation of the pneumatic tube system for transportation of packed red cell units. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2015 Jul-Dec;9(2):195-8. doi: 10.4103/0973-6247.154254. PubMed PMID: 26420944; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4562145. Full text

9: Tiwari AK, Pandey P, Dixit S, Raina V. Speed of sample transportation by a pneumatic tube system can influence the degree of hemolysis. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011 Nov 10;50(3):471-4. doi: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.779. PubMed PMID: 22070350.

10: Fernandes CM, Worster A, Eva K, Hill S, McCallum C. Pneumatic tube delivery system for blood samples reduces turnaround times without affecting sample quality. J Emerg Nurs. 2006 Apr;32(2):139-43. PubMed PMID: 16580476. Full text