How does nursing staffing affect patient satisfaction?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by John

Searched CINAHL & PubMed for the concepts of Patient satisfaction, Nursing satisfaction and Grouping assignment.

Duffield C, Roche M, Diers D, Catling-Paull C, Blay N. Staffing, skill mix and the model of care.J Clin Nurs. 2010 Aug;19(15-16):2242-51.

Hurst K. UK ward design: patient dependency, nursing workload, staffing and quality-an observational study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2008 Mar;45(3):370-81. Epub 2006 Nov 13.

Adams A, Bond S. Staffing in acute hospital wards: part 1. The relationship between number of nurses and ward organizational environment. J Nurs Manag. 2003 Sep;11(5):287-92.

Mohamed AH. Using the job characteristics model to compare patient care assignment methods of nurses.East Mediterr Health J. 2004 May;10(3):389-405.

Guidelines for peritoneal dialysis

Posted on February 29, 2012 by John

Searched PubMed and CINAHL for concept of peritoneal dialysis and guidlines

Leung DK. Monitoring clinical standards in a chronic peritoneal dialysis program.Perit Dial Int. 2009 Feb;29 Suppl 2:S72-3.

Rocco MV.Revisions to KDOQI guidelines released at the NKF 2006 Spring Clinical Meetings.Nephrol News Issues. 2006 Jul;20(8):40, 42.

Prowant BF. Clarifying K/DOQI’s guideline targets for peritoneal dialysis adequacy. Nephrol Nurs J. 2001 Aug;28(4):445-6, 450.

Levin NW, Willis K; National Kidney Foundation. Recent K/DOQI guidelines: applications in peritoneal dialysis patients.Contrib Nephrol. 2003;(140):151-62.

Golper TA; National Kidney Foundation. A summary of the 2000 update of the NKF-K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines on peritoneal dialysis adequacy. Perit Dial Int. 2001 Sep-Oct;21(5):438-40.

Blake PG. A review of the DOQI recommendations for peritoneal dialysis. Dialysis Outcome Quality Initiative, National Kidney Foundation. Perit Dial Int. 1998 May-Jun;18(3):247-51.

What are guidelines for best practice with hemodialysis catheters?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by John

These guidelines were found in the National Guideline Clearinghouse. To read relevant sections, search the text for hemodialysis.

Mermel LA, et al. “Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 49.1 (2009):1-45.

O’Grady NP, et al. “Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.” 2011.

Searches within PubMed located these CNE articles.

McAfee, Nancy, et al. “A continuous quality improvement project to decrease hemodialysis catheter infections in pediatric patients: use of a closed luer-lock access cap.” Nephrology Nursing Journal 37.5 (2010):541-4.

Dutka, Paula, and HelenBrickel. “A practical review of the kidney dialysis outcomes quality initiative (KDOQI) guidelines for hemodialysis catheters and their potential impact on patient care.” Nephrology Nursing Journal 37.5 (2010):531-5.

Dinwiddie, Lesley C, and CynthiaBhola. “Hemodialysis catheter care: current recommendations for nursing practice in North America.” Nephrology Nursing Journal 37.5 (2010):507-20, 528.

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What is the current evidence-based literature on “team nursing” in the acute care setting?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by John

Searching CINAHL and Joanna Briggs for the concept of team nursing and acute care settings located the following for review.

Fairbrother G, Jones A, Rivas K. Changing model of nursing care from individual patient allocation to team nursing in the acute inpatient environment. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal For The Australian Nursing Profession [serial online]. June 2010;35(2):202-220.

Measuring the impact of a team model of nursing practice using work sampling. Australian health review 2007 vol:31 iss:1 pg:98

Nursing practice models for acute and critical care: overview of care delivery models. Critical care nursing clinics of North America 2008 vol:20 iss:4 pg:365

Collegian Redesign of the model of nursing practice in an acute care ward: nurses’ experiences. 2006 vol:13 iss:1 pg:31

Cioffi J, Ferguson Am L. Team nursing in acute care settings: nurses’ experiences. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal For The Australian Nursing Profession [ser. August 2009;33(1):2-12.

Ferguson L, Cioffi J. Team nursing: experiences of nurse managers in acute care settings. Australian Journal Of Advanced Nursing. June 2011;28(4):5-11.

