Click here to run a PubMed search on use of companions (or playthings) in patients with dementia. There appears to be minimal research on this topic at this point.
A search of CINAHL on the concepts of patient and nursing satisfaction and grouping assignment produced these results on care assignments and satisfaction of nurses and patients.
Duffield, Christine. Staffing, skill mix and the model of care. Journal of clinical nursing 2010 vol:19 iss:15-16 pg:2242 -2251
Hurst, Keith. UK ward design: patient dependency, nursing workload, staffing and quality-an observational study. International journal of nursing studies 2008 vol:45 iss:3 pg:370 -381
Adams, Ann, Staffing in acute hospital wards: part 1. The relationship between number of nurses and ward organizational environment. Journal of nursing management 2003 vol:11 iss:5 pg:287 -292
Mohamed, A H, Using the job characteristics model to compare patient care assignment methods of nurses. Eastern Mediterranean health journal 2004 vol:10 iss:3 pg:389 -405
Search of CINAHL and PubMed on the concepts of holoperidol administration and dementia produced the following studies and reviews.
Mac Sweeney, R A national survey of the management of delirium in UK intensive care units. QJM 2010 vol:103 iss:4 pg:243 -251
Girard, Timothy Feasibility, efficacy, and safety of antipsychotics for intensive care unit delirium: the MIND randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Critical care medicine 2010 vol:38 iss:2 pg:428 -437
Balas, Michele, Free your MIND and the rest will follow: decoding delirium in the intensive care unit.
Critical care medicine 2010 vol:38 iss:2 pg:697 -698
Joffe, Aaron Why all the confusion about confusion? Critical care medicine 2010 vol:38 iss:2 pg:695 -696
van den Boogaard, Mark Implementation of a delirium assessment tool in the ICU can influence haloperidol use.
Critical care 2009 vol:13 iss:4 pg:R131 -R131
Page, Valerie, Tackling agitated delirium–the tip of the iceberg. Critical care 2009 vol:13 iss:3 pg:158 -158
Reade, Michael, Dexmedetomidine vs. haloperidol in delirious, agitated, intubated patients: a randomised open-label trial. Critical care 2009 vol:13 iss:3 pg:R75 -R75
Campbell, Noll Pharmacological management of delirium in hospitalized adults–a systematic evidence review.
Journal of general internal medicine 2009 vol:24 iss:7 pg:848 -853
Caplan, Jason, Haloperidol and delirium: management or treatment? Critical care medicine 2009 vol:37 iss:1 pg:354 -355
Gagnon, Pierre Treatment of delirium in supportive and palliative care. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care 2008 vol:2 iss:1 pg:60 -66
Searched CINAHL and PubMed for the concepts of teamwork, communication, nurses & techs, and obstetrics/postpartum unit. Selected studies on development and strategies of effective communication and teamwork.
Crew management yields good results. Healthcare Risk Management , 2007 Dec; 29(12): 140-1
Tregunno D; Development and usability of a behavioural marking system for performance assessment of obstetrical teams.
Quality & Safety in Health Care, 2009 Oct; 18(5): 393-6
Daniel LT; Simpson EK Integrating team training strategies into obstetrical emergency simulation training.
Journal for Healthcare Quality: Promoting Excellence in Healthcare, 2009 Sep-Oct; 31(5): 38-42
Freeth D; Multidisciplinary obstetric simulated emergency scenarios (MOSES): promoting patient safety in obstetrics with teamwork-focused interprofessional simulations.
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2009 Spring; 29(2): 98-104
Birch L;Obstetric skills drills: evaluation of teaching methods. Nurse Education Today, 2007 Nov; 27(8): 915-22
Veltman L; P.U.R.E. (purposeful, unambiguous, respectful, and effective) Conversations and electronic fetal monitoring: gaining consensus and collaboration. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2010 Nov; 203(5): 440.e1-4
Thomas EJ;Team training in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program for interns: teamwork and quality of resuscitations.
Pediatrics, 2010 Mar; 125(3): 539-46
Shea-Lewis A Teamwork: crew resource management in a community hospital. Journal for Healthcare Quality: Promoting Excellence in Healthcare, 2009 Sep-Oct; 31(5): 14-8
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