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Patient acuity tools in the hospital setting

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McLellan, M., & Connor, J. (n.d.). The Cardiac Children’s Hospital Early Warning Score (C-CHEWS). Journal of Pediatric Nursing., 28(2), 171-178.

Incesti, S., Bender, S., & Delunas, L. (n.d.). Development of a patient acuity model for an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Rehabilitation Nursing., 40(3), 133-138.

The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for children: A prospective multicenter evaluation. (n.d.). Annals of Emergency Medicine : Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians., 60(1), Annals of emergency medicine : journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians. , 2012, Vol.60(1).

Brennan, C., Daly, B., Dawson, N., Higgins, P., Jones, K., Madigan, E., & Van Der Meulen, J. (2012). The oncology acuity tool: A reliable, valid method for measuring patient acuity for nurse assignment decisions. Journal of Nursing Measurement., 20(3), 155-185.

Lovett, R., Reardon, M., Gordon, B., & McMillan, S. (n.d.). Validity and reliability of medical and surgical oncology patient acuity tools. Oncology Nursing Forum., 21(10), 1709-1717.

Gravel, J., Manzano, S., & Arsenault, M. (n.d.). Validity of the Canadian Paediatric Triage and Acuity Scale in a tertiary care hospital. CJEM : Canadian Journal of Emergency Medical Care = JCMU : Journal Canadien De Soins Médicaux D’urgence., 11(1), 23-28.

Scheduled turning for pressure ulcers

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Evaluating optimal patient-turning procedures for reducing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (LS-HAPU): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. (n.d.). Trials., 17, Trials. , 2016, Vol.17.

Hsiao, R., Mi, Z., Yang, B., Kau, L., Bitew, M., & Li, T. (2015). Body posture recognition and turning recording system for the care of bed bound patients. Technology and Health Care., 24 Suppl 1, S307-S312.

Behrendt, R., Ghaznavi, A., Mahan, M., Craft, S., & Siddiqui, A. (n.d.). Continuous bedside pressure mapping and rates of hospital-associated pressure ulcers in a medical intensive care unit. American Journal of Critical Care., 23(2), 127-133.

Ostadabbas, S., Yousefi, R., Nourani, M., Faezipour, M., Tamil, L., & Pompeo, M. (2012). A resource-efficient planning for pressure ulcer prevention. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine : A Publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society., 16(6), 1265-1273.

Pressure Sores. Hagger, Christina [BA (Hons), MBA, PhD]. [Consumer Information Sheets] 2010

Early readmission rates for lung and heart post-transplant patients.

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Osho, A., Castleberry, A., Yerokun, B., Mulvihill, M., Rucker, J., Snyder, L., . . . Hartwig, M. (2016). Clinical predictors and outcome implications of early readmission in lung transplant recipients. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation., The journal of heart and lung transplantation. , 2016.

Srivastava, R., Keck, B., Bennett, L., & Hosenpud, J. (n.d.). The results of cardiac retransplantation: An analysis of the Joint International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/United Network for Organ Sharing Thoracic Registry. Transplantation, 70(4), 606-612.

Lancaster, E., Postel, M., Satou, N., Shemin, R., & Benharash, P. (2013). Introspection into institutional database allows for focused quality improvement plan in cardiac surgery: Example for a new global healthcare system. The American Surgeon, 79(10), 1040-1044.

Maltby, M., Flattery, M., Burns, B., Salyer, J., Weinland, S., & Shah, K. (n.d.). Psychosocial assessment of candidates and risk classification of patients considered for durable mechanical circulatory support. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation., 33(8), 836-841.

Tsiouris, A., Paone, G., Nemeh, H., Brewer, R., & Morgan, J. (2014). Factors determining post-operative readmissions after left ventricular assist device implantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation., 33(10), 1041-1047.

Vigneswaran, W., Helenowski, M., Bhorade, S., Lamounier, F., Alex, C., & Garrity, E. (n.d.). Early readmission is a predictor of overall survival following isolated lung transplantation. International Surgery., 95(4), 299-304.

What is the effectiveness of childbirth education on birth outcomes?

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Searched PubMed and Joanna Briggs on the concepts of Prenatal, perinatal, childbirth and lamaze education and effectiveness or outcomes.

The following has been selected for review

Effects of extended childbirth education by midwives on the childbirth fear of first-time mothers: An RCT. (n.d.). Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Scandinavian journal of caring sciences , 2016.

Fernández Y Fernández-Arroyo, M., Muñoz, I., & Torres, J. (n.d.). Assessment of the pregnancy education programme with ‘EDUMA2’ questionnaire in Madrid (Spain). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 20(4), 436-444.

Byrne, J., Hauck, Y., Fisher, C., Bayes, S., & Schutze, R. (n.d.). Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education pilot study on maternal self-efficacy and fear of childbirth. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 59(2), 192-197.

Vasegh Rahimparvar, S., Hamzehkhani, M., Geranmayeh, M., & Rahimi, R. (n.d.). Effect of educational software on self-efficacy of pregnant women to cope with labor: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 286(1), 63-70

Koehn, M. (2002). Childbirth education outcomes: An integrative review of the literature. The Journal of Perinatal Education an ASPO/Lamaze Publication., 11(3), 10-19.

