What are some strategies for reducing wrong blood in tube errors?

Ansari, S ‘Wrong blood in tube’: solutions for a persistent problem. Vox sanguinis 2011 vol:100 iss:3 pg:298 -302

Goodnough, Lawrence Quality management in the transfusion service: case studies in process improvement. Transfusion 2011 vol:51 iss:3 pg:600 -609

Doctor, Jason Detecting ‘wrong blood in tube’ errors: Evaluation of a Bayesian network approach. Artificial intelligence in medicine 2010 vol:50 iss:2 pg:75 -82

Grimm E ; Friedberg RC ; Wilkinson DS ; AuBuchon JP ; Souers RJ ; Lehman CM Blood bank safety practices: mislabeled samples and wrong blood in tube-a Q-probes analysis of 122 clinical laboratories. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (ARCH PATHOL LAB MED), 2010 Aug; 134(8): 1108-15

Goodnough, Lawrence Tim Operational, Quality, and Risk Management in the Transfusion Service: Lessons Learned. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 2012 Jul; 26(3): 252-61

MacIvor D ; Triulzi DJ ; Yazer MH Enhanced detection of blood bank sample collection errors with a centralized patient database. Transfusion, 2009 Jan; 49(1): 40-3

Dzik WS ; Beckman N ; Selleng K ; Heddle N ; Szczepiorkowski Z ; Wendel S ; Murphy M Errors in patient specimen collection: application of statistical process control. Transfusion, 2008 Oct; 48(10): 2143-51

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What are the barriers to implementing family presence during resuscitation?

Paplanus L. Salmond S. Jadotte Y. Viera D. A Systematic Review of Family Witnessed Resuscitation and Family Witnessed Invasive Procedures in Adults in Hospital Settings Internationally. [Systematic Review]
Part I: Perspectives of Patients and Families
Part II: Perspectives of Healthcare Providers

Madden E ; Condon C Emergency nurses’ current practices and understanding of family presence during CPR. Journal of Emergency Nursing , 2007 Oct; 33(5): 433-40

Briguglio A. RN. Should the family stay? TN. 2007 May;705):42-8; quiz 49.

Nykiel L, Denicke R, Schneider R, Jett K, Denicke S, Kunish K, Sampson A, Williams JA. Evidence-based practice and family presence: paving the path for bedside nurse scientists. J Emerg Nurs. 2011 Jan;37(1):9-16. Epub 2010 Mar 20.

Basol R, Ohman K, Simones J, Skillings K. Using research to determine support for a policy on family presence during resuscitation.Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2009 Sep-Oct;28(5):237-47; quiz 248-9.

Clark AP, Aldridge MD, Guzzetta CE, Nyquist-Heise P, Reverend Mike Norris, Loper P, Meyers TA, Voelmeck W. Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2005 Mar;17(1):23-32, x.

Critchell CD, Marik PE. Should family members be present during cardiopulmonary resuscitation? A review of the literature.Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2007 Aug-Sep;24(4):311-7.

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Indwelling urinary catheter removal protocols for reducing CAUTI rates

A systematic review of the management of short-term indwelling urethral catheters to prevent urinary tract infections. Moola Sandeep Konno R.

Removal of short term indwelling urethral catheters. [Best practice information sheets]

Urethral Catheter: Removal. [Evidence Summaries]

Clinical practical procedures. Urinary catheters: part 4 — removing an indwelling urinary catheter. Nursing Times 2008 vol:104 iss:42 pg:26

Fink, Regina; Gilmartin, Heather; Richard, Angela; Capezuti, Elizabeth; Boltz, Marie; Wald, Heidi; Indwelling urinary catheter management and catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention practices in Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders hospitals. Detail American Journal of Infection Control, 2012 Oct; 40 (8): 715-20

Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in patients with hip fractures through education of nurses to specific catheter protocols. Orthopedic Nursing. 2012 vol:31 iss:1 pg:12

Dailly, Sue; Prevention of indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Nursing Older People, 2011 Mar; 23 (2): 14-9

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What are current guidelines on moving a patient from heparin drip to oral coumadin?

Outpatient management of uncomplicated deep venous thrombosis. Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium. Outpatient management of uncomplicated deep venous thrombosis. Southfield (MI): Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium; 2011 Sep. 1 p.

Venous thromboembolism (VTE). University of Michigan Health System. Venous thromboembolism (VTE). Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Health System; 2009 Feb. 13 p.

A. Maddali S, Morton C, Biring T, Bluhm J, Hanson M, Kopecky S, Krueger K, Larson T, Mikelson M, Miley T, Pruthi R, Schullo-Feulner Antithrombotic therapy supplement. Bloomington (MN): Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI); 2012 May. 87 p.

Bozzato, Silvia Thromboprophylaxis in surgical and medical patients. Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 2012 vol:33 iss:2 pg:163 -175

Eisenstein, Diana Anticoagulation management in the ambulatory surgical setting. AORN journal 2012 vol:95 iss:4 pg:510 -21 examination 522

Pellegrini, Vincent DVT prophylaxis: better living through chemistry: affirms. Orthopedics 2010 vol:33 iss:9 pg:642 -642

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What are some guidelines or criteria for thermoregulation of neonates?

Knobel, Robin Thermoregulation and heat loss prevention after birth and during neonatal intensive-care unit stabilization of extremely low-birthweight infants. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing 2007 vol:36 iss:3 pg:280 -287

Bissinger, Robin Thermoregulation in very low-birth-weight infants during the golden hour: results and implications. Advances in neonatal care 2010 vol:10 iss:5 pg:230 -238

McCall, E M Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birthweight infants. Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2008 iss:1 pg:CD004210 -CD004210

Knobel, Robin Heat loss prevention for preterm infants in the delivery room. Journal of perinatology 2005 vol:25 iss:5 pg:304 -308

Watkinson, Michael Temperature control of premature infants in the delivery room. Clinics in perinatology 2006 vol:33 iss:1 pg:43 -53, vi

Assessment and care of the late preterm infant. Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). Assessment and care of the late preterm infant. Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Washington (DC): Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN); 2010. 57 p.

Dr Rasika Jayasekara RN, BA, BScN(Hons), PGDipEdu, MNSc, PhD Hypothermia: Management The Joanna Briggs Institute 19/10/2011

What are some strategies regarding nursing staff engagement?

A search of CINAHL on the concept of nursing staff engagement produced these results.

An intervention to enhance nursing staff teamwork and engagement. The Journal of nursing administration 2007 vol:37 iss:2 pg:77

Health facility design. Staff nurse engagement in health facility design. The Journal of nursing administration 2008 vol:38 iss:7-8 pg:315

Improving staff engagement and patient care: use of novel initiatives. British journal of nursing 2011 vol:20 iss:18 pg:1168

Perioperative nursing shines! Magnet designation reflected in staff engagement, empowerment and excellence. ACORN 2011 vol:24 iss:3 pg:34

Self-transcendence and work engagement in acute care staff registered nurses. Critical care nursing quarterly 2010 vol:33 iss:2 pg:138

Strategies for staff engagement within a nurse residency program. American Nurse Today 2012 vol:7 iss:8

The outcomes of magnet environments and nursing staff engagement: a case study. The Nursing clinics of North America 2011 vol:46 iss:1 pg:89