Dr Kylie Porritt BN MNSc PhD
Rapid Response Teams within acute hospitals 22/09/2011

What is the evidence-based research on the type and effectiveness of intentional rounding on inpatient psychiatry units?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by John

The Bottom Line: Intentional rounding can have a positive effect on call light use, patient falls, satisfaction and other criteria.

Searching PsychInfo, CINAHL and PubMed for the concepts of intentional (or hourly) rounding and patient satisfaction produced this sampling of results.

Gardner, Glenn, Measuring the effect of patient comfort rounds on practice environment and patient satisfaction: A pilot study. International Journal of Nursing Practice, Vol 15(4), Aug, 2009. pp. 287-293.

The latest evidence on hourly rounding and rapid response teams in decreasing adverse events in hospitals. Worldviews on evidence-based nursing 2007 vol:4 iss:4 pg:220

Halm, Margo Hourly rounds: what does the evidence indicate? American journal of critical care 2009 vol:18 iss:6 pg:581 -584

Baker, Stephanie. Rounding for outcomes: an evidence-based tool to improve nurse retention, patient safety, and quality of care. Journal of emergency nursing 2010 vol:36 iss:2 pg:162 -164

CHRISTINE M. MEADE, PHD, AMY L. BURSELL, PHD, LYN KETELSEN, MBA, RN Effects of Nursing Rounds on Patients’ Call Light Use, Satisfaction, and Safety

Patient and family centered care

Posted on November 15, 2011 by John

Bottom Line: PFCC is an original approach to p health care that is mutually beneficial among patients, families, and providers.

Digioia Care Experience-based Methodologies: Performance Improvement Roadmap to Value-driven Health Care. Clinical orthopaedics and related yr:2011

Vermoch Benchmarking patient- and family-centered care: highlights from a study of practices in 26 academic medical centers. Journal of healthcare risk management yr:2010 vol:30 iss:2 pg:4 -10

Guion Development of a concept map to convey understanding of patient and family-centered care. Journal for healthcare quality yr:2010 vol:32 iss:6 pg:27 -32

Brown Patient and family-centred care for pediatric patients in the emergency department. CJEM. Canadian journal of emergency medical care yr:2008 vol:10 iss:1 pg:38 -43

O’Malley Patient- and family-centered care and the role of the emergency physician providing care to a child in the emergency department. Annals of emergency medicine yr:2006 vol:48 iss:5 pg:643 -645

Boise The family’s role in person-centered care: practice considerations. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services yr:2004 vol:42 iss:5 pg:12 -20

Hooper Patient-family centered care: are we there yet? Journal of perianesthesia nursing yr:2008 vol:23 iss:6 pg:440 -442

In-patient handoffs

Posted on November 11, 2011 by John

Goldsmith D, Boomhower M, Lancaster DR, Antonelli M, Kenyon MA, Benoit A, Chang F, Dykes PC.Development of a nursing handoff tool: a web-based application to enhance patient safety.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2010 Nov 13;2010:256-60. PMID: 21346980

Benham-Hutchins MM, Effken JA.Multi-professional patterns and methods of communication during patient handoffs. Int J Med Inform. 2010 Apr;79(4):252-67. Epub 2010 Jan 15.
PMID: 20079686

Apker J, Mallak LA, Applegate EB 3rd, Gibson SC, Ham JJ, Johnson NA, Street RL Jr.Exploring emergency physician-hospitalist handoff interactions: development of the Handoff Communication Assessment. Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Feb;55(2):161-70. Epub 2009 Nov 27. PMID: 19944486

Benham-Hutchins M, Effken JA.Multi-professional communication during a patient handoff. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:875.
PMID: 18998774

Andrews C, Millar S.Don’t fumble the handoff. Inpatient providers, specialists, and the primary care physician: a medical care delivery system with benefits and complex risks.
J Med Assoc Ga. 2007;96(3):23-4. No abstract available. PMID: 18203554

Apker J, Mallak LA, Gibson SC.Communicating in the “gray zone”: perceptions about emergency physician hospitalist handoffs and patient safety. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Oct;14(10):884-94.
PMID: 17898250

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