Binte Maznin, Nur Liyanna [BSc (Nursing)]. Creedy, K Debra [RN, BA(Hons), M.Ed, PhD] A comprehensive systematic review of factors influencing women’s birthing preferences. 2009

Self scheduling for nursing units

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Guidelines for successful self-scheduling on nursing units J Nurs Adm. 2012 Sep;42(9):408-9. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3182664dd8.
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Other articles can be identified by going to Emory’s instance of PubMed
Then copy/paste this in the search field to retrieve other articles: self-scheduling AND nursing staff

Fall Prevention and Injury Reduction

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The following search was performed in PubMed. Copy and paste into PubMed search box to run.

(“accidental falls/prevention and control”[MAJOR] OR “Wounds and Injuries/prevention and control”[MAJOR]) AND (“hospitalization”[MAJOR] OR hospitaliz*[TW] OR “inpatients”[MAJOR]) AND English[lang] AND systematic[sb]

Selected relevant studies

1. Effectiveness of the use of bedrails in preventing falls among hospitalized older adults: a systematic review protocol. Marques P, Queirós C, Apóstolo J, Cardoso D.
JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2015 Jul 17;13(6):4-15. doi: 10.11124/jbisrir-2015-2116. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 26455740

2. Efficacy of falls prevention interventions: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Tricco AC, Cogo E, Holroyd-Leduc J, Sibley KM, Feldman F, Kerr G, Majumdar SR, Jaglal S, Straus SE.
Syst Rev. 2013 Jun 6;2:38. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-38.
PMID: 23738619 Free PMC Article

3. Creation of a multi-interventional fall-prevention program: using evidence-based practice to identify high-risk units and tailor interventions. Lloyd T.
Orthop Nurs. 2011 Jul-Aug;30(4):249-57; quiz 258-9. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e3182247c61.
PMID: 21799380

4. Reducing fall risk in the elderly: risk factors and fall prevention, a systematic review.
Pfortmueller CA, Lindner G, Exadaktylos AK.
Minerva Med. 2014 Aug;105(4):275-81. Epub 2014 May 27. Review.
PMID: 24867188 (Request through Ask A Librarian)

5. Meta-analysis: multidisciplinary fall prevention strategies in the acute care inpatient population.
DiBardino D, Cohen ER, Didwania A.
J Hosp Med. 2012 Jul-Aug;7(6):497-503. doi: 10.1002/jhm.1917. Epub 2012 Feb 27. Review.
PMID: 22371369 (Can be ordered for you)
6. Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review. Spoelstra SL, Given BA, Given CW.
Clin Nurs Res. 2012 Feb;21(1):92-112. doi: 10.1177/1054773811418106. Epub 2011 Aug 23. Review. Erratum in: Clin Nurs Res. 2012 May;21(2):243.
PMID: 21862700 (Request through Ask A Librarian)

7. Prevention of falls and fall related injuries in older people in nursing homes and hospitals.
Handoll H. Inj Prev. 2010 Apr;16(2):137-8. doi: 10.1136/ip.2010.026625. No abstract available.
PMID: 20363823 (Request through Ask A Librarian)

Falls prevention in acute care

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Searched PubMed for the concepts of falls, falls prevention, acute care, protocol

Searched Joanna Briggs for falls prevention and acute care.

Morello, R., Barker, A., Zavarsek, S., Watts, J., Haines, T., Hill, K., . . . Stoelwinder, J. (n.d.). The 6-PACK programme to decrease falls and fall-related injuries in acute hospitals: Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial. IP Online : Injury Prevention., 18(2), E2.

Heaton, C. (n.d.). Creating a protocol to reduce inpatient falls. Nursing times : NT., 108(12), 16-18.

Barker, A., Brand, C., Haines, T., Hill, K., Brauer, S., Jolley, D., . . . Kamar, J. (n.d.). The 6-PACK programme to decrease fall-related injuries in acute hospitals: Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. IP Online : Injury Prevention., 17(4), E5.

Courtney, M., Edwards, H., Chang, A., Parker, A., Finlayson, K., & Hamilton, K. (2011). A randomised controlled trial to prevent hospital readmissions and loss of functional ability in high risk older adults: A study protocol. BMC Health Services Research, 11, 202.

Aranda-Gallardo, M., Enriquez de Luna-Rodriguez, M., Canca-Sanchez, J., Moya-Suarez, A., & Morales-Asencio, J. (n.d.). Validation of the STRATIFY falls risk-assessment tool for acute-care hospital patients and nursing home residents: Study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing., 71(8), 1948-1957.

Tricco, A., Cogo, E., Holroyd-Leduc, J., Sibley, K., Feldman, F., Kerr, G., . . . Straus, S. (2013). Efficacy of falls prevention interventions: Protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 2, 38.

Lizarondo, Lucylynn [PhD, MPhysio, MPsych, BPhysio]. Fall Assessment and Intervention: Acute Care Setting.
[Evidence Summaries] 2016

Lizarondo, Lucylynn [PhD, MPhysio, MPsych, BPhysio]. Fall Assessment and Intervention: Acute Care Setting.
[Evidence Summaries] 2016